Stepping Out With My Own Numbers

I agree...

I'm too old and unmotivated to try & spread my wings. I've already started trying to figure out a way to survive on early S.S. benefits combined with other means

Guys like my previous boss with a fleet of 150 trucks inherited the business from his dad who inherited it from his dad.

Same with my first trucking company, May Trucking. Grandfather passed it onto his son who will most likely pass it onto to his daughter, if he hasn't already.

It was old money...

Trying to get to that level today would be a very difficult task. Not saying impossible, but very difficult.

 

I hope you are right. And i really do wish you success. Dont mean to be a naysayer just basically have no faith left in truck drivers after being burnt so many times.

 

Well if you ever need a driver I’ve been driving since late 2011 and have 0 tickets or accidents.

 

Yes it would. The last company I worked for started growing in 2000 & they have about 200 trucks now. Another company across town started about the same time & they are almost 500. In my opinion, I would have to get big enough, pretty quick, to be able to hire others to help me run it so I don't have all the headaches. I think it would take me too long to get there. Lol. Although I haven't completely ruled out running 5 trucks besides mine.

 

Hiring drivers and adding trucks could be the only way to get out of the truck and quit driving full time. I noticed that it never ends on 1 or 2 trucks, it has be more and once it gets to the point of 5 trucks or more, owners drive much less and they become bosses, not much driving but commanding. The expansion continues though, and it can grow all the way into quite a large fleet pretty fast or gets back to square one - just one truck. I was amazed by seeing people, quite a number for that matter, in my own surrounding, to have been able to build full fledged fleets(with terminal, warehouse and office personnel) in the course of 5-10 years....from a 1 truck and trailer to 40 trucks or more.

 

The biggest key to growth is doing organic growth. To many times I've seen companies try to grow faster then they could financially sustain the growth. Just have a plan in place to grow and follow it no matter what!

 

Everything still going ok? Haven't posted in a couple weeks. Lol.

 

They acquired BigRoad over a year ago.