Number one cause
Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by Lightseeker35, Jul 21, 2018.
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Only one ... Don't know how to manage a business ... Doesn't matter if you're an o/o, l/o or an l/p.
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The number one cause is that they believed stories of how much money o/os were making. Then they spent all the little money they had or borrowed to get the truck and in the end they where not clearing $4000 a week but $1520 and after the truck broke down, they had no money to fix it and they got broke too.
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The above quote was from here:
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Everyone I know that failed at it was not because of revenue but because of expenditure. Notice I didn't say expense.
They start making a lot more money and see it as a pay raise and start buying a new car, some toys, maybe a new house, vacations, don't save enough for taxes and then a couple breakdowns and they can't afford to fix the truck. -
They have no idea what their actual operating expenses are.
You have to know how much it's costing you to run the truck and you have to know where every penny goes.
If a rookie knew exactly what it costs to run a truck, and run it right, he'd probably be surprised. -
For instance, I haul frac sand. I knew what the loads were paying and I ran the numbers the last two years that I was in a company truck, and I knew I was gonna be able to make those numbers work before I ever went and bought my own truck.
Don’t take anyone’s word for it. What works for one may not work for the next guy. One guy is in debt and needs to make more money to pay the bills. A guaranteed paycheck every week. That guy should probably stick to being a company driver, cuz there are gonna be weeks that an O/O is in the hole. Truck made 3 grand and then needed 4 grand worth of tires. If that money ain’t in the bank, you’ve got a negative week.shatteredsquare, REO6205, Tug Toy and 2 others Thank this. -
That, and under capitalization.
And poor revenue management.
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I think what a lot of what was said here can be summed up thusly: over confidence. You dont know what's going to break next week, or if you'll even get paid next week. My truck hasn't made a penny over expenses in two weeks. If you dont have the capital to cover those... disasters, you'll be under in a hurry. And that covers people not setting enough aside for tax too
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