Load boards, brokers, etc

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  1. CT-Driver860

    CT-Driver860 Light Load Member

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    Where are some good places to find loads?

    What companies help register and insure the truck for you? As well as trailer usage

    So far I’m aware of Landstar, Schneider, Traveloko any others

    Thx
     
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  3. Hurst

    Hurst Registered Member

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    And if anyone doubts my predictions for 2019,.. here is more proof.

    To the OP:
    This is from another post I made here,.. nothing against you or trying to be offensive.

    Sorry I have no answers to your questions.

    Hurst
     
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  4. Justrucking2

    Justrucking2 Road Train Member

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    Yep, everyone is jumping in... Seen it before, and it never ends well. ;-)
     
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  5. Old Man

    Old Man Road Train Member

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    All those Maxforce powered cornbinders got to go somewhere.
     
  6. Ridgeline

    Ridgeline Road Train Member

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    I am expecting an increase of banks repo'ing trucks in the second or third quarter of 2019, already planning on shoring up my reserves to get the good deals when they hit the market. There are already an increase of failures by some small operators popping up, which tells me too much BS is being told about how the big easy bucks can be made.
     
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  7. Justrucking2

    Justrucking2 Road Train Member

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    Yep
    I’m thinking the same, I’ve been through this before as have you. I’m thinking same time frame and into 2020. Going to sock away the cash in anticipation.
     
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  8. Buckeye 60

    Buckeye 60 Road Train Member

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    wait for the load board rate crash .... way too many people getting there own authority and just working the load boards. ... spot market is the first to crash and once the truck posts get more in line with the load posts watch out ...... right now it's easy to make money without much thinking so some of these new guys won't have any idea how to make money
     
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  9. Justrucking2

    Justrucking2 Road Train Member

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    Going to be ugly when CHR is posting .90 freight... Fun times ahead. ;-)
     
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  10. CT-Driver860

    CT-Driver860 Light Load Member

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    Seem be getting everything but an answer!
     
  11. Buckeye 60

    Buckeye 60 Road Train Member

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    it's not so much the amount of guys going in to it it's the amount that do not know the first basic thing about it ...... it's been awhile since I started but I spent 6 months at least talking to drivers at the truck stops and where ever and learning as much as possible and that's driving for my uncle who didn't have a problem teaching me the game and it was different in the 80's than today where they give out authority through drive thru windows. I think most of these guys are sitting in there trucks at the pilot thinking about how they are going to spend all that money lol ....... an old timer told me when I started out that the owner operator game can make you rich and the owner operator game can put you into bankruptcy and it takes a little know how and a lot of luck to keep your ### out of the poor house
     
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