Starting a small fleet

thank you, at least you are giving me a good point, I would love to start myself first and learn, and learned a bunch from the taxi company I owned, Every person I hired at my taxi company had no job and had 10 people, most of them felons, drug addicts and so called friends at the time, I could not get on FT Drum because of security reasons, I was 25 and stupid and thought I knew how to run a business, and I might still be, an idiot with this IDK, but now business wise plus having a property and atm route, I might look at doing landstar with 1 truck as they said I only need 1yr experience which I am about at, maybe run 1 truck with them with me driving for a few months then put the other one on knowing a bit more with the oo side of things, whether that is under possibly a bigger percentage wise company or landstar or me getting my own authority and building relationships with these brokers and using a factoring company or going straight to new companys that may need a little freight here and there moved, and what each offers. Again not trying to screw anyone over and will get with my cpa and hire a lawyer at the right point but was just looking for good advice to get started, not negative energy when I am just a human trying to make something, also looking at the freight brokerage industry, where I can broker loads if I did just get my own authority as a freight brokers authority at 75 surety bond and other expenses and can call companies which I already have such as amazon, tyson, and target, and leave brokers/agents such as ch robbinsion, or dat,...etc and I fibbed a bit and told them at the point I had 3 trucks way b4 I had any trucks and they told me how to get into the bidding process with them and some might require 15 trucks or so. Again I still work at Swift lmao, I know, and have multiple investments, I was not looking to screw anyone and have a bit of capital from saving since I was I was in group homes most of my life and worked my butt of off to be where I am. Any more advice is much appreciated thank you

 

Its not a junk trunk and again I have 2, the international and the freightliner, can't say what the future is gonna be for either of them but the International right now is a really good running truck right now as well as the freightliner, I have put money into both to make sure they are good...now if something happens in the future, that should be no problem and I will get them fixed....

 

Ok so, I have gotten from starting this post that both my trucks are junk, which I know they are not, I almost feel like any truck I bought, Volvo, Peter, Ken, Freight, Int..etc, they will all be junk even though lots of companies run freight and Int, sorry for asking for advice here, I am the idiot though that is 27 and owns a duplex and 2 trucks and an atm machine route, and multiple large cap stocks that I receive quarterly dividends, I was only looking for some advice on my best way on starting a fleet, did not need all the negative comments just others that were successful and were willing to give a bit of advice. I have put over 6 figures in my bank account now at 27, and was looking for another investment opp, Idk but thanks, maybe I can help out others in other ventures that I have I went into such as flipping cars, real estate, and routes,....with out being so negative. Only looking for advice here. Thank you and have a blessed day!

 

Ok what are you running? My trucks are in optimal condition, any truck can go down, but I could put the most into my truck and they r great right now, and maybe you skip pm's and your truck goes down, don't down me I am just trying to get started and yes the truck is in great condition, but if stuff happens I can have it fixed or possibly just finance/lease another truck. thank you but tell me your experience first b4 judging me. I have about 100k-125 to my money and another 100k-250k crd lines to work with..... thank you

 

thanks for the input, I spent tons of money on my first company, and I am still here and went from nothing to over 100k in my bank account through other investments, does not matter again, like you said I will figure it out, and I am a risk taker, made 100k put away by 26, thank you for your advice again and have a great day