If are paying nearly 2 grand a week for tickets, repairs and damage a week maybe it's time to hire a better driver for the truck.
Car Hauling
Discussion in 'Car Hauler and Auto Carrier Trucking Forum' started by Papa0, Aug 1, 2019.
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I am in touch with a few hotshotters and one of them is a family member. I do the accounting for him.
He rents a truck, rents a trailer, pays for gas and 10% from the gross. His monthly expenses are around the 10k mark including minor repairs, tolls and food. He is responsible for trailer maintenance and pays 2250 for the truck a month which is on par with what enterprise lease costs. Owner of the truck is responsible for maintenance and repairs. He takes home 8-10k a month after all that. The truck doesn't break down every week and neither does the trailer. So far no damage or tickets since he started a few months ago. I am in touch with the truck's owner, he owns 25 of them. He makes very good money. His drivers don't destroy his trucks, get many tickets or cause any damage often. He keeps them happy and loaded. You won't make much profit off a single truck unless you drive it yourself.
@FlaSwampRat Just because you don't know any successful hotshotters doesn't mean there aren't any. There wouldn't be so much of them if it was as bad as you say. Not all drivers destroy trucks, crash, damage the load and collect tickets weekly. It does happen sometimes, but it shouldn't happen often enough to have to pay $16,000 a month for it.
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Right now is one of the worst time to get into trucking because the overall economy is slowing down. And next year is election year and will be even slower. So, if anyone starts a new authority and survive the next 2 years, they would have beaten the odds.
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