Owner Operator Looking for Some Advice

Put Acme in the forum search . Coonass just put another truck on with them .

 

#### reginaroy: Hauling out of the woods is no place for a low and pretty road tractor...

 

my brother works for a fleet owner for acme and is getting an average of one load a week that pays around $300, of course he is a hotshotter, their big trucks might be doin a bit better

 

Are you Freak'n S E R I O U S ??

Looking for a Trucking Company to Lease on with YOUR OWN AUTHORITY?
And Let Them Pocket Your Profits??
Trucking companies are a joke and they will nickel and dime you. You do the work and they get richer. It is better for you to get your own customers and leave out the Middle Man.

It is more difficult to operate, without your own trailer. Therefore, it is better for you to stick with what you're doing until you get your own trailer. Dump bucket or Refer is the best way to go with better paying loads. There's a lot of Produce and vegetables moving right now. Green Beans are moving and Watercress are paying what, 3,000.00 out of Alabama? When Tomatoes are ready they pay the same if not more.
But there are a few ways to go without having a trailer, if you don't have one.
Look into hauling Agriculture products. Which you're probably already doing.
You can also find some Livestock Haulers using their own trailers.

Get yourself a "Red Book". Not the Green book, because they have brokers that will cut throat you. The Red Book has numerous listing of Farms and Farm Brokers that you can work through. Most Farms will hire on one broker to regulate their crops for transporting. The Red book is pretty hefty in price, but worth it, when starting off. After a while you'll get to find other produce brokers that don't advertise.

Good Luck!

 

where i can find Red book?
thanks

 

Try Google or Amazon

 

hey reginaroy - are you in Houston... the container guys are doing okay as well as the reefer freight coming out of the valley hasn't been bad....

 

Is There Another name For The Red Book ?

 

Use
the words like this:

Produce+Red Book or vise a versa.

It has something to do with the word produce..

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