Yep. After I got set up I had one broker tell me he couldn't give me the load because my number was less than 6 months old.
you can call Penske and get "set up" with them is advance then make one phone call (which cost you a couple grand) and get a truck. Its expensive...
"Might not be "cash strapped"...could just be "cheap sumbeech" like me." I was thinking the same thing. I can afford a tow but if billyjoe jim bob...
congrats. I would say good luck but a famous guy once said "luck favors the prepared" and from what I have read a lot of preparation went into...
awesome vid, thanks for sharing.
my driver works on salary. He runs the same otr route every week. We agreed on a salary based on the route/miles and anytime there is a deviation...
Yeah that is exactly the case here, wife does alot of the paperwork side but she has a full time job as well. Invoicing etc usually falls to...
DidnDoIt- Soon after I started driving someone called me on the radio using the name on the truck. I replied I didn't do it. Been DidnDoIt ever...
Brandonpdx- As has been mentioned here before, the driver is the key. If my driver left for any reason I would seriously consider selling a truck....
I agree with above statements "buy 1 truck run it for a while then add as your business grows". I started with one truck that I was driving...
I prefer driving at night and as a company driver I stuck to that. Now days cant really with customers, brokers and drivers calling all the time.
oh ok. like I said, didn't spend much time on the site. I question anyone giving anybody with a truck anything for free but I could be wrong. I...
I see what your saying and understand that it would be nice. However, I don't spend one penny I don't have to and this looks like pennies I don't...
I see what everyone is saying and yes to be perfectly correct he should log the past 7 days office time as on duty not driving. However, most who...
I didn't spend a lot of time on their website but looks to me like yet another company that wants you to pay them to do something you can very...
Every male member of my family has a cdl and has driven at one point. Dad, brother, cousins and uncles on both sides of my family. At one point...
West bound West Memphis scale hit me for the same thing about a month ago. Truck is 13 years old and has the factory installed reflective tape on...
Yep, nailed it.
The point we are trying to make is that while there are some brokers with time requirements they are few and far between. Anyone with an MC number...
I had one broker tell me that they don't give loads to companies that have been in biz less than 6 months. I heard a lot of people say "you will...
