Hi! Thanks for your help. I'd like that phone #. I sent you a PM. Based on the possibility that it could cost $14,000 for the inframe - I think...
Hi tmlonghorns, how would we sell it as is with a blown engine? also he is afraid to buy a newer model because he had heard nightmares about the...
Hi, it's in North NJ. (Wharton) It's a Detriot Diesel 11.1 in a 1995 International. How bad can an inframe cost get on this engine?
Hi, Our truck just lost a piston in NJ. :biggrin_25521: We need to find a good trustworthy repair shop that doesn't have the high price tag of the...
Thanks for that info, i don't feel so bad now. :biggrin_25520: Now to get cheaper insurance. Right now we pay $7600, i'd like to get it down to...
We were new owner ops 3 years ago and we made it through the worst rates ever. He did not drive for anybody before we started. Sometimes i think...
That sucks! :biggrin_25521: we don't even drive in Florida - it's just a place to park the truck, the flatbed rate is terrible here. Our IFTA...
Hi there, can you tell me who your agent is? We're ready to renew and that is a really great rate. We are with Northland right now. We need $1...
I think Landstar will take any age tractor. Another reason to never haul cheap freight...the brokers record how cheap you hauled the last load...
No, I can run under my own authority - if someone will insure me. The inquires about insurance for a start up have not gotten any positive results...
I agree with the other two owner operators...the freedom of being your own boss is priceless. Plus we can make double or triple what a company...
It's flatbed, any kind of freight but it averages 20-30,000 lbs. The minimum rate is that high because it includes paying us $500 a day for driving.
That's pretty good. We were in CA, OR, WA in Dec./Jan. when everything was slow. Maybe it left us with a false impression of the area. We've only...
thank you...we're happy with the results we're getting now. Getting 8 MPG even when fully loaded and through mountains now! :biggrin_25520: as...
Hi I'm still here. Our trucking business is now at 15K a month instead of 10K a month as in Feb 08. 10K still not bad for only 3rd month in...
Glad to hear about that! I really appreciate all of the helpful information for truckers like us who are new to the industry. If enough of us say...
I'm with you there. :biggrin_255: Those are the only times he has ever hauled less than $1.65 per mile. It's just scary seeing how many loads are...
You're right. I had no idea the load boards have loads that have been through 3 brokers! :biggrin_2555: Do you avoid the load boards completely?...
Okay good to know. It seems then that if you work with a broker, you just have to be sure never to accept less per mile then your standards allow.
Definitely the way to go. When he went to brokering school he learned how to negotiate and he's told brokers he will not haul for less than...