Hard to advise without seeing the road. You should drive it in a four wheel drive, not pulling a trailer, and then post a video of it for us to...
Have you considered a single axle tractor. There’s a few used ones in California right now with sleepers. I’ve been looking at them for awhile. I...
If you’re the shipper, you don’t even need a brokers license. Under your company name you can get an account on a load board and post your own...
PJ sold out to Big Tex a few years back. It doesn’t appear that the quality of a PJ has changed though. At least from what I’ve seen. You can...
I don’t rotate my truck tires like most people do. When I notice drive tire wear, I’ll typically roll the steers back and buy a new set for the...
I’ve seen a few power only moves on central dispatch over here years. In my opinion, it wouldn’t be worth having a account on there for just doing...
I know this is a old post but I attempted to buy a truck a little over a month ago from a dealership in Bakersfield. Excellent credit score. My MC...
I went and moved that tractor. Just got back. Easy local run $7.04 a mile loaded, or you can say $3.52 a mile for the round trip. [ATTACH]
I work with several Independent Owner Operators here at my company. I have a pretty good customer base that they stay busy moving loads for. I...
The businesses that are moving a lot of equipment typically rely on brokers more because single truck owner operator isn’t always going to be in...
A guy I use to load regularly just bought a RGN. He seems to be doing really well with it. Something you may want to think about doing is going...
Yesterday afternoon I offered a lady a bid to move a tractor locally. Out in the desert where I live. I bid the job at $500.00 . When you do a...
Thanks, I’ve been in trucking for over 37 years, grew up in the trucking industry. I’ve done a lot of other things in that time as well. That’s...
Thanks. As far as finding parking in your area. Look on this new website that just came up called neighbor.com it s a website where local people...
Especially in this crazy economy. I have some direct work, and move freight, and vehicles, I also do some power only work, and I even offer...
Don't be afraid to shop around for a better deal. You might get lucky. My insurance is lower then most because I’ve been in business for decades...
Any company manufacturing, or shipping any type of freight that’ll work on my equipment. That’s what I go after. I have shippers that I’ve hauled...
Talked to my agent the other day about my renewal. He asked about my truck value and I said keep it at $45k, and the trailer at $13,5k. Yeah...
My insurance connections for new entrants have all went to hell over the years. they’re gouging anybody just getting started now. If you have a...
Freight pays better then vehicles but if I were you I’d set up to run both. We do, and we do pretty good.
