Another question about owning a truck and not driving

I would suggest you do the same...buy a truck/trailer and start driving for at least a year, maximize your profits and then ones you have more mula hire a driver and possibly by another truck/trailer and on and on....now if you buy ur 1st truck and trailer and hire a driver....you better make sure its a good driver since 25% of the gross going to be drivers salary which would you leave with some money but with any major breakdown it would all be gone which would leave you with nothing to pay for ur house, food etc....hell I pay one of my own driver 28% but he looks after the truck like its his own and any small issues hes willing to roll up his sleeves and go to town instead of sitting in the shop bay area for whole day.....by putting just any driver in your truck is a risky deal you could have some major breakdowns within 1000miles if the driver doesn't know what hes doing...and to fix breakdowns on the road can be double the amount as you can do it at home.

 

that guy is a joke...im pretty close to finding out who he is...as for proving I don't gotta prove you jack...i know my books and my owners know my books.....hes prolly just some bitter driver that I let go after one trip or just another small outfit here in OR who hates on me...lol......as for 10k coast to coast that is our minimum and usually during nursery season...like right now my guys averaging out 11-13k and during CA produce season we were between 12k-16k which was much better this year than 2009. We don't drive during January.

 

yea its because he is getting screwed by his brother...plus if i was based outta CALI id probably get a reefer.

 

Take it as you will. I have no benefit to tell a tale. Only trying to help others as others have helped me.

 

Reefers are sooo expensive. May be I'll get one when I get my own authority.

 

it is a bit more than a dry van....however with reefer you can cosolidate reefer LTL with dry products etc....the difference you could make in couple trips...i constantly book between 1-5 skids for a reefer at a full truck load price and then build the load up...plus reefer freight rates are more likely to go up faster than dry loads since shelf life is much shorter on reefer products....take fish for instant ...all my fish loads require team transit because after 4-5days fresh salmon is not good....thats why it pays the high dollar.

 

Not with what my brother is charging me. I still don't understand why he doesn't see that there is anything wrong with it. I mean legally he isn't wrong because he did state that he would take 10% but morally...?? Anyways, enough with the whining. It is what it is.

Billy, if you book your own loads and drive. You will make a descent amount of money annually.

 

I don't see anything wrong with him taking 10%, if he's doing all the dispatching and paperwork. I wouldn't lease someone on to me right now for 10%, it'd be too much for me to keep up with and run my truck at the same time. The problem is he's either hauling the freight way too cheap, or he's taking money off the top. Business and family just don't mix.

 

Believe it or not 10% is an average what small carriers charge....I heard some people take as low as 5% and as high as 13%...Usually when its over 10% theres some kinda quick pay involved like money for fuel or repairs etc....

 

Billy, I'm sorry for sort of derailing this thread. If you're not available to do dispatching and find loads during business hours, I doubt it'll work. Most all brokers and their agents run on banker's hours. Now if you think you can buy a truck and get a bid in to haul the freight in and out of your machine shop, that might be a different story, but you're going to need to be able to make and receive phone calls during the day if you're going to run off the load boards.