Does anyone have Information on United Road Car Haulers?

Yes yes so you assume I am a steering wheel holder and never hustled to make my money out here cuz, you are sadly delusional of trucking. You probably as an owner/op couldn't pass a level 3 DOT inspection. Carhauling works is you like yourself kiss your dispatcher enough and get on bended knee. I am home weekends and every day and make $110k yearly so that is why I can sit in my hammock and sip on a martini and laugh at all your BS. You're a disgrace to truckers and car hauling with lies

 

Plus you must factor in you're losing money by maintaining your rig sonny. So you're short your extra $100k year as you sink money in your rig. Just have to clarify you. Keep holding on to that coffee cup and that steering wheel you will need it thinking that you are better than other truckers.

 

My what a chip on your shoulder you have. You need to take a deep deep breath, relax and re read my comments to you as the opposing view point that it was intended to be. Not the "your wrong" that you interpreted it to be. I clearly stated that carhaul is not for everyone as we both can agree on. I didn't call you a steering wheel holder as a bad thing since I referred to myself as a former one. When you build a 7 figure net worth maybe I will ask for some financial advice from you, but I don't need it today. Lighten up Francis!!

 

Thread was going good but someone always have to act like a kid who ruins everything because maybe he/she had a bad experience just my opinion

 

**Disclaimer this is long winded so don't read it if you can't handle lots of hot air!**



You brought up some very good points, misguided as they may be.

First and most important is you made a $100,000 error in this case. "Net income" is what a business has left over after all expenses. "Gross income" is what a business takes in as income before expenses are figured. In the case you bring up where a rig cost $100,000 to operate you used the net of $150,000 and figured incorrectly I had $50,000 left after expenses. All expenses had been paid out of the gross to get the $150,000 net. Most owner ops will gross $50,000-$100,000 a year or more than I do because of the short days I work. I have no truck payment so this allows me to work less and still net a good amount.


You reference that I couldn't pass a level 3 inspection. My rig and every other rig in my company has to pass one every 90 days or less even though the DOT only requires it once a year. If you go 91 days you don't get dispatched until your rig is inspected. When my rig is up in the air I walk with the mechanic to visually inspect everything that he does. I also am under it once a month or more when I grease it at my shop. I bet you can't tell me the tread depth currently on every position of the rig you operate without going to look first. I know what each of the 18 tires is without having to go look today because I use a depth gauge every week or so. I can tell you what the inside of the steer axle is vs the out side depth on both positions. Do you thump each tire or do you gauge them to be sure that all 18 of your tires are at the correct psi to carry the rated load? It does matter to the DOT.

I didn't get 30 safe years or driving by accident. I also take safety very important. My paid for rig that is 18 months old with 121,000 miles has disk brakes all the way around it. I paid roughly $6,000 additional for this safety feature. I assume you know that brakes and tires account for most of the out of service vehicle violations by the DOT. Disk brakes do not get out of adjustment like drum brakes do and they stop 30% faster than drum brakes when routine maintenance is performed.

The dispatcher part you mentioned to me is a joke. If you get along with the people you work with they will treat you like you deserve most of the time. Yes I am sure there are some bad apples but if you had to deal with truck drivers all day would you be a jerk on occasion?
My dispatch loads me towards my home. On occasion they don't have a load going that way and I will go where ever the best load they have is going. When I was union which I was for most of my 30 years I picked by seniority except for some terminals that was first in first out. I still did my best to get along with my dispatchers because that is how I operate.

You bring up that I think I am better than everyone else. If you mistake my confidence for arrogance then that is your mistake and I will not ever apologize for being confident. I guess you probably are confident also or you wouldn't have the $110,000 company job you claim to have. Some of my favorite people in my life have told me they thought I was an arrogant pr*ck until they got to know me. I had to laugh because I can't really blame them as I do come off that way sometimes more than I should but 51 years of life will mold you a certain way.

I have probably spent more time on this than I should. When someone comes on a public carhaulers forum and tells everyone how terrible most carhaul jobs are, I am that one jerk who will not ever keep quiet. Sorry I just can't help myself because carhauling has worked for me and I do not want to go back to my old job of holding a steering wheel making way over $100,000 a year. If it works for you then great I am happy for you. But everyone is not exactly like you or me or the next guy. We all are different and if you can't accept that then too bad.