Finally got my own truck

That’s my plan as well. Get PTT and spend another couple grand on tools and just do it myself. Get ahead of the curve where I can and limit breakdowns with due diligence and best service practices. I don’t think you can prevent them all...

So all I need now is to finish school, find a carrier, get experience, buy a truck, become an O/O with good lanes and. Freight, buy tools and manuals and ride off into the sunset. Easy huh? Hahahaha

 

I wish it were that easy. I called on a local dedicated lane running tankers the other day, and I met all of the criteria they required except for having multiple trucks. They wanted to be covered in case a truck breaks down or driver can't make it.

 

Ya. The constant push/pull of business and prerequisites. *sigh*

 

Small issue ... Go through the Quarterly reports for the publicly traded carriers and thier reported revenue per loaded mile through last year was around $2, for dry van.

 

C'mon, nobody is paying $20000 per week on 3000 miles with general freight.
On shorter miles that $5-7 per mile is nothing to write home about in this market

 

According to this big wheel they are. He says us small carriers have no idea what’s going on and I believe him. I confirmed it with another big shot at a different company that says they don’t backhaul for less than $4.00 a mile. They come back empty if it’s less. I’ll never have enough trucks to even try it, but would like to. Look I’m just passing on info. I tried to get in but again I’m not big enough

 

If I told you that I removed the engine in my truck and installed a mast and sail in its place would you believe that?

 

I call BS it does not happen daily no company will pay that rate on a daily bases. Your so called expert is not some one can believe

 

Nothing specialized about it. We are getting that number for stuff as simple and easy as shingles. Load I'm on right now is jusr over 4 a mile on just under 1k miles. Add in my carriers cut of 25% of the linehaul and it gives a rough ball park figure of 5.25 a mile billed to the customer. And quite frankly i considered this a crap load compared to what I've been doing this year. Its not only short of where i wanted to go, but its god awful heavy. I hate pulling 46k lbs of shingles when 20 miles down the road i can load 5k lbs of insulation panels. Unfortunately the insulation loads this weekend was going the wrong direction and i was ready to head back home. Tuesday makes 3 weeks since i left the house, that's ridiculously long for me. I'm just shy of 15k on the month but will hit the 15 mark if i can get a load going home tomorrow. If i don't find one by 10 am ill deadhead the last 250 miles. And stay there till the following week. The last week of June is traditionally the best week of the year(except for stupid fema money after a disaster like a hurricane) if i don't load that Monday ill probably deadhead the thousand miles up to ky or ohio so I'm ready to gouge the heck out of them Wednesday Thursday and Friday.