Go on Chicago Craigslist and search for trucking jobs offering. They are all $1700 + per week. Yes, it's 1099, but it isn't cheap as you make it sound to be. A lot of those outfits switch to w2 now, because they can't find drivers.
I personally hate how Chicago style companies do business (log cheating, double stacking freight, illegal brokering, e.t.c), but nobody has cheap drivers anymore. I can absolutely assure you, that in Eastern European community you won't find anybody making less than $1500 per week now.
And you can't just simply bring new immigrants over here. It's very very hard to legally immigrate in the US nowadays. The reason you see so many immigrants driving trucks now, because when everything collapsed in 2008, everyone went into trucking and they kept switching. There are no new switchers now. There are no new people coming and it's just as hard for 1099 companies to find drivers, as for legit w2 companies.
You better put more blame on good old 300lb American boys with 7 grades of education, who do lease purchase with legit trucking companies and get robbed in a fully legit legal way.
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I think the market is soft right now, because of the trade war. Changes in tarrifs can mess up the whole supply chains, so companies just play it safe at the moment. The freight volume simply dropped sharply, I don't remember this little freight being available since Spring of 2016.
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Its hard to compete with megas with specialty freight. Stepdeck/flatbed is nothing special anymore. Youve got werner, swift, cr england and other bottom feeders to compete cause they all have step/flatbeds -
What type of cimcomp did you call before you had a truck and what where the rates? Van reefer flat? How many years experience in the field did you have? What did you tell them on the phone did you act like you had a truck? Did you start out with your own authority?Tug Toy and Good bloom Thank this. -
I still think you are focusing on what's actually a small fraction of the market with the illegal operations. You are making as though it is some large out of control issue, when in reality of all the trucks on the road they all operate in a legal manner. To each their own. It's simple supply and demand especially with van freight.
I run flats, I had about 4 years indirect experience in trucking before I started, I had a excavation company. Of course I acted as though I had a truck already when I talked to them, and yes I've only ever worked for myself. I even got my CDL myself. I've never worked for another trucking company. When I talked to my first customer I had everything set up, whether or not they took me I was starting somewhere. I had a list of local business I knew I'd get one of them. I currently run four trucks, seven trailers, and a very nice list of clients that keeps us busy year round. -
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Edit: Not to mention skirting health care laws, at that many employees he would be mandated to require health care which makes his savings probably double the $135,000. So there is $270,000 in savings on a 25 truck fleet. We never even spoke about office staff. I could go on and on how it trickles down. I’ll make 1 point. Backend of office is way more simple if your just 1099. So maybe they get by with 1 accounting person instead of 2? Well that’s one less job created and another 50k in savings. So we’re at 320k.
I admire your story, I never have worked for another company as well. It’s surprising to me our opinions are so different although I do agree sometimes you gotta just get out of bed and make it happen. Worrying about it can just bring you down but turning a blind eye is not correct either IMO. I think we would agree on a lot maybe just not this. Congrats on everything though. Seriously.
Last thing “I’ll tske care of my taxes myself” Here is the translation “I love 1099 because I can add a bunch of mystery expenses and pay very little in taxes, buy a new Ford power stroke and call it business expense.” lol :] They know the game, are short sighted and IMO unpatriotic by cheating fellow tax payers.Last edited: Sep 17, 2018
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People cheat the system in every industry, I'm not disagreeing with you or that statement at all. My point is It appeared to me he was making the argument that his business is suffering great financial loss because he can't compete with the "1099" outfits. That is not the reason for the failure, not that their is any after some of his responses, it appears he's just complaining. That's just how I interpreted the post.
Fact is I've actually stopped hauling freight for companies because rates, loaders, load time, or a broker came in and ruined it. I'm not afraid to say no and move on. Make good choices, fight for your business and your success.mladen86, jcrack08, Bean Jr. and 1 other person Thank this.
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