Give me the truth please...

Don't let these sour pusses tread on your idea. If you see a legitimate opportunity then by all means, it's your capital on the line. You're getting responses from people that don't hustle, have poor performing trucks and have a devil may care attitude when it come to their settlements.

I know a lot of O/Os, some are whining broke peterbilt loving, harley-Davidson shirt wearing, Tasmanian Devil worshiping, pro-wrestling believing, truck stop living in, buffet sucking down, CB smack talking, blue tooth headset wearing garbage that no body else would let any where near their businesses.

And some you'd never suspect are truck drivers, plain spoken, easy to talk to and when you see their trucks it's nothing fancy, usually a used Volvo or some other truck from a large fleet. And you know what, they will tell you anything you want to know and they own 3 trucks and are buying them cash every six months.

Ive been making $70k plus a year as a company driver for the last two years. Sure the nurse makes more but I too have a plan. And following the advise of the few successful independents and not getting the pro wrestling fans excited is how I intend on making a few bucks in trucks.

Good luck.

 

That really ain't a true profile of most regular posters here who own trucks and know how to make money with them. Most of the folks raining on his parade make good points. You see the thing is everyone thinks they can do it, even ones with capital. I'm highly skeptical this guy's idea is going to be anything other than a money losing proposition as he ain't got a clue at all about freight.. Nor drivers as employees either. And the last thing any of us needs is another clueless operator going for broke driving down rates.

 

The fact that you have a good means of income with your nursing job is a good safety net to start with. I would highly recommend maybe driving part time on the side for somone for a couple years to get your feet wet. It may be hard but theres companies out there that run local that pay horrible but will bring you on with no experience. Sometimes even owner operators will take you under there wing if they feel your a reliable worker and could be a good backup driver in the event they need time off. At least then you might have a shot at getting insurance. I would get a little seat time one way or another before running out and purchasing a truck but I think your plan is feasable combined with your nursing job if well planned out and you stick to it.

 

This has been discussed here a few time, look below at FMCSA REG 395.2 number 9. Any compensatied work must be logged as on-duty counting toward your 70. Do I agree with no, but it is a regulation.

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On-duty time means all time from the time a driver begins to work or is required to be in readiness to work until the time the driver is relieved from work and all responsibility for performing work. On-duty time shall include1) All time at a plant, terminal, facility, or other property of a motor carrier or shipper, or on any public property, waiting to be dispatched, unless the driver has been relieved from duty by the motor carrier;(2) All time inspecting, servicing, or conditioning any commercial motor vehicle at any time;(3) All driving time as defined in the term driving time;(4) All time in or on a commercial motor vehicle, other thani) Time spent resting in or on a parked vehicle, except as otherwise provided in §397.5 of this subchapter;(ii) Time spent resting in a sleeper berth; or(iii) Up to 2 hours riding in the passenger seat of a property-carrying vehicle moving on the highway immediately before or after a period of at least 8 consecutive hours in the sleeper berth;(5) All time loading or unloading a commercial motor vehicle, supervising, or assisting in the loading or unloading, attending a commercial motor vehicle being loaded or unloaded, remaining in readiness to operate the commercial motor vehicle, or in giving or receiving receipts for shipments loaded or unloaded;(6) All time repairing, obtaining assistance, or remaining in attendance upon a disabled commercial motor vehicle;(7) All time spent providing a breath sample or urine specimen, including travel time to and from the collection site, to comply with the random, reasonable suspicion, post-crash, or follow-up testing required by part 382 of this subchapter when directed by a motor carrier;(8) Performing any other work in the capacity, employ, or service of, a motor carrier; and(9) Performing any compensated work for a person who is not a motor carrier.Seven consecutive days means the period of 7 consecutive days beginning on any day at the time designated by the motor carrier for a 24-hour period.Signal employee, as defined in 49 U.S.C. 21101(4), means an individual who is engaged in installing, repairing, or maintaining signal systems.Sleeper berth means a berth conforming to the requirements of §393.76 of this chapter.Transportation of construction materials and equipment means the transportation of construction and pavement materials, construction equipment, and construction maintenance vehicles, by a driver to or from an active construction site (a construction site between mobilization of equipment and materials to the site to the final completion of the construction project) within a 50 air mile radius of the normal work reporting location of the driver. This paragraph does not apply to the transportation of material found by the Secretary to be hazardous under 49 U.S.C. 5103 in a quantity requiring placarding under regulations issued to carry out such section.[/TD]
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Well said my friend, well said!

 

Gezz of course if it has to do with the truck it's suppose to be logged.

If a person has another job that has nothing to do with trucking it DOES NOT have to be logged.

 

Gosh! it all SOUNDS sooooo easy. Good luck with that and next time dont ask for the truth when what you really want is everyone blowing smoke up your backside. 2 other successful (Snowwy and Rolling Coal") O/O's gave you the same answer as I did yet it seems you somehow feel that we are full of it. I personally could give you a better ROI (return on investment) by you giving me a hundred grand and me kicking you in the junk a few times and handing you a thousand bucks back.

 

If you want to be a mini fleet owner I would get buy 3 older expedite trucks cash, lease them on to landstar. I had six of them at one time, you can make good money if you have decent drivers, I get a lot of former tractor trailer drivers looking to ease into a less stressful ride. feel free to pm me if you like.

 

The truck driving is the easy part and making it as a successful trucking company owner is the hard part. Better learn how business works before getting into it and burning up alot of hard earned money you have saved up.

 

You are absolutely wrong. Part 395.2 of the federal motor carrier regulations clearly define what must be logged as on duty. And line item #9 of that part reads: Performing any compensated work a person who is not a motor carrier. It doesn't get much more clear than that. If you're getting paid, you're on duty. Period.