Hard finding loads

There are lots of companies advertising for O/O's.
Expand your thinking... Intermodal?... Expediting?
There was a very high market in transport this summer. Not sure what it is right now. Was very well worth deadheading hundreds of miles into the midwest. They had loads with best rates in the country. Couldn't get stuff moving.

EDIT: I just applied with KAG. They're based out of Canton OH. They got work all over the country. They want O/O's. Tanker pays real good. They got non Hazmat also. Just a thought?

 

I run expedite up here in the Detroit area. I had my authority and parked it. This is much less of a headache, freight is plentiful and the rates are heading back up, even though it is still a bit slow. Figure around $2 net right now, will be going up when more auto plants come back on line, major retooling going on, many plants are still down, or in their final phases of construction for new product. Suppliers are in many cases running 24/7 to keep up in this slow period.

 

I am leased to a company that runs oil field freight. Sometimes I need to find a backhaul. In those cases I use the following apps: Truckloads, 123Loadboard, DAT, and then the TQL and Landstar load boards.

Don't be afraid to negotiate. Read ALL of @BoyWander's thread. If you are pulling a dry van, bear in mind you are at the bottom of the spot market rates. You will do better to pull reefer or flatbed. Mercer has decent flatbed.

Consider increasing your income by doing anything that involves the Three D's": Dirty, Difficult, or Dangerous. Do you have your Hazmat and Tanker endorsements? If not, then GET THEM.

 

Yes these big dreams can come crashing down very quickly if you don't do your due diligence or get an accountant to do a risk assessment i guess some of the bigger brokers like CH Robertson will want a reference however surely there's some out there that will let you load ask them how does a new O/O get a reference cause at some point every O/O is new?

 

Ohio is chock full of loads. Even Military ones too. And a ton by the lakes...

Deadhead should be a small expense around Ohio, I'll be happy to pay it knowing there is money on the table to load.

 

Most o/o start as company drivers. Very few get their license then buy a truck and try to do business. I think the lack of experience that the brokers are alluding to is a lack of driving experience.

 

Maybe BT Express Global Services can use you. They're in Weatherford,Oklahoma.

Bt Exp Global Services is a Carrier truck company located in Weatherford, OK. The company's officialy registered name is Bt Auto Transport Llc, and it is doing business as Bt Exp Global Services. Bt Exp Global Services's United States DOT (Department of Transportation) number is 2109822. Bt Exp Global Services employs 16 truck drivers as owner operators or company drivers. Leasing opportunities may be available. Bt Exp Global Services's commercial over-the-road transportation services may include specialized, flatbed, or heavy haul driving. 16 of Bt Exp Global Services's trucks include auxiliary power units.
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Im not so sure.

When I purchased my truck I was told that there will be challenges getting the first few loads. That is probably going to be one of them, the broker dealing with a unknown person or people when they decide to risk a load onto me.

It's a shame it did not work out any further than it did. I had a great tractor and ready to go work with essentially unlimited possibilites. It was time at that period to leave the just being company drivah behind and build a business that would hire people some day.

Im not sure if I will ever see that again in life, there were possibilities and when there is you get to live. Everything else is just marking time and is wasteful.