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Help me decide

Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by shanman, Oct 17, 2015.

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  1. Oct 17, 2015 #11
    bigguns

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    This is a no brainer. Sell the second truck unless of course you are a masochist.
     
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  3. Oct 17, 2015 #12
    shanman

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    I wouldn't know how to pay. I think percentage but some might not like that. Benefits I do not think I can afford. Would have to talk to the cpa about that. I am taking a risk buying this new truck but not that big of one. I paid cash and have no debt in my company. So I will be fine. The truck is a 2002 freightliner classic xl 12.7 detroit 13sp. It has almost 1.7mil on it but alot has been rebuilt on it in the last few years.
     
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  4. Oct 17, 2015 #13
    shanman

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    Hahaha. Well sometimes I.... that's a different subject... I would like to start building a fleet and both trucks are paid for. Risk vs reward.....
     
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  5. Oct 17, 2015 #14
    TaylorMade407

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    I just PM'd you
     
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  7. Oct 17, 2015 #15
    Big Don

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    I was not talking about hiring a stranger from an application. I was talking about hiring someone you have known very well, for a whole lot of years!
     
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  8. Oct 17, 2015 #16
    Orangees

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    All fun and games until someone gets fired.

    Hiring friends is completely a 50/50 shot.
     
    Orangees, Oct 17, 2015
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  9. Oct 17, 2015 #17
    shanman

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    Of the people that I know like that they are all happily employed. And I've done the give a friend a job thing. Won't do that again. Even when they are real good workers I think something changes when their friend is their boss.
     
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  10. Oct 17, 2015 #18
    Cricket Man

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    Im buying a second truck to hire a driver on local intermodal .
     
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  11. Oct 18, 2015 #19
    Camelclutch

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    Sell it and keep cash in hands for unexpected, or keep it around as a spare if its not worth much.I feel like its tough enough for an o/o with a paid off truck, why deal with all that.You could sell it with work, and broker the old truck.Probably make the same money, less liability and some cash in your hands.
     
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  12. Oct 18, 2015 #20
    Cricket Man

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    You think is not worth get a second truck to put a driver on it ?
     
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