I have a great idea!!

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  1. asphaltcowboy4x4

    asphaltcowboy4x4 Medium Load Member

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    i wanna start a trucking company that pays 30% of revenue to driver. Right that’s already around but what about a company that pays full benefits and get this lets the driver choose their own loads and work off a load board?? Omg he said what?! Yeah that’s right of course productivity would be evaulated to make sure the driver isn’t picking easy cheap loads but if he was then he’d be making less. Is there any companies like this already?
     
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  3. FlaSwampRat

    FlaSwampRat Road Train Member

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    Yea bid routes in a union shop. Full benefits. Bid an easy route...less money. Bid a hard route....more money.
     
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  4. asphaltcowboy4x4

    asphaltcowboy4x4 Medium Load Member

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    Nah like linehaul do the same thing over and over boring? I’m talking otr like an actual owner op. Just company. I’m looking for 4 other drivers interested we start this company together equal share. Let’s git er done!
     
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  5. MGE Dawn

    MGE Dawn Road Train Member

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    >I wanna start a trucking company

    Dude, that tells me everything I need to know. That line is the "and everybody clapped" of this site
     
  6. HillbillyDeluxeTruck

    HillbillyDeluxeTruck Road Train Member

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    Alright put your money where your mouth is...

    When is the truck & trailer ready?
     
  7. D.Tibbitt

    D.Tibbitt Road Train Member

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    There is a lot of landstar small fleets running that model...

    And plus when somebody says they have a great idea , its usually a very bad idea
     
  8. Rideandrepair

    Rideandrepair Road Train Member

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    Bad idea. You start a Company, then let others decide what’s best for your Company. That’s as bad as my idea of starting a company with 4 or 5 co workers, running it like a co- op. Splitting profits. Just asking for problems. No matter how fair you are, Drivers still will complain, quit, and destroy your Company in the process.
     
  9. snowwy

    snowwy Road Train Member

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    There's always someone that has a great idea.

    But it's really no different then everyone else's great idea. It's the same shpeel.

    And for some reason. They can't figure out that their great idea. Is really a BAD idea.
     
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  10. bryan21384

    bryan21384 Road Train Member

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    I totally agree. I personally dont blame companies that have forced dispatch sometimes. I mean, drivers get licenses and they forget that this is a business, and contributing to a business may mean a run to NYC, or in snow, or any adverse situation. It's not always peaches and many diva drivers try to make it that way.
     
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  11. asphaltcowboy4x4

    asphaltcowboy4x4 Medium Load Member

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    Well I don’t go to nyc where I’m at so eat them apples
     
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