I just got a new truck, now I need advice to start working

With your ability to "discuss" it might not be your choice about your last post.

Exactly like I did...gave a response from EXPERIENCE, based on what experience level you offered, and knowing first hand how Swift works the drivers of outside contractors...obviously you don't know how Swift works the outside contractor from your statement. Also, a reminder to the OP, that hiring a driver not showing qualifications, is not a good business plan other than the fact that he could get ripped off again....or is that what you had in mind?

Very quick to attack aren't you(?)! Glad you "toned down" your public post compared to the PM you sent me....which I forwarded onto the Moderators...get ready to get a message from the Mods!

 

First off what even the Mod's or Admin does is fine I have no problem with that since I broke the rules and attacked You with words.

Secondly, I don't go out to screw anyone, So on that note your statement is totally wrong and just shows You don't know anything worth a poop when it comes to Me. You don't know Me nor will You ever know Me other then from here.. Your lose not Mine.. That is fact.. Live with it.

Sorry for Your thread being jaked By Me.. I do Apologize for that.

 

how about putting an ad in the local paper? find a driver, then take him/her out for 2 weeks, they do all the driving and you instruct the driver exactly how you want him to find loads (load board/online/known broker blah blah) then teach them how to operate. It's not rocket science. There are people out here figuring it out that dont even speak english well, certainly with your tutelage a profitable driver can be positioned. money talks. for the right money I would even do your grease zerks every 10k miles. dont make a mountain out of a molehill

 

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Well, you said you had a truck. You did not say you had a truck and trailer.

You said it was insured, but do you have your Authority? In other words, can you operate the truck on your own? And if you do, you want to give a dispatch service 10% on top of broker's fees? And all this pulling a dry van?

Here are you're only real choices as I see it:

1) Trade that dry van in for a reefer and look for a really good driver, someone who can operate the truck in the most profitable fashion without paying all those incidental fees. You could do that with a flatbed, also. But dry van freight is too cheap to split very many ways.

2) Sell the truck

 

This is a fake thread, Right? It's gotta be. Right? Really, this is a joke thread and is misplaced out of the jokes thread? RIGHT?????

I have to ask.

WHY would you buy a freaking 6 year old POS truck and a Volvo at that when you can't drive, have NO experience in trucking, no idea what to do and then ask on a truckers forum what you need to do?

First, Thanks for your service. That much you did right!

So far the information you have gotten is good starting with:
*SELL THE THING! It IS an option!
*Get a REEFER! That covers two types of freight you can haul. Reefer freight pays a lot better than dry!
*Find a broker to work with.
*You do NOT need a dispatcher! YOU be the dispatcher and YOU do the broker contacting. You are the truck owner. You do the "OFFICE" work let the driver do the driving and calling the broker for the information he needs.
*Sell the truck! unless you have a ton of money to throw around while you "learn" how to run a trucking company, I'd get the hello out or find an old retired O/O who is looking to get back on the road because he's bored out of his head, someone like me that's been there done that and can help you through this as long as you pay him extra for "training" you!
I'd do it if you had a real truck but due to my own medical problems that's not an option yet! I still never liked a Volvo especially the older ones! Stupid off set steering colums and engeeres like Freightliner! Never sat in a truck in their lives and they're designing them!
I'm also an arse and because of my time behind the wheel I can be a demanding SOB but because old guys like me keep like our equipment in top notch condition, don't need to be hand led down the road, know BS when we hear it from a broker or anyone, know what good paying freight is, how to load and check our loads and produce or products, know when something needs to be fixed, how to fix it, and when to fuel, where to fuel and the other things that ownership involves other than pointing the thing down the road and watching the world roll by.
Let someone else train the rookies as you don't have that kind of time or money for their mistakes that they will make. Go look in the mirror! See that guy who bought a truck? Sorry I'm an arse and couldn't help myself! Just can't sugar coat this!

Get your own authority.
Get your own driver (like above)
Get someone who has owned or been on the road.
You can get someone to check his background and credentials and when you get a broker they could care less who he is.
All the broker wants is your company info and his drivers license and SS number!
Get a desk, an old world fax machine (yeah that over priced communication dinosaur that people just can't let go of) a printer scanner, computer filing cabinet and phone lines and then a smart phone cell, laptop, broadband card and flatbed scanner for your driver. Someone to help you get the computer set up for this operation if you aren't that savvy with them.
you'll be good to go!
Drop a dispatcher. Why throw that money away!
This is a google link for a few brokers but it's a start: http://www.google.com/search?q=truc...s=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

*You DO NOT NEED A BROKERS LICENSE! I'll bet you someone will tell you that you need one to "broker" your own freight! That's a hoax with the uninformed in the industry!
A "BROKER" is the one who foots the bills, PAYS the freight to the company.
He's the one with the money!
He gets the money from the shippers then gives it to the truckers.
He has an "operating capital" that covers the waiting for the "checks" to come in!
An AGENT works for a broker and does not have to foot the bill on the freight. They do not need a license. I'm an agent when a few of my friends need a load and I can get one and get it brokered. I'm not doing any now as it's taking to much off the top that the owners need so I've dropped out. I can't take a pay check from the people who do the work! Brokers are greedy enough taking stupid money for 15 minutes on the phone and pushing some papers into that stupid fax machine! I mean how hard is it to scan and email for way less the cost?

If you're still wanting to go through with this insanity then I would say that you should go to one of these "brokers schools" You'll be shown how to find loads and how the system really works.
OR you can get your own loads by doing a little foot work. Get out and find a small company that makes a product close to home.
Figure what you need to be paid per mile.
Go in and talk to the owner of this small company. Work out when he should pay you or how does he pay on his statements. 30,45,60,90 days.
Work out an agreement ( I hope you have a lawyer to write up contracts for you)
I also hope you have an operating capital of at least $20,000 to keep running on until your payments come in.
After you get set up with this company and if it's the same loads going to maybe the same area then look for loads in that area that bring you home or called "back hauls" Any other freight is a load! This is why you need to do the "office" work! This used to be how trucking was years ago, actually still is for some "in the know" older guys out there! And even younger "family" drivers!
Once you've proven to these companies that you can do and can't fail then you'll do fine.
Get with ComData about getting on in a fuel program for cheaper fuel. They do this. It's like joining a big box store for fuel. If it saves you several cents off the dollar do it!
You can do the same with medical insurance.
Have an agreement with someone like Ryder Truck rental in case you suffer a bad breakdown so you can get that load to wherever on time thus proving you "can do" when the chips are stacked against you.
SELL THE STUPID TRUCK!