If today is any indication...

Your back will love that seat, I put one in my old Volvo, I’m considering pulling it out of there and putting it in my Star. And I really like the seats in my Star.

 

Some people here succeeded because of pure luck. Ones who retired and sold their equipment at prices we have never seen before. Did they work as others for that money that was flowing to them? NOT. Nobody was able to predict those prices ahead of time.
If they have kids, their kids are already ahead. PURE LUCK.
Then ones who got into it three weeks ago getting top rates then moving to today's rates not knowing how long this period will last: BAD LUCK especially when you shell out a lot of money starting out.
Everyone knows first couple of years are tough and many go out of business those years.
It is not like a death business that never dies. Yes, times might be slower with inflation, people spending less money on memorials. But you never go out of business unless you retire or have a very good competitor with better prices than you next door. But if you don't have a competitor on the same street, you are doing good even though one is charging way less 10 miles down the road.

 

Wrong. People getting into this when things are at all time highs (rates and equipment) and thinking that this is how it’s going to stay are ignorant. It’s not because of bad luck if they don’t make it, it’s because they got into business over leveraged and reality smacked them.

Someone who buys an early emissions truck and then has lots of issues with it is not bad luck. It’s the price you pay for buying something that is known to be a headache.

There maybe is some luck involved in this or any other business, but not enough to either make or break it. Knowledge and good decision making is what makes it successful.

 

Luck is when you walk down the street and a tree falls 2 feet behind you and you’re not hurt or killed. Being successful in trucking is not luck. Sure it’s nice to get some breaks along the way but that’s taking the good with the bad. People who have bad situations happen and turn them into good situations are the people who ultimately create their own “luck” and success. IMO.

My personal feeling and no offense to anyone but people who blame luck for their own lack of success has their mind rooted in a victim mentality. Free your mind of that and opportunity will present itself, now you must act on this opportunity vs talking about it or thinking about it but ultimately doing nothing.

 

Yep.

 

Booked for next week already.
I'm taking one day off next week to do some work on the truck.

 

I believe in luck - being in the right place in the right time to get the job definitely makes a huge difference in the trucking game.

 

Right?

I am not trying to offend anyone who worked hard and accomplished to what they have. But this business often is based on luck. It's a gamble from day one.

@Dinosour
I never really had a father in my life. So, people who had a father until he was fifty had more luck than kids who didn't happen to know their father in their lives.
The point I was making is that more wealthy families can help out their kids. There are families who won't chip a dime, but I'm talking about families who are better off who are more likely to do so.

 

With your mindset, there is a plan to be successful then no matter what happens. If it's not luck, then you need to have answers how to make it successful from day one no matter outside circumstances. It might vary from one to another but time shouldn't be of essence then because nobody can predict a pandemic or war.
And some succeeded with no money down at all here. Some had to invest a lot of money. Both can end up successful. Then how do you compare their success? One getting in with no money is considered an idiot. But some those idiots are successful today.