Is the load boards hard to figure out..

You still never answered my question as to what "great" money is to you?

Trucks use fuel not gas.

 

RUN! That is a bad bad bad deal. Put 20% down on a good used truck for less than $50k. Get your own plates and IFTA at the DMV it's easy. If a company wants to take a 35% cut they better not charge a penny more for ANYTHING. 35% of load goes to them, that's it, end of story. No insurance, elog, or other fees. Their 35% take should cover all that.

 

Also, before you even start have $5k in a maintenance fund and add $1000 (minimum) to it every month, just in case. I will say it again, 7 months is not enough experience to just jump in. Everybody will try to take adventage of your inexperience. Dispatchers can be sleazy. Just last week I had a dispatcher tell me to "wait" for "an hour or two" until he figures out what to do because there was no empties at the yard I was at. Mind you, I'm leased on and driving local. Guess what? I dont get paid to wait. I either drive, get paid detention or go home. If you bend over once they will not get off you.

 

What are you using for fixed and variable costs to build your business model around? If you can’t answer this question do not pass go

 

Read the forum rules. Then read Doible Yellow’s epic thread. He was extremely well prepared and only lasted a couple of years so be forwarned