load boards and trailers

I am just starting out with a one ton truck and a trailer. I have a couple of questions. First about trailers.One would a 40 foot flat bed with ramps and other would be a wedge what would be only a car trailer? I could haul autos or ltl freight. There are many load boards and I am certain that some are better than others. Any input would be greatly appreciated. Some of them even offer payment times and credit reports. Are those kinds of extras of value?

 

A 1 ton has trouble competing with dedicated 18 wheeler car carriers because of capacity .. If I drive 55mph in my 9 car carrier and get 8mpg and you haul 2 or 3 cars and get 10mpg the math just isn't there for long term operation/you've got uncompetitive equipment.. I was afraid those TV shows would give people the wrong idea and bankrupt a few more people... of course they don't care as long as they can make a good show. Some duallys won't do 10mpg under a load .. making the viability even less likely.

 

For the 18 wheeler.
1000 miles divided by 8mpg is 125 gallons of fuel.
125 Gallons X $4.00 per gallon would be $500.
$500 divided by 1000 miles is $0.50 in fuel per mile.
$0.50 divided by 9 cars is $0.05 per car per mile in fuel cost.

For the hot shot pickup truck.
1000 miles divided by 10mpg is 100 gallons of fuel.
100 Gallons X $4.00 per gallon would be $400.
$400 divided by 1000 miles is $0.40 in fuel per mile.
$0.40 divided by 3 cars is $0.13 per car per mile in fuel cost.

The 3 car hot shot is 2-1/2 times more expensive to transport each car.

But then there are 5 car trailers avaliable for Puckup trucks so
$0.40 divided by 5 cars is $0.08 per car per mile in fuel cost.

Thats $0.05 for the big rig and a 5 car HotShot is $0.08.

That is only $0.02 more per car!

HOWEVER there is one big thing that most don't consider.

I do believe (Please correct me if I am wrong) if purchasing new vehicles (I don't ever want to go used again)

The 18 wheeler could be somewhere around $3000 a month in payments if purchased new or roughly $700 a week.
The pickup truck could be as little as $800 a month in payments if purchased new or roughly $184 a week (assuming the Truck @ $700 and trailer @ $100 per week).

The cost of insurance I'm sure would reflect the same.

For every $100,000 you earn with a Big Rig, if you get to keep $0.3% after everything is paid, thats $30,000.
For every $75,000 you earn with a Hot Shot, if you get to keep $0.5% after everything is paid, thats $33,750.
A higher percentage of less money could end up being more in your pocket!

Also on a new Ford or Dodge truck for a couple thousand I can extend the bumper to bumper warranty to something like 7 years and over 100,000 miles!

Even though the big rig makes so much more profit per car per mile, (and gets so much more work done) the cost of running a pickup truck is so much less in up front and running costs, the percentage of $$$ in your pocket profit is much bigger.

You can also drive where big rigs can't go because of weight restrictions, not to mention if you pull the company magnets off and drop the trailer, you are in a passenger vehicle that can "bobtail" anywhere, bypass the scales, go 65 where big rigs are limited to 55 (Illinois for example), get 18 mpg on the freeway and SCREW THE LOG BOOK!!!!

TRY THAT IN A BOBTAIL BIG RIG!!!

DANG!!!
I JUST SOLD MYSELF!!!!
I'M GOING OUT TOMORROW AND GETTING A NEW PUCKUP TRUCK AND TRAILER!!! once I check with the wife that is

 

WOW, talk about getting the last word in!

 

What does it mean to "bobtail"? sorry I am new here. Sorry, google answered my question for me.

 

Flaws in your thinking,

1. That 100,000 mile/ 7 year warranty will last you 1 YEAR if you run decent at all, then everything is out of pocket.
2. After 3 years and 300,000 miles, tell me what each of those trucks is worth?
3. How many transmissions, tires, brakes and engines will you go through?

I did the dually thing, never again.....

 

A long time ago a guy told me that dually's were fer campers .........

 

AMEN!!!!!!

 

Truck bible Quote of the day "A dually shall not stop in the rain with 20k pounds on the trailer; it shall slide into the intersection and hit another car because it is 4 to 5 times overloaded capacity it shall be uncomfortable and squat on heavy loads "

 

One of the dually Commandments in the same truck Bible say "Thou shalt only haul campers and small horse trailers"