Looking for advice for first year plan

Getting into heavy haul is going to take a lot longer than a year. And, the most physically demanding trucker gig is hauling cars. You can probably get into that your first year and it pays better than average. I know many OTR car haulers making well into the six figures as company drivers if your willing to live in the truck. Personally, I'm off every weekend and home every night..still close to $85k/yr with the benefits added in and non-union. Of course, if the economy takes a dump, car haulers tend to feel it first.

 

You forgot to tell us about the acting classes you took and the movie about trucking that you are planning to make. Please give us a shout out when you get that Oscar next year....

I understand planning but you def put the trailer before the tractor here. Get experience and then decide. A lot can happen in a year.

 

You want physical?

Pick a food service company and get to work.

 

Here is my 2 cents. You will spend your first year learning how to become an efficiant driver and learning how to drive the truck in a manner to accomplish 3 things; driving in the winter, backing, and driving for long periods. Once you master those things you will have to get used to a very rigorious schedule.

Once you have adjusted to the trucking lifestyle and learnd how to operate the truck correctly then it would be a good idea to start you move into the type of trucking you want to eventually do which sounds like heavy haul. Once you find a company that will hire you then you will have to do that for a year or two just to learn it and get enough experience. Meanwhile take some time to track your trucks exspences so you can figure out operating costs over a year or so period. Then you can make the decision on rather or not to be O/O. Instead of a year or two plan make it a five year plan. Why learn all this stuff while you foot the bill when you can on someone elses dime?

 

The Breakdown:

Wherever you are getting your ideas from, whomever gave you info that made you decide to put out that opening post is either an idiot or he thinks youre an idiot.

1. The truck you posted, brand new is probably a quarter million dollars off the showroom floor.
2. If you find a 4 axle truck for $40k, it is the biggest POS on the road.
3. You do not want the early regen trucks, because when you jake them down the mountains, odds are you're going to have to pull over on the shoulder to do a forxed regen. Buddy of mine had to do it with an 09 at 230000gvw and the shoulder gave way and rolled the truck.
4. Odds are it will take you2 years to become a proficient stick and brick flatbedder.
5. Different set of rules for superloads. In your neck of the woods the only people that know the rules is the driver pulling superloads in that area, and the highway patrol that gives him a level 1 inspection every day before escorting the load.
6. Well before you get to heavyhaul, you will no longer see7mpg. You wont see 7 mpg deadheading. So stop with the mega carrier beancounting numbers.

 

talk to anyone you see driving for Sysco, US foods, etc. Even milk delivery is a tough gig

 

Excellent advice. We are following this. Has worked great for 3 months so far.

 

We gonna pull a fricken oversize bulldoza down tru manhattan wit my tri steer axle Binford 9000 heavy duty bluetooth commode superliner wit da 38 speed automatic!!!