Nationalease

Thanks.....

I'll just leave it at that until you go to WA again.

That offer to dinner still stands.


F2F had nothing to do with struggling. It had to do with, this part of the country is poor van market. And I knew that going into it.

I also knew I did not want a used tractor AND reefer to start out with at the same time. Especially since both can kill you maintenance wise.

So I got comfortable with the maintenance standing on the truck and moved into the reefer when I felt comfortable with it.

BOTH were planned business moves.

 

I knew you had it planned out, and that's why I was surprised that you were reporting mediocre numbers. What I didn't take into account was your sensitivity to repair expenses, and your explanation here makes sense of the path you've taken.

I know from your historical posts that you value your hometime. From my point of view, personal wants take a back seat to business needs when you're starting out in a new venture. With that thinking, I expected that once you stepped away from your company position that you would forgo your valued hometime in favor of running in positive markets for van freight. I really expected you to stay with what you knew (reefer), so the fact that you moved to dry van as a L/O really shocked me. But I figured you knew what you were doing, and that you had a plan. But your mediocre numbers contradicted my suspicion.

I seem to be running in different markets than most of the TTR folks; I've only had opportunity to meet one member in person so far. Keep an eye on my whereabouts in the Where Are You thread, and we'll make arrangements when it's feasible.

 

I was in the average for Market rates in the dry van. Market average was around $1.72. If anything, I was actually above market average at around $1.80ish.
http://fleetowner.com/spot-rates-firm

With the reefer, market rates are about 20-30 CPM OVER dry van.

 

MNDriver, you and I both know that if either one of us is 'average', we consider that to be subpar performance. There is no excuse for being 'average'; it just means that we're being lazy or way too risk averse.