O/O Team wanting to take the next step up

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  1. Spongekids2

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    Husband and wife team. Currently with Crete. Been there 4 years in April. Have TWIC and hazmat. No load board experience. Have been looking at Mercer and Bennett. Suggestions? Gathering information to make the best decision possible. Thanks!
     
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  3. Midnightrider909

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    Both are good companies.
     
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  4. DUNE-T

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    What are you making currently at Crete? What does your typical week look like?
     
  5. Spongekids2

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    We run on cpm. We average about 52-5500 miles per week. Bring home after insurance and truck payment and etc we average about 2k-2500 a week. We know we can do better. We hardly EVER bring home 3k. We have to run into the 6 to 6500 miles per week to do that. We are in our 50’s and don’t want to drive that hard every week to bring in decent money.
     
  6. Midnightrider909

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    You own your own truck?
     
  7. Spongekids2

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    Yes
     
  8. Midnightrider909

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    Mercer is like Landstar but with a flatbed emphasis. Bennett has a few divisions, one of which is called Heavy and Specialized and serves the armed forces. I haul dry van arms and ammo and you can do that at Bennett if you can get a secret clearance. DOD also has flatbed freight. If you don’t want to haul arms and ammunition Bennett also has a lot of non-DOD freight.
     
  9. Spongekids2

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    Thanks! Is it just flat bed only? If so are they already tarped? Husband did flatbed before I started and he hated it. Being out in the weather trying to get load covered but that was with Roehl years ago. We would want DOD runs since we are a team just not thrilled about flatbed.
     
  10. HopeOverMope

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    Landstar, explosives and ammunition group. Period
     
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  11. Midnightrider909

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    Thats our next step if Bennett doesn’t meet my revenue needs. Are you currently hauling A&E for Landstar? We only made $4000 after expenses last week so might have to switch if the loads don’t improve. Maybe A&E is slow right now.
     
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