Small Fleet with Mercer

fivestar · Aug 9, 2017

JL of Indiana said: ↑

Thanks, we went straight for our intrastate dot number shuttling some loads for a warehouse. Bought an old 91 T800 for 11,000 and an old 96 Great Dane van for 5500. This was in '08. Eventually found DAT and started doing some out and backs to get our feet wet. Bought an old 99 T8 and rented a trailer to bring on a 2nd truck and hired our first driver. Eventually applied for our interstate mc so we could cross state lines. Then bought a newer few year old sleeper and started our first "OTR regional" and got our 2nd hired driver. Eventually had 3 drivers and was able to stay back in the office. Applied for broker authority to increase our capabilities and learned that for a while. Gained the confidence and platform to feel comfortable bringing on a owner op, added another truck, got to a point we could bring on an office person to help, and off she goes...

We now run 6 assets, 2 owner ops, and 12 trailers. Work with 100's of brokers while having developed half a dozen solid customers. On the other side we work with 100's of carriers aswell. We were able to get a small warehouse to HQ out of and brought on a 2nd office person.

Take your time with growth and build the base first, then up from there. Don't use factoring, save and run on your own money.
Click to expand...

For some reason, I am unable to send you a PM. Could you PM me so I can send over a couple of questions?

JL of Indiana · Aug 9, 2017

fivestar said: ↑

For some reason, I am unable to send you a PM. Could you PM me so I can send over a couple of questions?
Click to expand...

Yeah for whatever reason it seems my PM's are turned off. I made a mistake early on by asking if anyone had any trucks for a certain lane and they banned me for spamming. I just didn't know the rules I guess. I'll try and make an email so folks can contact me. I'm not yet ready to publicly talk about my company.

In the mean time feel free to ask any questions you want on here. I'm here to help people and hopefully learn new things myself!

fivestar · Aug 9, 2017

JL of Indiana said: ↑

Yeah for whatever reason it seems my PM's are turned off. I made a mistake early on by asking if anyone had any trucks for a certain lane and they banned me for spamming. I just didn't know the rules I guess. I'll try and make an email so folks can contact me. I'm not yet ready to publicly talk about my company.

In the mean time feel free to ask any questions you want on here. I'm here to help people and hopefully learn new things myself!
Click to expand...

Got ya. Mainly wanted to connect with you to hear more about your O/O program and to see if you could give me some advice/tips on finding drivers since you have your own fleet.

Wheeler86 · Jan 6, 2018

Are you still looking for drivers?

Log in or Sign up

Forums

Small Fleet with Mercer

fivestar Light Load Member

Trucking Jobs in 30 seconds

Wait, employers can't reach you!

JL of Indiana Light Load Member

fivestar Light Load Member

Wheeler86 Bobtail Member

Trucking Jobs in 30 seconds

Wait, employers can't reach you!

Log in or Sign up

Useful Searches

Small Fleet with Mercer

fivestar Light Load Member

Wait, employers can't reach you!

JL of Indiana Light Load Member

fivestar Light Load Member

Wheeler86 Bobtail Member

Wait, employers can't reach you!