Stepping Out With My Own Numbers

I wish you the best of luck, because I'm seeing that no matter how much you plan, research, plan again, network, and make another plan, it sometimes just comes down to luck.

 

Good luck! I'm starting finally next week. You're so right. It took many, many hours to get it started. Driving the truck is the simplest part of the whole thing. I can't believe all the new authorities. I logged on to that ICAAP site or whatever it is for printing your authority cert early. There were around 500 new authorities granted in ONE DAY alone! Crazy stuff. Hundreds of new authorities every day.

 

You'll like that reefer a lot better than a lousy dry van for rates especially on longer hauls. Though I still prefer short hauls personally. The only thing I don't care for is reefer paperwork can be cumbersome. With a typical van load you have 1 or 2 pages of BOL's to get paid on. With the reefer you might have 10-20 pages of BOL that has to all be turned in to get paid, and that might just be for one drop... I've seen 40 pages before and it all had to get turned it... And endless lumper fees everywhere but at least those get reimbursed.

 

Congratulations!

 

Congrats, 5 years later i still remember the first load i pickup with my own authority. Mike Tyson said everyone has a plan until you get punched in the face. Roll with the punches and persevere. Good luck.

 

Don't forget to keep it full of fuel. It's a ##### to have to prime an empty reefer at 3am in that cold. Don't ask how I know this.

 

Looks good. You know it's funny you mention those new food safety rules that allegedly went into effect last month. So far from what I have seen it's been business as usual and haven't heard a peep about that from any of the brokers I've worked with. The shippers all seem to be business as usual too.