Sunco

Any of y'all haul this paper out of Ashland, VA? Pretty nice paying load... I'm understanding we are getting a few of them a day now

 

Heard a story today while at griffin. They wont sell trailers to contractors. But theres at least one contractor with his own trailer.

That gives me the idea to buy a trlr and run it undrr sunco before fully indendent.

Okay: discuss!

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There's a handful of contractors that own a trailer... I heard there used to be a lot of them... I'd be intersted

 

What bump in % would make it worthwile?

 

78-80% it would also depend on the price of the trailer, and where the loads are gonna come from... As you know we do a lot of drop and hooks... If I could get on something semi deticated and break even in a year it makes perfect sense to me... Putting the right tires on a trailer and side skirts could easily give me 1 mpg

 

Any ideas who to talk to about buying one? Because at the very least I want to ask some questions!

 

Im in town and will pose the question. I was thinking closer to 82%. I was looking at my summer spreadsheets. Best month was 15k top line.an extra 8% would not provide enough profit.

At a 12k avg month....the diff between 8-12%is $480. Figure a$1k/mo trlr pmt ---only $440 is left at 12%.Pretty thin.

 

I'd be ok with breaking even for a year... The fuel mileage gains I could get modifying my own trailer would make up the diffrence