What are the worst states for loads for Owner Operators?

That makes more sense… a lot of folks will just flat out refuse a certain load when they run themselves into a corner by chasing a good rate to a bad market. I have run loads at a loss before, when the rate to get there was so good, I could have still been ok if I deadheaded out. The low rate just at least paid for the fuel.

 

how come you dont have your own truck anymore?

 

Seems like a lot of “Hot” wind coming out of both exits. I bet you don’t even have a CDL ?

 

Probably because of the post above yours.

 

I had three trucks, I was in one, with drivers in the other two. All were leased onto Schneider on a Kimberly Clark semi-dedicated thing. I started with a Century, and when I paid it off, bought a Columbia, and when I paid it off, bought a W900. Every time I would pay one off, then buy another truck, I would hire someone to drive the one I just paid off. I peaked at 5 trucks, but the additional hassle wasn’t worth the return, so I sold two. The only reason I sold them was because I was about to go overseas for at least a year, and didn’t want to have to worry about it from 7000 miles away. I sold the Century and Columbia to the guys that were in them. And the W900 is up in ND somewhere, running cattle and hogs seasonally.

 

No… Hell, I even made it though the fuel and bad market in 2007/2008. On that deployment, I broke my back, and was paralyzed for a while. After back surgery and physical therapy, I got back into driving in 2013, and have been doing it ever since. I want to get another truck, but I want to wait until these folks that got in for the “easy money” panic and start selling off. Right now, used truck prices are still a little on the stupid side.

 

I've asked him the same thing and I got the same vague answer that you did. I think he's probably a teenager in Mom's basement. Too young to get a CDL is my bet.

 

Smart buying the Century and Columbia, likely pre-emissions.

 

The century had EGR, but the other two were both pre EGR. The KW had a Detroit 60, because when I bought it, the Cat 3406E had some bottom end issues, like spun mains, and some other stuff. It was cheaper to buy a S60 brand new and install it, than repair the CAT,so I did. It also had 3.08 rears and a 13 speed with a single overdrive. It got phenomenal fuel Mileage for a W900.

The pre emissions thing wasn’t intentional. When I started buying, the new 2010 were out of my reach, so it wasn’t even a risk. By the time I bought the W900, I was avoiding emissions, and the older truck prices were still ok since everyone wasn’t buying old trucks just to avoid ELDs yet. I got a GOOD price on a beautiful 1998 W900L… then found out why it so cheap.
Even after the engine issues, I still made #### good money on that one.

 

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