5 years ago today I bought my fourth truck , that finance deal.was the most frightened I've ever been in business and here we are now 14 trucks 13 trailers a shop mechanic and support staff on payroll...still got the shirt though
What a great time to be a survivor in this business ....found this clean cascadia with 650k for 20k ...in theory we will make over 700k in gross revenue before we retire it ...roi is off the charts lifetime mpg is 7.8
I'm wondering if a deer guard costs you .5 mpg and the average deer strike is under 1600 isn't this ugly thing costing me 5k a year to have on the truck .....side note I have a deer guard for sale
Donald Trump has announced his official support for the truckers who are advocating for a boycott of New York.
Trump has consistently aligned himself with the truckers, and they in turn pledge their loyalty to him.
It is officially time to boycott New York
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If you have a driver that rolls this into an inspection and never reports it to you or checks the breaks to see if they are dry how long will he or she be still employed. (Driver had trailer for 2 weeks and 2 wheels lokk like this)
I allways marvel at the cheese selection in wi but I am uncultured I will prob just get the smoked string cheese what is your favorite cheese out here?
Closing two more deals tonight can you tell which one was 50k and which was 15k , which one will make me more money
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one avg 8.3 and the other one 8.6 mpg lifetime
Most of my drivers make 100k plus a generous benefits program , but they out perform industry averages we were buying anniversary gifts for the year with my wife most have been with us over 4 years ...this isna great industry I am just a college drop out started with one truck
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Many employee drivers now make North of $100,000 a year.
I have single truck O/Os making more than $200,000 net.
The job doesn't even require a high school education.
Life is what you make of it.
Getting the old girl prepped for a trip and brewing some motivation to get desk work done and some frigging insurance choices nade for next years plans ....
Why are owner operator groups so distracted by "labor" issues either you are on the side of business owners or you are not such nonsense stop riding the fence , goes for ooida also that's why I support nastc 100%
Maiden trip for my 4th prime truck pulling one of my prime trailers can't wait for my Prime advantage fuel card to arrive so I can fill it up with a huge discount
So a driver I butted heads with over idling policies speed and fuel economy for quite some time left last year and got into a lp with a pretty new kw (almost 1000 weekly payment) I heard from his friend that still works for me he is now very worried about fuel prices Shocked I am
From an owners pov if it's amicable and a solid employee I'll work with the notice. But if the employee is hostile and I do not feel safe with them representing me or my equipment I'll route them back and let them know their two weeks is unnecessary
Allways 3 sides here.
Driver gives his company his 2-weeks notice. Rather than dispatch him home they disable his truck. I’ve been lucky in that every company I’ve worked with has been cool with me turning in the keys with plenty of time to figure things out.
So very fitting that is me taking delivery of a set of our first fleet trucks in 2018 ...I used it 5 years later to pull a load to help set up new lanes for some of my guys . If my daughter could have been with me it would have been a perfect day.
Nothing feels better then to start the weekend with every trucks work orders finished and all sitting trucks detailed ....if only inventory was so simple
I am changing my position I think 4.10 a mile and government controlled freight markets are the way to go ....where do I find hemp seeds so I can support the future?
Word for the day is implied consent .
Had a driver find out the hard way whether in a pov or a cmv cops can ask for blood urine or a breathalyzer at there discretion do not refuse at Roadside fight it later . While I agree blood is a huge over reach this is not the time to fight.
Women in trucking needs men to support them . I.m as tired of out of control tipping as I am the endless go fund me campaigns. Donate to my go fund me to help advocate an end to this.
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