opps, header should have read 'Slow times" Is there a regular 'slow period' that might allow husband wife geezer teams that are ulta reliable and fantastic at the job take a month or two off. Thanks to all who chime in here.
Slow times to take more like six to eight weeks off?
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Whether there are slow times or not will depend a lot on your motor carrier, equipment and credentials. A team that is configured one way may be very busy at the same time a team with another carrier and different equipment and credentials is complaining about a slow week or month. One carrier may have a large account with a shipper who ships many loads in July. Another carrier may peak in a different month.
Note also that where slow times are said to exist, it might be very busy for a team that remains in service. For example, many expediters take time off for holidays. That reduces the supply of available trucks for the smaller number of loads that are then available. A team may very well score a sweet load, not because the times were busy but because they remained in service when many others took time off because it was a so-called slow time.
Instead of thinking about how to play the slow times, which is difficult to do because the picture is so big and there are so many variables, think about the kind of schedule you wish to have and then look for the carrier, equipment and credentials that will maximize your opportunities in the times you will be in service.
Note also that where slow times are said to exist, it might be very busy for a team that remains in service. For example, many expediters take time off for holidays. That reduces the supply of available trucks for the smaller number of loads that are then available. A team may very well score a sweet load, not because the times were busy but because they remained in service when many others took time off because it was a so-called slow time.
Instead of thinking about how to play the slow times, which is difficult to do because the picture is so big and there are so many variables, think about the kind of schedule you wish to have and then look for the carrier, equipment and credentials that will maximize your opportunities in the times you will be in service.
Run your tail off between March and July . July is retooling and auto plants furlough for at least a month . December to February is typically slow especially after Christmas . So you get a summer and holiday break . If you produce during the peak months and there are no catastrophic failures ( motor , tranny , etc ) some owners would be ok with shutting it down for maintenance and TLC
Thanks to all for your informative answers.