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fr8hlr521
Active Expediter
In my opinion, 4000 miles a week is way to many to base a business projection on. We are a team, and I use 2000. This allows for time off, slow periods, etc. Conservative, yes...and it can lead to pleasant surprises instead of rude awakenings. Also, running fewer miles for a better rate is always a good deal.
Daffyduck528
Expert Expediter
I couldn't tell you how to pursue this. I love this industry. I want as many people in it as the market can take and I want them to love it as well. I am though looking at this very differently than you. I'm also a lot younger I assume. I want to build a fleet up so I can get off the road and have a family and raise children. Then maybe go back out after all my kids are outta the house. It's from that perspective I would have to say wait for the kids to be out. If your bored and looking to try something else look for something local. Then when it's just you and your wife both go out on the road together. You'll enjoy it much better and the odds of your marriage going to crap goes down greatly.
I'll take a shot at this,
Hi everyone my name is Mike I live in Cleveland, Ohio. I am a Class A CDL Holder and work currently for a beer distributor, pulling a side loader trailer.
Working for the beer distributor is tolerable I guess, but it's not really where my heart is. 20 stops a day gets old after a while and the company I work for loves to add stuff on and when it gets busy they get trucks loaded out late and everything gets behind schedule and I'm fighting stairs with a two wheel dolly and while it's okay for now as it's home every night and off on weekends, it's hard work and back breaking.
I was previously self employed owned a carpet cleaning business and kind of made it doing that, I was making enough money to pay my bills and all that stuff, but work was a tad sporadic and I liked being out on the road better. That being said I have no kids, no debt am not married and have a good amount of money saved up and by the end of the fiscal year which will be oh let just say May of 2015 I will certainly have enough bottles berried out back to afford a decent enough set up to get started, either, van, straight or semi. I really don't think I want to own my own semi truck, but I very well might be interested in owning a straight truck.
I like being out on the road, I'm not to scared to take a straight truck anywhere, I drive semi trucks right now and I don't like taking those trucks places I have never been to before to much can go wrong at least to me a straight truck you can get in and out of places not that you can take those everywhere either, because you can't, but it's one less thing to go wrong in my opinion ha-ha! I rather be lost in a straight truck then a semi truck, I'll tell you that right now ha-ha, of course I would rather not be lost at all ever ha-ha!
Usually though when I have go someplace in my job right now that I am unfamiliar with I look on google maps to see the lay of the land and where I can park the truck and all that jazz.
I worked for a courier company here in Cleveland for a little while and liked it a lot. I live at home so if I have to leave for a couple weeks at a time it's no big deal to me. I'm single and looking to make some money and have fun at the same time while being safe and professional.
Hi everyone my name is Mike I live in Cleveland, Ohio. I am a Class A CDL Holder and work currently for a beer distributor, pulling a side loader trailer.
Working for the beer distributor is tolerable I guess, but it's not really where my heart is. 20 stops a day gets old after a while and the company I work for loves to add stuff on and when it gets busy they get trucks loaded out late and everything gets behind schedule and I'm fighting stairs with a two wheel dolly and while it's okay for now as it's home every night and off on weekends, it's hard work and back breaking.
I was previously self employed owned a carpet cleaning business and kind of made it doing that, I was making enough money to pay my bills and all that stuff, but work was a tad sporadic and I liked being out on the road better. That being said I have no kids, no debt am not married and have a good amount of money saved up and by the end of the fiscal year which will be oh let just say May of 2015 I will certainly have enough bottles berried out back to afford a decent enough set up to get started, either, van, straight or semi. I really don't think I want to own my own semi truck, but I very well might be interested in owning a straight truck.
I like being out on the road, I'm not to scared to take a straight truck anywhere, I drive semi trucks right now and I don't like taking those trucks places I have never been to before to much can go wrong at least to me a straight truck you can get in and out of places not that you can take those everywhere either, because you can't, but it's one less thing to go wrong in my opinion ha-ha! I rather be lost in a straight truck then a semi truck, I'll tell you that right now ha-ha, of course I would rather not be lost at all ever ha-ha!
Usually though when I have go someplace in my job right now that I am unfamiliar with I look on google maps to see the lay of the land and where I can park the truck and all that jazz.
I worked for a courier company here in Cleveland for a little while and liked it a lot. I live at home so if I have to leave for a couple weeks at a time it's no big deal to me. I'm single and looking to make some money and have fun at the same time while being safe and professional.