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We do runs within 300-400 miles of Waterloo, IA. Leave on Monday and home by Friday. Split the NET income at the end of the week. Fuel, Insurance, carrier fee of $100 per load, tolls, and scale tickets deducted from GROSS to get the NET income which is split in half. Carrier takes care of...

Make that 3 trucks as of yesterday :) Sent from my SM-N910V using Tapatalk

Just an update for you guys: I owe 2 trucks now and actually opened my own company that went active 12/1 :). Things are going alright so far but as you all know prices for loads are bad. Anyone have a good broker I can get in contact with? I mainly plan to have the trucks stay in mid-west. I am...

You did warn me :). I just felt like I had to start this process. I will get another truck in few months so that one can cover repairs for both and the other can hopefully make some profit. Its just the way this business works I guess. You have to put in money to hopefully start seeing some...

Hey ur right bud. One of the oil lines on the turbo broke and caused a fire... have to replace couple hoses and the oil line. 2k for that alone... redicules how much shops charge for repairs. Waiting on parts should have them by 1030am tomorrow.

Went on the road yesterday. Broke down today. Has an oil leak around turbo lines. :censoredsign:! The luck I have ughhh... will fix and move on. Not even sure whats wrong yet but wanted to update this thread.

I need someone who will take care of the truck as if it was their own. I am willing to pay between 40-42 cents to start and after a month or two of seeing how you are doing we can talk about more pay. As long as you are reaponsible the experience does not matter, we all got to start somewhere...

Thank you. If it works out I will look for another truck in few months!

Well after checking out all the truck I bought one! Its a 2005 International 9200i. It has a c-13 engine with 10 speed. It also has 780k miles which is a lot lower then all the trucks i looked at. Here is a pic! I paid 13.7k and feel that i got a decent deal. All it needs is new brakes and both...

Would u rather go with the volvo d12 or red top 400 cummins? They have similar milage and cummins seems to have more new parts.

Well volvo is out because the guy has no documentation of the overhaul but says can have me meet the guy that did it... (yeah okay). The freightliner might get sold on monday but if not the guy will let me know so I can go check it out on Wed. I did find an 06 volvo with a d12 engine that has...

Will do.

Thank u sir. Volvo will be my first choice. I will post here whatever I buy [emoji4]

Thanks for the info. I will take the 04 and 05 out of the mix. The guy is asking 15k for the volvo and the freightliner is 12900. They both look pretty good from outside. Do u think they are fair prices? Edit; dont know the milage on the 01 freightliner yet. It has new tires so thats a big...

1. 2000 Mack Midliner 4600, 1.4mil miles but engine overhauled at 800k. Has good tires and new brakes. passed dot inapection and rdy to work. 2. 2001 freightline century, 850k, cummins n14 with 13speed, good tires and ready for work. 3. 1999 volvo with 60 serie detroit has 1mil miles but...

Well I am getting ready to get a truck in a week or so, as soon as my dad is home from the road so he can check them out with me. (Found 7 that i think are good, even tho they have lots of milage but lots of new parts). I will post some pics and details once I buy it!

Thanks I will check into the oild test also.

Man you sure are giving me lots to think about!

Before buying the truck i will have it checked out by a mechanic that has been working on trucks for a long time so it should be fine as long as he says its ok. I am not sure who i will lease it to yet, possibly M&D transportation or maybe even Warren which is pretty big around here. The main...

I agree its a gamble. My father and uncle are both truck drivers and they bought older volvos, i believe one is a 02 and another 04 and they have been running them for a long time. I know my dads has close to 1.5m miles and he still takes it from iowa to florida often. He dis have some issues...