[Double L]

Well work is going GREAT! I'm also in the process of buying a 1995 International 9400 with a 430hp Detroit (upratable to 470hp) Spicer 9spd, 3.90 rears, 72" flat top pro sleeper. I'm getting it from the owner for $6,500.

[BigDiesel]

Originally Posted by Double L

Well work is going GREAT! I'm also in the process of buying a 1995 International 9400 with a 430hp Detroit (upratable to 470hp) Spicer 9spd, 3.90 rears, 72" flat top pro sleeper. I'm getting it from the owner for $6,500.

Get that CDL yet ????

How about insurance ????

:roll2:

[Double L]

Don't have the CDL yet but will soon! Insurance will run me $400 a month.

[BigDiesel]

Originally Posted by Double L

Don't have the CDL yet but will soon! Insurance will run me $400 a month.

So an insurance company will write a policy on a 18 y/o with no CDL and no experience for Intrastate operations ?????:hellno:

How about operating capital ???

Drug consortium ???

Plates and Ifta ???

Trailer ???

Potential shippers who will trust an 18 y/o with their product ????

Why don't you get the CDL first and maybe learn the ropes for awhile while working for someone else........ Never mind...... LL knows everthing about trucking......

[Double L]

It's just for the truck which includes $750,000 liability, physical and general along with comp/collision. I'm gonna see if I can lease it on to a farm operation or something. Since I would be running instate I don't have to register for IFTA!

I plan on going through load boards such as get loaded and maybe CH Robinson for loads.

Ya know Big Diesel get off my back and I don't claim to know everything about trucking. This is what I want to do and I'm not letting my age or lack of experience stop me. It'll be a hard road but it'll be worth it!

I already know with cargo and a trailer it would cost me close to $35,000 for the first year. but if I can lease on to a carrier for a while then when I do decide to get my own authority in the near future my insurance will be a lot cheaper. Just cause I'm young doesn't mean I'm stupid! I put a lot of research and hard work into this and I'm committed to it despite what you say.

[BigDiesel]

Originally Posted by Double L

It's just for the truck which includes $750,000 liability, physical and general along with comp/collision. I'm gonna see if I can lease it on to a farm operation or something. Since I would be running instate I don't have to register for IFTA!

I plan on going through load boards such as get loaded and maybe CH Robinson for loads.

FYI : If you lease onto a farm etc... the farm's insurance company would be providing the liability insurance and I really doubt they would approve you for insurance until you actually gain some experience....

99.9985 % of brokers require 1,000,000 minimum for liablity coverage.....

Using loadboards and Cheap and Heavy is a fantastic way to run a business... Is Steve Booth your business advisor ????:roll:

[Double L]

I already know this!!!

I don't have much options and if I got to use CH and load boards to start out that is what I got to do! Don't act like you didn't start up without load boards, don't even try to pull that crap!

I'm like Steve I don't have a family to support and I don't have any bills so my cpm will be lower but I don't plan on running cheap freight.

Just cause I'm 18 doesn't mean I'm stupid man, back off will ya!

[BigDiesel]

Originally Posted by Double L

I already know this!!!

I don't have much options and if I got to use CH and load boards to start out that is what I got to do! Don't act like you didn't start up without load boards, don't even try to pull that crap!

I'm like Steve I don't have a family to support and I don't have any bills so my cpm will be lower but I don't plan on running cheap freight.

Just cause I'm 18 doesn't mean I'm stupid man, back off will ya!

You are 18 and still in High School without a CDL......

BTW... I did not start out using loadboards either.....

Let's look at it this way......Let's say I am a TM at a plant and two O/O's are soliciting me for transportation of my freight. The first O/O has a few years in the saddle and the second one is just out of study hall, who do I give loads to ????

Howsa about we re-visit some of the posts you made and other posters responses about you obtaining insurance, starting on page 8 of this thread at the twuckers report.....

http://www.thetruckersreport.com/tru...-9400-a-8.html

[Rev.Vassago]

Originally Posted by Double L

I'm like Steve I don't have a family to support and I don't have any bills so my cpm will be lower but I don't plan on running cheap freight.

Do you have about thirty thousand dollars in the bank to start a business?

Wow. Even with trucking company after trucking company going out of business because the economy has tanked, you somehow have a magic plan. Someone should hire you immediately to run their trucking company.


P.S. I thought you had given up on this place, and that's why you were bashing the hell out of it with Stevey on that other site.....

[marylandkw]

$35,000 for insurance? Please tell me that was a typo, please. And for only $750,000?

I have encouraged you in many of your pursuits and dreams. DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE BUY THIS TRUCK. $35000 for a $6000 truck is asinine. $3500 a month just for insurance? Let's do some numbers for fun based on 2000 miles a week(not likely intrastate) assuming you can get freight with 750K

.43 Insurance
.50 Fuel
.14 Mile for MINIMUM WAGE (13,000) a year or $6.55 an hour

$1.07 a mile assuming you never need tires, motor work, oil changes, get sick or hurt and need to goto the hospital ever want to retire or silly stuff like that. Did you want to replace your truck someday or just run it for 47 years? Gotta include that also.

Big Diesel is an Ass, but he is an ass who knows what he is talking about. Believe it or not both him and Rev have YOUR best interests in mind when they say don't do it. Your youth is precious and short. Don't try to grow up too fast. A truck will turn you grey or bald or both.