Hey Jackrabbit379,
 

I just sold my truck and got the 01 Volvo. When you buy any trucks, or fuel,or do repairs try to go to a city with one of our terminals. You'll get a discount and it takes no fatigue points. I got $600 off the truck price in Jacksonville. :wink:

Re: Hey Jackrabbit379,
 

Heh - I'm on Trukz as well. I have the '97 KW W900 right now. Am on a load from Mexico to Anchorage of tires under contract. The load will pay me $9,311 when I get it there.

Re: Hey Jackrabbit379,
 

DAYUM!! I think I saw a post on SEE's website. Did you leave them? Who do you work for now? They are working hard to get some contracts, or so they say.

I left SEE and went to Canadian Freightways. They seem to ALWAYS have multi contracts. Plus they have 16 or 17 terminals.

Yeah, they are the biggest.

am palying trukz and i suck give me some pointers and am with teanster local 95

How big is your company? You get cheaper fuel and repairs at a terminal, so it's better to be with a company that has lots of terminals. :wink:

I'm getting $1.13/mile for glass from Jacksonville to Charlotte. Also, get on a contract with your company. Like Malaki said, you can make GOOD money on a contract. :wink:

As soon as you can, get out of those cabovers and upgrade! Even if you have to take out a loan. :wink:

Don't drive over 10 hours! When FP is at 11, don't do anything, but rest.

K9

Another thing...edit your driver and make sure your gamestyle is set to casual, instead of standard. You get a month to deliver. You can still deliver early, but this way, if you forget to log on for a few days, you won't be late for delivery and have to pay the charges. :wink:

what company you guys with?

South Eastern Express 8)

I can't get myself to work for Canadian Freightways, because they're the largest. It would be like working for JBHunt. :lol: :P

:LOL:

It's rough getting started on Trukz - your truck is gonna be crap, it will take forever to get where you're going, breaks down all the time, etc.

I eventually took out 3 $1000 loans and got my KW. I still have breakdowns, but not as many as before. Also, my truck can run @ 85mph so it doesn't take as long to make the deliveries. I paid my loans off within a couple of contract runs.

The only purchases I've made have been the CB, tires and an air filter. I'm banking all of my money as soon as I get it (I run in the red for each load). I'm saving for my next truck which will be in the $50-60k range.

Make sure you work for a company that does contract loads. If you're not under contract loads you'll barely be able to make any money at all.

Very good advice!

I'm amazed at how many people are playing, that have nothing to do with trucking. Trying to get more RL truckers playing. :shock:

can we get a company going of just or mostly CAD posters?

That would be cool. 8)

I am only on my second run,so some of you that are more advanced need to set it up or get the ball rolling.

Isn't driving trucks in real life enough for ya'll?! :lol:

:lol: :lol: :lol:

Shoot, with 4 fantasy football teams, and 2 fantasy nascar teams, I needed something having to do with fantasy trucking. :wink:

mike3fan: I'm too new myself. I think you have to have logged so many miles, have a higher driver rating, and $7000 cash to start a company. So it may be some time before we can open one up.

cool it will be something to work towards

They are the last of the true die-hards. Drive a truck all day then pretend to drive a truck on their breaks. To top it all off, inbetween all that, they come to a truck message board to post about it to help others. They are the FEW that truely LOVE their job.

That, or they have just been out a little too long and are in bad need of some hometime. :P

ROFLMAO!! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Once in awhile, I frequent Shockwave.com, or some game site. :P

Love my Texas Hold'em on PartyPoker.com.

No matter where I go, I'm always WildK9! :wink:

K9

BTW: Congrats on the 1,000,000 mile mark!!!

Thanx, Ridge!

OK. You got me. I went there and registered. :oops:

Trust me, the biggest 3 suggestions I can give are:

1) edit your driver and change the gameplay style from standard to casual. (you'll never be late, they give you a month to deliver)

2) immediately get a loan for $1000 and get the $6000 truck. (it goes faster and fewer breakdowns)

3) join a company :wink:

Please tell me there is a Prime L/P deal on there so I can get rich fast. :P

LOL

No - there's no lease-purchase deals available. It's been suggested but hasn't went any further.

As far as starting a CAD company - that would be cool. Might have to check into it.

:lol: :lol: :lol:

You're probably in the best position, out of anyone on CAD, to do it. :wink:

Well, here's the info on starting a company:

So, it basically requires the $7k investment to get started. I can easily swing that after I complete my current run ($9k payout). Who all is interested in a CAD company?

Well, if you're able to bid on and get some contracts, then I'd be more than happy to join. Also, try to get a few terminals, I enjoy refueling and repairing without losing FP's. (and it's cheaper) :P

whats the best company to join do you guys think??? I like being part of the teamsters but i just checked and they have no loads. How much of a loan can i take out. How many 1k loans can i get i got 1600 right now but thats it.

I think if you start a company we will all join and we can create a strong company espesically if we help each other learn the ropes

$1k per day for the loans. As for the best companies, go to the Contracts page and see who is doing the most contracts.

I'm in. (Like I needed another distraction) CAD company would be cool 8)

I just completed my first run. :D

right now am haulin MILK for peanuts. .64 a mile. But it was the best load i could get. I need to get these 1.00+ loads

It is actually cutting into my CAD time......doh!

I joined up too. I just started my first run. Looks like I'm going to need a loan to refuel just to make delivery. Probably not a very good way to start out. 8) 8)

Can you have two drivers? I was thinking of creating another one and making him a "Hobby Trucker" :lol: :lol: That way I could see the sites :D

Edit: I'm going to name the hobby trucker "Rev" :lol: :lol:

You can run in the "red". I do that all the time as I bank all of my profit from a run as soon as I complete the trip. If you look at the driver list, you'll see people in the red by $5-6,000.

So I don't need a loan to refuel? I should have chosen a shorter first trip. The one I'm on is going to take 4 days to complete and doesnt pay squat :oops: I added all you guys to my saved drivers list:D

I too should start a second account. I'm going to name it "Qualcomm" . I'm going to keep track of everything you do. I'm going to annoy the crap out of you with repowers and wonder why your showing out of route ? I'm going to bother you a couple times a day with "R u ok 4 ontime del ? ", even though your at a truckstop 15 miles from the customer and don't deliver until tomorrow. And why is your fuel mileage down ? Have you been speeding? Also, at night and on the weekends I'm not going to answer you at all. :D :D