Fresh out of trucking school, brand new here and hoping for some help.
When I first walked into the trucking school I attended, they told me exactly what I wanted to hear to get my 6 grand. "Local job?...No problem!" As I'm sure most of you here know already, that was a bunch of B.S. So right out of school I drove as a beer vendor for a shotty company...boy was that truck a p.o.s. Not to mention the 13 to 18 hours a day being more of a stock boy than a trucker.
Got to talking with my good friend/landlord and he offered to put up the money for a dump truck if I'd do all the research and find out if we could make money working as O/O. I know we'll have to work out the costs so we'll both be in good shape and am getting a grasp of the cost to own and operate a dump truck. What I'm clueless about is how to get on with a company. There are plenty of opportunities the next town over, Vulcan being one, but what do I do to get started? Walk up and say "Hey...I'm getting a dump truck...put me to work please."? It can't be that easy. What do I charge per load? How is that kept track of? How do I know where to go after my truck is loaded? Any help/training for the independent? I'll go to city hall and find out about permits and such...any advice on how to get on with a company that needs haulers?
Thank you in advance.
Mike