Thanks GMAN! Yes, we have our own authority. We have been getting some work but feel we haven't been utilizing our truck to its full advantage. We've run a lot of loads from GA to various places (TN, MS, FL, AL, SC, etc.) but we have just delivered freight from GA to these locations and come back with an empty truck. We learned our lesson after doing this for the 1st 3 weeks or so! Now our plan is to find freight coming back as well. We're learning! :-)
Mark is still working full time for a company so it's our intention to put a driver in the truck during the week and run it ourselves on the weekends. We're hoping to build the business slowly to the point where he can stop working for the company. At this point he's staying partly because his job has the benefits and mine doesn't offer any.
We're still trying to figure out which loads to accept, what amount is our minimum, calculating fuel costs, etc. I spend a lot of time on the internet researching, reading. All of this is new to me so there will definitely be a learning curve but I think I'm up for the challenge!
I'll keep you posted on our progress. Thanks for your help!
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