hey gman or anyone else with good advice
 

i hear u guys saying all day long that we should pull this cheap freight and i agree but im looking to lease on to a company but all these o/o companies pay between .95 to 1.15 a mile,,, so im guessing i should go with a company that pays percentage,,,, do u guys know of any good paying companies perferable a company thats all o/o,, i figure that would be better since i wouldnt have to compete with company drivers for freight,im in florida i would like to do regional but ill go back otr if i have to,i have a 2000 model tracor,,,,,pls help,,,,,thx

My suggestion....LandStar..or...Mercer Transportation...or Jones Motor....If you have tanker experience...Dana/Suttles..or...Quality Carriers(FL based).
I think LandStar because of the "Pick your Load" system.

do u still have to have hazmat for landstar it says u need it on there web page does anybody know,,,mercer i cant use they say 25 years old thats two years away,,,,and jones motor i cant find any requirments for o/o on there web page guess ill have to call them

If you are interested in Landstar, GMAN would be the one to talk to.

Check out Diamond transport. We are in Racine in orientation right now and it really sounds good.

They pull mainly RGN's and Step decks.

tootie

I am about 20 miles south of you.......how you enjoying this sucky a$$ weather? :wink:

Yeah right!! :? I HATE the snow....there was a wreck right in fornt of the Diamond office today....they took out the stop light and light pole. No injuries though.

tootie

My take, for what it's worth, is this. There are two ways to make money in trucking:

1) Low margin, high miles = some money
2) high rates (possibly via accessorals, specialized trailers, HHG etc) = some money.

Problem with #1, IMO is you need newer equipment than #2 and you wear it out faster. So really, IMO the only way to make any LONG TERM money in trucking is to SPECIALIZE or GET DIRTY. In that case, you're really not a trucker are you? You're a Rigger with a special trailer and a CDL and very few can do that.

What you need to decide is how many miles you want to run and how much real manual labour you want to do.

Someone once told me that the best way to make money in this biz is to spend as much time as possible in (or on) the trailer. The more trailer work you do, the bigger the linehaul. I couldn't agree more with that.

Well said Rev. If running around bumping docks, never dealing with demanding customers or LTL, and/or lumping paid well, everyone would do that.