No. You can't have 1 truck, put a driver on it and make money. Won't happen. If you do make anything, you'll find that even a simple savings account at the bank pays better.

Thanks for all of the advice. I've passed it on to my friend, and he's disappointed to hear it, because he was really excited about buying a truck and starting a company. He and his driver/friend have been talking about doing this for quite some time, so it's a let down. There must be some hidden costs that he is missing, because he says he keeps crunching the numbers, and can't see why this wouldn't be successful. Don't know if he is still going to pull the trigger on it or not...in fact, I don't think he knows yet.

I'm in Sacramento and I ran a truck with an employee. It was friggin EXPENSIVE and although my truck would often bring in 1k a day, after TAXES, WORKERS COMP, WAGES, & Fuel, I myself never got paid.

Truth be told, you want to make money with a truck? You best be driving that SOB yerself.

If you see statistics there are many o/p with 10years or more experience strugling, What makes you think yo can jump into this business with little experience and fuel prices as they are and one truck with a driver odds are against you.

Odds would be better if you were the driver.
And still it would hard if you inccure debt.

In one truck one driver outfit 90% of the time the only person making a profit is the driver.

You will be stuck with repairs maintenance fuel taxes and other expenses asociated with owning a tractor.

The reason that some O/O's are struggling, is that they have no clue in how to run a business....

I did and I'm doing just fine! Then again, just read Diesels signature line which I love and that pretty much sums it up in my case. :D

YOU DA' MAN STEVE !!!!

You did!? :roll: Sorry, i must have a wrong impression, that you are driving it yourself...

Just talked to my buddy, and he told me about a website he found, http://www.directfreight.com . Anybody know anything about this site? It currently shows 399 available loads in California, 267 in Oregon and 136 in Washington. So, 802 available loads on the West Coast. Is this a legit site, with legit loads? Thanks!

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