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One, he's happy. He does what he wants to do, goes where he wants to go (within reason, of course), and works when he wants to work. I doubt he'd want to 'sell' all that for a higher rate.
Two, he can, as LOAD IT put it, protect his equipment. He can look for the lighter loads and if he's got to get to the other side of Donner he can insist on it.
Three, he's quite profitable, though that $1.50- hub, company trailer etc., etc., by itself that would be hard to beat.
How did I do, Steve?
Yes, I'm very happy and your about right on Cam. I'm making money and my checking account is growing. I don't have a separate envelope for maintenance, fuel, bills or anything else. All my money goes into my checking account. I started a separate checking account when I started this with only about $3,000 of my money put into it. Well, that didn't last long. I ended up taking another $10,000 out of my personal account to keep going. That has since been put back and I now have a little over $10,000 extra in my account and it keeps growing and at a lot faster rate than when I started. I'm bringing in about $5,000 gross a week.Originally Posted by Cam
Ok Steve, you're up! But, let me see if I can't figure out a little of what he's thinking.One, he's happy. He does what he wants to do, goes where he wants to go (within reason, of course), and works when he wants to work. I doubt he'd want to 'sell' all that for a higher rate.
Two, he can, as LOAD IT put it, protect his equipment. He can look for the lighter loads and if he's got to get to the other side of Donner he can insist on it.
Three, he's quite profitable, though that $1.50- hub, company trailer etc., etc., by itself that would be hard to beat.
How did I do, Steve?
I have 3 big trucking companies that I deal with on a regular basis when there own trucks can't handle the traffic and I'm in the area. There's no haggling over the price and they give me a good rate. They don't call me for status either any more. They know it will be delivered.
I don't need to analyze the crap out of my figures and I'm sure if I posted them here by the time a few of you were done with me I would be making $11,000 a year or something like that.
I go where ever I want, I buy what ever I want, I almost have enough to rebuild by engine if need be and my bills are being paid. I could afford to buy another tractor and make the payments on a loan if something really bad were to happen. To me, that's all the matters and I'm happy.
The loads seem to come easy and I don't have to work for it. My tact of waiting for the phone to ring works well. For the past few weeks my average has been over $2.00 a mile. What my overall average is I don't know, I'm just rolling along.
I don't go home and look at my checkbook and say, wow, I have $12,000 left over and all my bills are paid....I think I'll go out and buy another Harley. I live pretty simple other than my 60" plasma screen.
I think once my extra money hits the $20k mark I'll back off from being so frugal.