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Originally Posted by brian
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Originally Posted by ssoutlaw
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Originally Posted by brian
o0o0o someday i`ll have a massive 14 axle lowboy like that
damn me and my priorities I knew I shouldn`t have built a house first :lol:
The normal O/O could not even afford the payments on the trailer alone, not to mention all the extra money to set the tractor up...lol
A company I used to haul for bought a used 1 something like that one and I think paid like 260k, and I know the truck to haul it probably around 175k. What do you think the payments for truck and trailer would be?
normal O/O must = broke to you then
we`ve already got an 8 axle that my wifes company had no problem paying for, i`m also guessing you have no idea what those loads pay, we had the opportunity to bid a job moving a 120k generator from the port of long beach to anchorage last minute that would`ve paid 13$ a mile had our trailer been able to handle the weight, so tell me how much 13x3700 is? a little over 48 grand for one trip, minus expenses we still would`ve cleared 42k.
No, a normal O/O means someone who is doing OK for themselves, Not these guys with a lease option, In my opnion they are not O/O anyway, and Im not putting those guys down with this statement, see the disclaimer at bottom...lol you said BROKE not me!
You also say your wife's company, either you work for her, or she works for a company, so the normal O/O doesn't apply to them, So why chime in, it has nothing to do with you. You make it sound like your wife's company success is your own.
Most of my last 30 yrs have been with oversize loads, so why try to discredit me. I made a simple statement that the normal guy couldn't afford it, then you start bragging about the company your wife works for, like this gives you some weight in the trucking industry.
I know what these loads pay, I was talking about the price of the equipment. Can you go out yourself and afford this type of equipment? I sure cant. I don't believe any successful O/O on cad could either, not at somewhere over 400k for the equip. Remember with that type of equip drastically reduces the type of freight you haul, and is most times empty back. I don't even think the average O/O could even get the loan with out having the customers to show the bank they could handle the payment.
Besides would of or could of, they still didn't get the 13.00 a mile load!
Do you know how long it would take to do the 3700 miles, do you think the drivers who drive for this company do it cheap.
Between reroutes, drivers wages, escorts, local police escorts, height surveys and limited time getting through major city's, hotels, permits, and the likelihood of nothing for them to pull out of AK. if you were lucky maybe 9 days to deliver at maybe 400 miles a day, but probably less on the miles. I think they were smart to not take it at 13.00 a mile.
The statement I made was not meant to start a fight it was just a statement that the average guy could not do it.
Oh, and if you think 6 grand is really what the true expense for this load is, then you must not really know much about this type of the trucking industry.