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Posted on 8/22/15 at 2:33 pm to CarolinaCock
Posted on 8/22/15 at 2:33 pm to CarolinaCock
Yep
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Posted on 8/22/15 at 2:48 pm to Agforlife
Yeah my goal is to have a small fleet
Posted on 8/22/15 at 3:29 pm to Agforlife
Which has the better ROI?
18 wheels
straight truck with sleeper doing long hot shot
small truck doing more local hot shot
18 wheels
straight truck with sleeper doing long hot shot
small truck doing more local hot shot
Posted on 8/22/15 at 4:31 pm to Cheese Grits
Those box trucks with the sleepers pulling expedited freight from airport to airport are killing it
Posted on 8/22/15 at 5:26 pm to Agforlife
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4 one tons running hot shot
This is actually what I want to do when I retire from police work. Strangely enough, I actually enjoy driving. Glass of iced tea, a pinch of Cope, and Rush Limbaugh on the radio and I could drive all day. Just want to be home at night, so no long-haul stuff.
Posted on 8/22/15 at 5:57 pm to Cheese Grits
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Which has the better ROI?
18 wheels
straight truck with sleeper doing long hot shot
small truck doing more local hot shot
Depends, the Big Truck is going to cost you more up front but will last longer.
The trick to running hot shot is finding clients who have stuff that is urgent even when it isn't.
If you are doing the driving yourself they all have about the same ROI 18 wheels just takes a bit longer to get there.
If you are putting a driver into a truck you own it varies wildly, depending on whether or not the guy is a hustler or is lazy, as well as how well he takes care of your equipment.
Sure enough hot shot pays the most per mile but those loads are few and far between especially since the oilfield is down.
If you are in a large city a 1 ton with a 10' flatbed cab do very well.
I realize this is a confusing answer but the trucking business is hit or miss if you're independent, the best way to earn is to lease on with a large company until you learn the business. Customers aren't easy to get and I'll tell you now are harder to keep, one late arrival and you're done.
Posted on 8/22/15 at 8:07 pm to Agforlife
been looking for the right place to drop this link
https://atlantamafia.com/College%20Football%20Trucks.htm
haven't seen the annual off-season "equipment hauler" thread on tRant this summer...
Gamecocks just got a new wrap for 2015 compliments of the Lexington Co Gamecock Club.
https://twitter.com/gamecockequip
This post was edited on 8/22/15 at 8:08 pm
Posted on 8/22/15 at 9:43 pm to Tantal
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Strangely enough, I actually enjoy driving. Glass of iced tea, a pinch of Cope, and Rush Limbaugh on the radio and I could drive all day.
Know how I know you are a racist?
Posted on 8/22/15 at 10:01 pm to Tantal
To each his own but if I had to listen to rush going down the highway I would promptly drive off the tallest overpass possible
Posted on 8/22/15 at 10:36 pm to SamuelClemens
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when I retire from police work
Posted on 8/22/15 at 11:53 pm to SamuelClemens
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Know how I know you are a racist?
Know how I know you're an a-hole?
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