Brand new equipment

If a guy went out and bought a brand new truck and trailer could he make a good living and still pay payments on his equipment

from what i hear yes but ya have to be willing to work long hours and not a load here and a load there.the more you haul the more you make

Ryan in Kansas City, Missouri said: If a guy went out and bought a brand new truck and trailer could he make a good living and still pay payments on his equipment

i would not buy new equipment! new equipment is expensive to finance and it is expensive to insure! yes and you have to work hard! cannot be picky as to where you go! have to go where the cars are paying! that does not mean florida cause they dont pay anything in florida coming or going! yes you can make good money, but you have to hustle!

Ryan in Kansas City, Missouri said: If a guy went out and bought a brand new truck and trailer could he make a good living and still pay payments on his equipment

man.....let me tell you my opinion...........you start new in this business .........you have no connection......you going to lose your but...........Lose the house if you have one .......max your credit cards.........and start hauling cheap freight in your desperation to make the payments and insurance
ok now lets do the mat.9car load is not all ways legal.so lets say you are picking a load for 350 miles
load will pay $693 yeah that's right you will haul for .22c/mile per car for full load.ok now.....you are over on your gross weight let's say about 10796Lbs....... oops(9 KIA sorento load 50796Lbs)so let's go around the scale house ......scratch 3 tops on the top deck........well that's money out of your pocket.you know a good body man....cost for damage maybe $800-900 if you are lucky.......so you are getting pay how much $693.....your damage cost you about $800 let's say...ohhhh before i forget the fuel around $233..and i did not add the truck bill.........new truck payment $5000-$6000 insurance about $2500 brake it down to 30/days.......we are talking about a new truck.......if you thinking man I'm making $1.98/mile...this is good(for dry van).well maybe you forget that you pay $7500/mo on your truck that cost 250k.....rates for car haulers(with connections) go for around $1-$1.35/mile for each car..so full load about $9-$12.15/per mile.......you get the picture.

TONY said: man.....let me tell you my opinion...........you start new in this business .........you have no connection......you going to lose your but...........Lose the house if you have one .......max your credit cards.........and start hauling cheap freight in your desperation to make the payments and insurance
ok now lets do the mat.9car load is not all ways legal.so lets say you are picking a load for 350 miles
load will pay $693 yeah that's right you will haul for .22c/mile per car for full load.ok now.....you are over on your gross weight let's say about 10796Lbs....... oops(9 KIA sorento load 50796Lbs)so let's go around the scale house ......scratch 3 tops on the top deck........well that's money out of your pocket.you know a good body man....cost for damage maybe $800-900 if you are lucky.......so you are getting pay how much $693.....your damage cost you about $800 let's say...ohhhh before i forget the fuel around $233..and i did not add the truck bill.........new truck payment $5000-$6000 insurance about $2500 brake it down to 30/days.......we are talking about a new truck.......if you thinking man I'm making $1.98/mile...this is good(for dry van).well maybe you forget that you pay $7500/mo on your truck that cost 250k.....rates for car haulers(with connections) go for around $1-$1.35/mile for each car..so full load about $9-$12.15/per mile.......you get the picture.

sound like tony needs some retraining if he messing up that much

magnum99 in Augusta, Georgia said: sound like tony may need to get retrained at the waggoners school of carhaulin!

I agree and by the way 9 2011 Sorentos only weight about 34,500. I get the big picture though and got a good laugh. Right after I said OMG that sounds awful why am I doing this for a living.

22 cents a mile??? who are you leased to?

well brother i use too haul cars in ca. . i seen guys make a lot of money a few years back . well it looked like they were. having a new truck is great but u better be willing to work hard to make that paymemt .