TRUCKING FOR PROFIT

We should proceed with operation KAOS.

I see that somebody does not like me making a profit. Ha Ha
I guess the only ones that are supposed to be making profit in this industry are the shippers, brokers, and the Mega-Carriers. Maybe we little Independent Carriers should just keep on rolling at a loss until we are out of the business, that seems to be what the rest of the industry wants.

What are you people going to do when the ELD's are in full effect? I have been trouble shooting for shippers on their problem lanes, they seem to think the calculator and google maps is a legal run. What a joke, when a shipper, broker, or dispatcher don't even understand how long it takes for a trucker to do the job.

I expect my margins to only increase by the end of the year. I will not apologize for such. You on the other side have been raking it in on the backs and asses of us truckers for far long enough. It is time for us to take back what is rightfully ours freedom with integrity. Truckers now it is your time to swing the hammer, now it is your time to make the profit that you deserve. Quit giving away your services for free. Grab a set of balls and become a bull instead of a steer.

I expect this posting to get quite a few dislikes. It seems that our pansy correct society does not like the truth but the lie. Well here is what my generation X ass says to that: SUCK IT!!!!

Finished last week at 40%. Will be adjusting my margins again this week. We are into April, prime time dry van running until about September. The Mega's are locking in their contracts. I have been getting more and more emails from shippers direct trying to get me to beat these April contracts. So far none really interest me, the Mega-Carriers already pay me more than the shippers want to direct. Why would I want to contract for less than I can make hauling sub-contract for a Mega-Carrier?

I don't care if they are making their profit off of my truck as long as my truck is making the profit I need it to make. The same applies to brokers as well, why should I care if the broker is making profit off of my truck? It is when the shipper thinks that I don't know my cost, the brokers cost, and the Mega-Carriers cost as well as the shippers cost to do it themselves that I care.

I realize that the shippers dislike me telling the truth, they are afraid that I am bursting their little profit bubble that they have created with deregulation. Everything was fine back when I was the shipper marking up the trucks rate by 15% for shipping and handling. What was wrong with that? I did not shop for the cheapest trucker or broker to haul my freight. I looked for the most effective trucking company or broker to get my freight covered. The whole purpose for me outsourcing was to avoid the headaches involved with having one of my trucks tied up on OTR vs Local. I did not take a loss, I made profit when the trucker or broker was making profit.

If that has changed (and I doubt that it has) then I am totally in the wrong. The problem is that I have invoices over here from things that I have ordered from Mega-Shippers and they not only have my price for the widgets, but shipping and handling as well. This leads me to believe with a little backmath that the standard practice that we used years ago still is used today.

Imagine that Mr. Trucker and Mr. Broker that the shipper is telling you to get the cheapest trucks possible but they are not passing their savings down to the end user. They are still marking up what the actual cost should be and just making more profit off of the trucker and the broker combined. All the while pitting us against each other as enemies. Very good tactic there to say the least.

When truckers start understanding how and where to run there business profitable, then and only then will the pendelum start swinging in our direction. As long as we continue to bicker with one another well confusion still is in charge and nothing gets accomplished. We all end up sounding like a bunch of kids on the playground telling each other that my daddy can whoop your daddy. Do any of you remember that? When in reality our daddies were drinking buddies and would whoop our asses for doing such.

I honestly am just trying to help each and every small business owner out here grap what is rightfully theirs. Freedom with Integrity. It does not matter to me whether you are a small shipper, small broker, or small trucker. We are all being pitted against each other while the Mega-Corporations laugh all the way to the bank. I figure that by showing others how to Truck for profit, maybe we can start becoming the kings of the road again instead of the turds of the road.

Is your page still on Facebook. I could not seem to find, then again I get lost online easily.

Thanks

Well not a good week this week. No loads that were profitable. This usually happens before Easter. Did get to meet with quite a few good folks in OKC this week. I will be meeting with a couple of more tonight at the Petro, before bouncing back home. So even if the business side was not prifitable this week, I met with some great folks. Sometimes relationships are more profitable than money.

Not all brokers are dishonorable. I will state for the record that 70 cpm running cost is a ridiculous statement. I am the lazy the trucker that only likes to run 1000 miles for $3000.00 or more. Maybe you should check out my videos. I prefer to work smarter not harder.

If your driver is making $1350.00 on 1000 miles then your 70 cpm statement just shot itself in the foot. Profit consistently will beat the big gross you are looking for. Besides I make more money playing options in one day than I can in a week driving a truck. The truth of me driving this thing any more is to just get out of the house. I got tired of my wife thinking I was not working.

Got tired of messing around with boners, paying them $$$ to just whine and complain and tear up my toys.

I am just a dumb old cowboy that wants to see others learn profitability as well. Who really gives a shit how much you or I make. Profit and cash is king, any argument against that is foolishness.

you completely missed my point. You waffle on and on and on but at no point do you tell anyone how to make contact with the shippers or where they need to go to get there hands on $4.00 a mile/$150 a hr work to make a PROFIT. If your cock was that big you wouldnt be wearing sunglasses inside with a headset looking like your about to land the space shuttle.Good luck with the QVC app LOLOL

One just may want to read the rules set on here...

I just state what I see. My money is none of your concern. Just because I have figured out to get paid for my value does not mean I am not driving. I guess the idea of someone actually trying to help others must bother you. I will blab until either my mouth is shut up my fingers are cut off.

I will do a video just for you (Scott and Jesse).

Jeff, they are all yours.

This has gone nowhere.

I will just sit back and watch, make my investments, and only drive my truck when it is profitable to do so.

This dumb old cowboy has grown weary of the willing ignorance of it all.

I wish you and the others the best of luck. This arena seems to be like so many others. Whining, complaining, but no approuch to business with a business sense.

I guess people in trucking are happy wallowing in the cess pool that trucking currently is.

Arguing whether or not running a business for a profit or not is foolishness. I am the fool for believing in Freedom with Integrity in a industry and country that greatly lacks such.

I am not needed here, hell my hopper has been parked for almost two years now.

I will tell Jared to turn off my account here on Monday. My frac sand customer will call me later this summer, and then my hopper will be back to being profitable.

God bless those believe.

of course i mis spelled some words here...some....hand.just in case you all will comment on that alone...lol.

So..are we really supposed to take a guy with the name ALFRED serious?

Thanks, Daniel. I have never stated that I am right about everything, as a matter of fact I have learned from others during my time here. I would like to thank all those that have been patient with me and taught me many things that I did not know before. This decision is more an economic one really, I spen money here every month for a load board that I no longer use. I have done such to sponser this sight and in return I was allowed to advertise my own site and my app.

Any business realizes when the advertising dollars are no longer being well spent, such is the case here. I really just needed this recent bout to remind me that it was time to leave. There are many that have become friends with me through this site, and they still have my number and know that I am just an email or phone call away. I have nothing to prove to anybody, I know what trucking for profit is about and will continue to spread the message stupid shades and all. LOL

My app is going viral now and will stand on its own two feet. I will not have to cave to Google or Apple for a 30% cut (or a 100% markup) to market the app. The Trucking for Profit group along with the Independent Carrier Group is growing daily. Between my stock picks, running my truck when profitable, making sure the other drivers are running profitable that are with me, heading up the Trucking for Profit videos, righting the newsletters for the Independent Carrier Group. I am simply running out of time and must in all reasonableness let something go. I beleive this to be the thing to let go. Like the one gentlemen said, when do I find the time?

Who gives a shit what my name is anyways in response to that. My birth name is Alfred A. Jordan III (my nickname is Scott), many call me asshole, dickhead, shithead, dipshit, hammer, hatchet, along with many other names.

The responses on this posting by and large show you the juvenille mentality that one has to deal with over here. No wonder these folks are always whining about their rates, they must have dropped out of school in about the sixth grade. False pride is exactly that, and I have seen a lot of that in trucking. We want to blame the shipper and the broker when in reality it is indeed our own asses that do not know how to run a business at a profit.

None of you will have me to blame, I have given you people the best that I could. You have the answers in the many posts that I have done down through the years. Trust me they are there. The shippers cost, a truckers cost, the brokers cost, they are all there. Yet people want to continue to bicker and say foolish things. Should I stay and continue to swim in the fool pool and pay money each month to do so. NO, NO, NO, I think not.

To all those that chose to join us and get out of the pool. You all know the deal. Sometimes you just can't fix ????????

The trucking business is kind of business which needs a lot of hard work and dedication. My brother is in the trucking business and has been putting in a lot of hard work. I'll try putting in as much information as possible that I can gather.
The factors that influence the profits in the trucking business are:

1. Fuel prices
2. Production of goods
3. Competition
4. Regulatory requirements and payment delays

The factors that kill the profit are:

1. Cost of labour and fuel
2. Insurance, permits, maintenance fee, taxes, license fee, etc.
3. Medical fee
4. Cost for office space
5. Vehicle and trailer registration
6. Administrative fee

The trucking industry sees a lot of downfalls but 2017 has been a really good year for freight. I guess the best way to earn a profit is to lease your truck to companies. This can earn you great profit and that is what my brother has been doing now.