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@@garypoplin4599 you only need that for pay you do not need that for personal work just like you don't need any certifications to work on your own vehicle mechanicals.. Personally I am fully certified. ASE master plus a whole lot more
So just because I’m curious. Since the 14 hour clock keeps ticking how do you reset it if you have a short day? Like say your on duty for 6 hours and for whatever reason you stop for the day. Do you have to wait out the 14 and then the 10 or does being off for 10 reset the 14?
Your 10 hour reset starts as soon as you go off duty. And that happens sometimes when you get to your delivery location let's say at 5 PM but they are closed. So you go off duty and your reset clock starts immediately. Then you can go shopping for food or whatever for the evening and it doesn't count against your time
Just got into it but already I’m not seeing a profit in it because the pay is no more than what a typical truck driver makes driving a company truck. Unless a company is paying better than the one I’m with which is 1.40 a mile and then time you deadhead back I don’t see much of a living wage here
Having an auxtank is definitely better but it's not a deal-breaker. did this for several years and the biggest priority is to have maintenance money set aside from every trip and to put money away in savings. The biggest problem with doing this is the inconsistency. you could have a few months where the loads are down and you're having to dip into your savings.
@@ictpilot we will just have to agree to disagree. Fuel is the biggest cost doing this and it's a place where you can save the most money. I have never had this dig into my savings because it was slow. He just have to work harder to find loads.
@@TravelinTim I did it for about 10 years so I know the industry and I know how it goes. As far as savings goes, you always want to have some money set aside in case you need it.
@@ictpilot of course you want money set aside. Saving money on fuel helps with that. With my tank I can go into Cali and do everything I need to do and get out and not buy fuel. Huge savings. Or pickup in Washington, and deliver in LA, then drive to Arizona before I need fuel. All the way through Cali and never buy fuel. I have savings set aside. I've been doing this for 6 years. Never had a slow down where I wasn't running. Might not be going where I like to go but I never stop until I go home. 3 weeks out, 9 days home. That's my cycle. The people that don't run when it is slow or the people that are picky and don't want to go where the money is going. Like the people that won't drive in Wyoming in the winter or go to Washington in the winter or go to Canada because they don't want to get a Covid shot . They always have an excuse. If you want to make money doing this, do you have to go where the money is going.
@@TravelinTim Yes I agree with most of what you're saying. I don't go into Canada but I go where I make money. The slowdowns can be pretty bad. I was with Indiana transport I don't know what company you're going with but over the last 10 years I did this there were some months that it was pretty tight.
@@ictpilot I was with Wave the summer that everything died...like 2 summers ago. People dropping like flies with "no work", everyone turning on everyone else because they were jealous if anybody got a load. I never stopped running. I had to hustle a lot more to get the loads I got but the slowdown didn't change my bottom line
what was the K rating on your garage lights? The website on Amazon has numerous K ratings and I know you said you went with a whiter color. Thanks for the great video and all the work you went into making the video!
What if you have an existing light box and want to wire these directly? How would you close that off? Get a generic flat plate and drill a hole in it, stick the wire through?
Wow Tim, hey this is Stewart and Naples. I'm using my wife's channel Man you don't see that everyday. I think the the container truck was coming way too fast on the right so he had a little problem. Obviously with the high center of gravity and bang there it goes. Glad to see you did well and kept out of that mess. Never know when you're on the road man WOW 😮
Lol that new junk wont last how often to upgrade your phones and computers electronics dont last big hook line and sinker. Old school is best school have 1995 ram 5.9 5 spd get 20 mpg pulling 36 ft avon camper.
@@jimgraves6464 yes I am. Truck payment and maintenance comes out of the 20%. There is no need to do anything with truck replacement. If you had replacement money then you wouldn't have a payment. Everything left over goes in the home bank account...that's my pay. How am I not paying myself?
just started having issues with the a/c, works ok while driving, when idle at light or just sitting running, no good. freon seems ok, sounds like compressor comes on and off too quickly? also, that fan you just showed i don’t think is moving. ugh!! 😅
I was really considering giving up on my business to haul... I've poured 100 hour weeks for 3 years into my business.. I'm at that point I cant stand being awake becuase its simply fucking miserable..... Just went on a 5,400 mile road trip with my camper, (Much over due) saw a lot of people hauling! Got me thinking maybe I don't have to be a lousy piece of shit carpenter anymore and get to do what I love most... traveling the country! I've got 40 thousand invested into tools, I could liquidate everything I own and trade me new truck in for a 1 ton with an Allison tranny, aux tank, grill guard nice highway 10 ply tires. I have 10 thousand in Dewalt batteries that could run heat, I have a portable air-conditioner as well and a brand new 3100 Honda inverter... I dont know the right moves anymore any advice would be great PM me!!!! I'm willing to pay for a private 1 hour phone call up to 100 dollars no skin off your back!!
@@robertdipaola3447 oh gotcha. He tried to blame it on the guy he hit. It was pretty comical at the scene. Even the police were like dude you drove through the grass and hit him. He was like… I did not.
