I turned in that Swift lease truck and got myself a truck from Lone Mountain and signed on to small carrier for an 80/20 split driver negotiates and books all loads and just submit rate cons, fuel receipts, and BOL in for pay the next day. Never run the spot market before but I’m making more money than I ever did at Swift and each week that passes I get a little better at booking my loads.

@MakeCentsTrucking

Ай бұрын

🙌🙌😎that’s what I’m taking about!! Congratulations!!

@yannickmerlet8338

Ай бұрын

Conversate. George Bush Texas School of American, lol😂.. thanks for all the schooling I really like your show. Company driver thinking about joining the independence real soon. Thanks again for all you do.

@truckerron

Ай бұрын

You signed with F2F??

@bjess

Ай бұрын

@@truckerron no sir I said a small company. Guy has 4 trucks running including himself and I couldn’t be happier with my decision

@DarrkMane

Ай бұрын

How much were your weekly settlements at swift net / gross?

I think one of the reasons people go broke is their personal expenses are too much for the current market.

@100pyatt

29 күн бұрын

100% CORRECT and a poorly ran inefficient business using a inefficient model of Dispatch services, brokers and other lazy services

@TheBandafall2003

18 күн бұрын

The money you making isn’t enough to take care the necessary bills in trucking right now it’s survival mode right now

@nunyabidness7204

18 күн бұрын

@@TheBandafall2003 WHAT🤷🤷🤷🤷😳

Bro don’t get too cocky, everyone is just a bump away from a major set back.

@MakeCentsTrucking

Ай бұрын

I’ve failed to much to be cocky, but I am confident because I don’t quit, I’ll always find a way.

@100pyatt

29 күн бұрын

​@@MakeCentsTruckingAbsolutely brother, wisdom isn't being cocky 💪💯

Because truckers don't control the equation. You don't control freight rates. Bust

I run a radio, can’t live without it. Subbed.

I don’t know but we need a whole lot more to out of business! There’s more trucks then freight and whole bunch of steering wheel holders that have no business driving a truck!

@100pyatt

29 күн бұрын

We're flooded with millions of new Biden voters that think working for $50/day is rich in their 3rd world countries. This is the result of Toxic Democrat policy

NOT PUTTING IT AWAY WHEN THEY WERE MAKING IT. NOT INVESTING IN OTHER AVENUE'S. DEPENDING ON TRUCKING ALONE. LIVING ABOVE THEIR MEANS.

I had to park my truck for a little bit due to some unforeseen some health and home issues but I'm looking to be back out on the road soon. I'm fortunate that my truck and trailer are paid for.

@MakeCentsTrucking

Ай бұрын

Hate to hear that bro. But our health is top priority 🙌🙌

People are going out of business because they don't have big monetized KZread channels and are socialmedia famous...They don't know the right people, (brokers) who are ethical...They are only stuck with big brokerages who don't negotiate and apps that bs with rates and lying about how much they can pay...And lastly, most shippers don't want to deal with a carrier with one truck and trailer and would rather deal with a fleet...And a lot of brokers don't want to negotiate...I've kept my W9 in the good lanes, no truck and trailer payments, and still have considered calling it quits after 22 years and last 10 as an owner operator with 8 month old authority...My break even is $1.88 based on my own expenses and hardly get anything at $2.00...So this whole industry has turned into a charade and rat race and won't miss it if I decide to throw in the towel...

@bottlersolutions6739

Ай бұрын

Couldn't have said it any better.

@MakeCentsTrucking

Ай бұрын

Lmao I feel your rant bro. But let me add, the brokers I deal with know nothing of my KZread channel. I’m just another carrier. Also, I do make some money from KZread but, the examples I give in this video are booking one truck on what I’ve been averaging per week running. $15-20k per that truck monthly. Notice how my KZread money isn’t factored into that equation 👌😎

@100pyatt

29 күн бұрын

Everyone has the ability to change. How many calls did you make today soliciting YOUR customers or trying to find more Direct Customers. Whining about brokers is easy, how many people put in the daily work of getting out of that failing broker rut ????

@robclark7380

26 күн бұрын

15k a month is not making money that’s peanuts after expenses don’t lie to the folks just do the math people

Above all, Sammy, I believe you succeed because you have the right attitude. You hold yourself accountable. When the market dips, you're not out here crying and whining and blaming everyone else. That seems to be the common thread between the owner/ops who can survive the hard times.

@MakeCentsTrucking

Ай бұрын

🙌🙌

@user-yi4iq1nf4p

Ай бұрын

Just trucking witches about everything

7 yrs flat bed 4 o/o once hit $2 April 23' I had to stop :(

You are super blessed and you are good at what you doing, brother.

Thank you for the video it brings clarity 🙏🏽 to some of us

I can't tell you how many times I've tried to tell another driver something over the cb, just for them to not have one or have it on.

@MakeCentsTrucking

Ай бұрын

Yeah it’s crazy

Operating cost are to high for the 30 year old rates.......

@100pyatt

29 күн бұрын

Yes and inefficient business practices like Dispatcher services, Outsourced Compliance services and Brokers only model is Guaranteed Failure

If you work every day and use your head you'll survive

@patbromwell8701

Ай бұрын

A lot of folks haven't learned that if you're not going to use your head you might as well have 2 a$$holes 😅

They can’t hear the CB with there earbuds in anyways, plus they got their foot up on the dash of that Volvo or Cascadia so reaching the microphones kind of awkward for them😂😂

@MakeCentsTrucking

Ай бұрын

😂😂😂 sad but true

Hey Sammy, good to see you, brother👍👍👍 I think some of these guys don’t know their CPM. You gotta know that you don’t know what you’re doing in the first place.👍👍👍

@MakeCentsTrucking

Ай бұрын

🙌🙌

Another big part of it that I feel some people are ignorant about is how they buy there fuel. Besides insurance and fixed cost fuel is our #1 biggest expense, and how you buy your fuel over time could break the bank.

Not enough can be said about make cents technique in always in back of the mind “thinking about the next load” 💯.

Smart Business Practices, Staying lean and efficient, Dedication and Persistence....ALL required to be successful at business, which you are 💪🇺🇸✅✅

Good video keep up with the uploads

They dont realise communication will save their life and others. The cb has saved me twice. If you have the cb antennas only inches from your cab your not getting the amount of reception and transmission capacity you need. I found my self in fog with freezing conditions. I tried to tell the schneider and others that they were coming into a crash and traffic was fully stopped. I heard later that there were fatalities. If they had a cb radio they would be alive and saved others. Buy a great stock radio that offers the bells and whistles. I like the galaxy 959. It has features to keep you aware. Get two antennas. Mount them on the upper Outside western mirror mount. Newer trucks make a sturdy mount for each siide. Live longer.

Man I saw you down here in south Florida couple weeks ago. Nice to see the kw9 down here

Cause It Makes Cents what you do Brother

QUESTION ; How many of you have called at least 4-5 Businesses a day trying to add direct customers?? I find very few "O/O" that actually run a trucking business like a real business and that's probably the #1 failure causation the last few years. START CALLING DAILY and get direct customers, you'll be just fine after gaining 20-50% higher rates by cutting Brokers out 💪♥️

@MakeCentsTrucking

28 күн бұрын

🙌🙌🙌🙌 you can make it on spot if you know how and what to do. A direct is night and day difference. I do both. Trying my bestest to work my second truck into 100% direct specialized

First from Missouri 👊🏻💪🏻🫣

They idle away their 💸💸💸

I’m doing ok. I pull super B’s and also own a 50 ton lowboy. I’m finding my sweet spot in the LTL market regionally. Be very lucky with the carrier I have my equipment leased on to has a sharp dispatch department. I set my benchmarks of what I’m looking to make (minimal) and they hit home runs a lot of the time. Welfare is always one F’up away so my advise is stay alert.

I dont use a cb anymore because im a company driver and been in 15 different trucks in 3 years. Would get a loaner truck without a cb and would just wait it out until my truck was out of the shop. I just get lazy and tired of hooking it up and moving antennas. Then let the truck be a different model now you got to buy $64 antenna brackets. Ive got 6 cb radios and a bunch of antennas at the house though chilling in the garage. For the guy why owns his truck or is OTR in the same truck for 5 years yea you should have a cb

@MakeCentsTrucking

Ай бұрын

Yeah I use to drive local. I had my cb in my back pack and hooked it up every night. Just to the coax tho, antenna was mounted. It was a hassle.

I’m very successful leased on to a carrier I’m with just hot at 3,686 mile week legally

I don’t see how or why anyone would want to lease their equipment to someone who is taking money off the top of depressed rates and then charging all of their incidentals on top of that plus you’re under their thumb. I do my own thing damn them folks.

@unperuanoenlascarreterasde9964

Ай бұрын

Believe it or not , we have too many dmb truckers. They lease because they think it is easy to run a business with someone’s “ help” little they know is that those companies make them pay for everything and also slave them . Those lease drivers are destroying this industry . Because of those dmb truckers , companies can monopolize cheap freight !!

@tommythompson3588

Ай бұрын

Yeah some of the folks these guys lease to are straight crooks. Problem is that most of these guys don’t know the difference. If someone is taking 25% off the top plus plates,insurance, escrow accounts, IFTA and on and on it’s no surprise so many go bankrupt. The only ones making money are the ones they’re leased on with. Too many folks I think just don’t do the math or just don’t know what things cost that they’re paying these crooks for.

I personally think money was to good a couple years back and people got comfortable/based lifestyle on the good times. Bunch of covid truckers going out

So many places in this country have some audio recording that starts playing when someone keys up their mic. I was playing around when I heard the Walmart parking lot guy. When it stops playing all you got to do is push the button and the recording starts over again. People are tired of hearing that shit

Good to see you're doing well mate.

MakeCents makes about enough money on KZread to go out once a month and buy a cheeseburger at McDonald's for himself.. He makes his money with trucking, not KZread..

It’s called good karma or lifeforce energy. It’s the energy a man carry’s in his dna 🧬. That’s what “luck” 🍀 is. As a man travels the world he is protected by it unknowingly. In business and in life.

@MakeCentsTrucking

Ай бұрын

That’s some deep understanding I’m super happy you brought up 😎🙌 That’s how I live my life. Life gives you what you give! It’s a simple understanding but the majority won’t believe it, so… they step on each other not knowing what they do to others, they also do to them selves 🙌🙌

@zacharythibodeaux5034

Ай бұрын

@@MakeCentsTrucking yup. You got that right! 👍

See that’s what I been thinking is why so many go out. Like someone said in the comments there personal expenses are more than the current market rates. So I believe I can make it in this market because my monthly expense 4k a month

Some people are not good in business and want to be home

Hey what’s up bro how are you much love

Simple to many people don’t have a business mindset meaning if you have a shit tons of bills and another thing people panic on fueling learn to properly read it

I think it’s the person spending habits. I used to work I.T in the oil fields those Foreman and PM were making money so they were buying 90k trucks and expensive houses that was a bit more than they needed. The oil tanked people got layed off then they tried selling those over priced trucks. So I think the same is happening in trucking instead of saving majority then spending they spend as it comes in

@MakeCentsTrucking

Ай бұрын

Yes 🙌

1 thing though, just because there’s more loads doesn’t mean they’re better loads. I have access to the spot market boards and our rates kill the open market because we have such a good customer base …..just my 2 cents

@TheDriller100

Ай бұрын

then they take 30% plus a flatbed rent .. i talk to landstar', mercer, crst guys and after they take their cut, they are making the same or less then me on the spot market. if you are making as much as you claim then buy your own flatbed 😂😂

@sturgelltruckingllc4074

Ай бұрын

@@TheDriller100 😂😂😂😂 always an expert somewhere🙄, you know if I wanted my own trailer I’d just go down and buy one, but it’s financially better for me to rent this one, but I’m not gonna waste time explaining it to somebody who thinks they already know everything so you do you and I’ll do me You also conveniently left out all the expenses. Someone has running under their own authority that I don’t have like insurance!!!! Oh, one other thing, kiddo I’ve had my own authority before, so I know which side of the fence is better 😉

I bought a truck in 2018 and sold it in 2022 and almost doubled what I paid for it. 😬

@nafakaboy

Ай бұрын

f yea 🙌

Do you know where to buy a truck & trailer at the “right” price and how much is that ?

Mines always on

Hey boss can u give us an example of a couple weeks of the load you took if posible . As usual great content.💯

@MakeCentsTrucking

Ай бұрын

Check out my previous load board videos. What I talk about in those are exactly how I book my truck 👊

A lot of people i notice get into the game with their hopes to high nothing saved and don’t understand the meaning of running a business

@MakeCentsTrucking

Ай бұрын

🙌

Pretty sure I saw u today around 3pm exit 440 in FL. You were heading north.

@MakeCentsTrucking

Ай бұрын

Came out of Miami this morning 😎😎 prob so

I agree, CB Radio is a very important tool

Man u the only 1 play dat 😅😂😢🎉

No offense to anyone but I keep hearing, I make 6-9k a week do you ever count fuel, insurance, lease ect.

I thought the more loads you cover for a broker the more money he would pay on next load. However to my surprise it's exactly opposite. The more you book the more they take you for granted. 😢

people be like why do I need a cb when I got a cell phone but I have a cb

@MakeCentsTrucking

Ай бұрын

lol I’ve heard that myself

@thecrazysyrupguyhd2902

Ай бұрын

@@MakeCentsTrucking heck I always tell people to get a decent cb

You know these new drivers don't use radios anymore. I have one in my rig and one in my pickup

Because

Insurance is the big killer right now.....708 a week...course csa took a pretty good hit earlier in the year right before renewal

@MakeCentsTrucking

Ай бұрын

Yeah ins can be insane

@michaelscordo256

Ай бұрын

Time to park it!

I just read the thumbnail and it’s easy .. Guys like you take all the cheap freight you can just to stay in business and to do your you tube shenanigans while the ones that refuse to haul cheap loads would rather park it before they touch cheap freight !! And if that means going out of business for the sake of morals and standards then so be it i have much respect for the ones going that route !!!!!!

@MakeCentsTrucking

Ай бұрын

Yeah I ran 36k miles last year so umk 😎

@theobservermelanin1746

Ай бұрын

These Foreigners are driving class A with work visas. The Government's not enforcing the rules in Trucking. I see more Foreigners than Born Americans mostly on the road. The eyes don't lie.

@johnf1441

Ай бұрын

@@MakeCentsTrucking yeah 36k of cheap paid miles next year you will find yourself running 50k miles making the exact same keep it up..I’m in the flat bed side so as long as you stay over there keep running all the hard and cheap paid miles you want 🤙

@MakeCentsTrucking

Ай бұрын

@@johnf1441that’s good. I hope you keep making the same and do well at what you do 😎 and I’ll keep doing what I’ve been doing. I just don’t understand why someone takes it personal on what I do vs what you do? I want us all to win 😎

Damn it Sammy I had to learn from strangers on KZread that you out here making bank on KZread ? That’s how divorces start you know 😘

@MakeCentsTrucking

Ай бұрын

Lmao 🤣

What's that oil pressure drop to coasting down hill

@MakeCentsTrucking

28 күн бұрын

20 psi at idle, or coasting. 40 in gear

Maybe post business 101 series play list clickblink to next 25 video "up next" BINDGE trucker truckn

What happened. To DRIVEN!!???

@MakeCentsTrucking

Ай бұрын

Think he was captured by Chapos cartel 😂 jk bro. Not sure now days. It’s been a month since we’ve talked

I wanted to know do you run recaps for your logs?

@MakeCentsTrucking

Ай бұрын

Yeah until I don’t have enough to run another load

1. Over-leveraged. Into the business tipped from jump. Funded with debt rather than profit. 2. Starry eyed. Trying to keep up with the Jones. Bad advice, talked into more debt. 3. Low bid was at one time just common sense. But now seems like a broadening campaign for a cheapy weepy rate market across the board. 4. Lopsided freight to driver ratio, and bidded freight going on the load boards rather than awarded to lowest biddder. 5. Too many greedy hands in the pot. Any entity even remotely affiliated with trucking have raised the cost of operating to difficult and unattainable levels. 6. Milk toast oversight, regulatory and Law enforcement. Blind eye, look the other way. "not my job."

Hard work only to survive he'll nope

Am I suppose to drive your truck for you as well

Luckily you were in Gallup that Loves does repair

@MakeCentsTrucking

Ай бұрын

Yea. There isn’t much around there

@itsadunndeal33

Ай бұрын

@@MakeCentsTruckingif I’m not mistaken I think they just opened a ONE9 there

(M/35) I’m a new apprentice in the carpenters union working in Boston. I’ve always wanted to drive a truck though but never got my cdl. I want to make the jump but don’t know if it’s worth it. Any advice?

@gavnonadoroge3092

Ай бұрын

@smokeclouds8 trucking is top five in risk. so its up to you if you want to risk your life like that. if you have a chance, find a trucker to ride along for a week, and see the driving from inside the truck.

What’s the difference in you fuel mileage since you slowed down?

@MakeCentsTrucking

22 күн бұрын

.5-1mpg depending on weight.

@derekryan84

12 күн бұрын

@@MakeCentsTrucking I had a terrible week on during 4th of July. $5300. After truck/trailer payment I spent so much on fuel I brought home $300. Following week after I saw this video and decided to slow down, I made $4800 ( another bad week) to the truck , but I brought home $850. I cruise at 62mph as long as my hours let me. So thanks for the example.

What gear ratio you run Sammy?

@MakeCentsTrucking

Ай бұрын

3:55 in the Kenworth 😎

@motorvaderlapstrake7238

Ай бұрын

👍​@@MakeCentsTrucking

Sammy, I don’t turn on my cb because of the nasty side of it like the h o m o dudes who are advert the nasty. Also, no one will respond 8/10 times. Immature adults cussing each other for hours. CB for me not worth it. I only turn on in the winter when I’m in the midwest and northern states.

Where are you getting insurance for $700 a month?

@MakeCentsTrucking

Ай бұрын

Check description and call my guy Matt 👊

Your alive in trucking because your KZread channel the money you make there helps you.

@MakeCentsTrucking

Ай бұрын

So, if I can make $20k per month with one truck, the one I drive. Not including my other truck. You’re saying I’m making it because my of KZread channel? Your thinking has no argument here. My KZread channel doesn’t account for what I do trucking.

@elpapatruckingllc8827

Ай бұрын

@@MakeCentsTrucking I make it because I have everything pay off but when things brake it is tight staying I live after paying for repairs and I drive a flatbed wish gets pay a lot more than dry van.

@MakeCentsTrucking

Ай бұрын

@@elpapatruckingllc8827ok but your still missing my points. My home is not paid for, my wife’s 4Runner is not paid for and I have many debts but my trucking earning still cover it all. Btw my current KZread earning is $234 for the month lol

@elpapatruckingllc8827

Ай бұрын

@@MakeCentsTrucking yes I understand that it is still doable as long and the truck doesn’t have any big repair or problems that could put you out for a week or two. I have two trucks my wife who drives one and me. We survive but I know there is a lot of people that are having a very hard time and any rock in there path could end everything.

@theBCdream

Ай бұрын

​@@MakeCentsTruckingnot bad! I make 800 bucks a month at a grocery store and that's the reason I'm going to trucking school this fall 😂

2 trucks is not hard, try to maintain and dispatch 10 trucks plus 16 trailers then you would think different. So don't bragg until you get bigger in the game

@jimmybeasley6008

Ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂 🤡 🤡🤡🤡🤡

@A_A_Ron_G

Ай бұрын

Wow! Good job man, we're really impressed! Yeah Sammy, quit bragging all the time 😂.

@MakeCentsTrucking

Ай бұрын

Did your momma drop you on the head? This video was about booking loads per truck. I have two, that’s not bragging. But ok dude

@benitogarcia1121

Ай бұрын

@@MakeCentsTrucking cool!

@Goodfella1999

Ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

Lets talk *clean money* , or have you done that on any other videos before ?, once again *clean clear money* .

@MakeCentsTrucking

Ай бұрын

Net?

@WISHBONEL7

Ай бұрын

@@MakeCentsTrucking Money that you make and never have to put back into that business *CLEAN CLEAR MONEY* . If that is not clear enough , how much money would you need to make on a regular job which taxes were taken out , and where you had no expenses , to be the same equivalent to what you are making now ?? , *BOTTOM LINE CLEAN CLEAR MONEY*

@mikeydee8398

Ай бұрын

@@WISHBONEL7😂😂😂

@WISHBONEL7

Ай бұрын

@@MakeCentsTrucking Have you given it any thought ? . Although I am familiar with the trucking business , that is a question that applies to *ALL* for profit businesses , especially the ones that want to be honest with themselves . What is really taking place in *REAL TERMS* Mr. MakeCentsTrucking ????.

you stay in bushiness because countless mechanics depend on fixing your peterbuilt

Brokers,fuel and all the different taxes are getting all your money.

New age drivers and cb's lol they are cut from a different cloth, is your old buddy Tim still on KZread that had the 389 then sold it ?

@MakeCentsTrucking

Ай бұрын

Yeah he’s put out some recent videos.

😂

Bcuz Melalueca is paying you 4500/month.... ??? 🍨

@MakeCentsTrucking

Ай бұрын

That would be the life 😎

@bigboatfun

Ай бұрын

@@MakeCentsTrucking 💪🤣

This year is better 2017-18

@MakeCentsTrucking

Ай бұрын

Absolutely 🙌 these new guys don’t know about them pre covid years lol

@royandrade2929

Ай бұрын

@MakeCentsTrucking I do reefer, doing good just from DAT board.

This guy here got the big head

@MakeCentsTrucking

Ай бұрын

Nah, confident , not cocky. I’m just good at what I do bro. Been at this game for 24 years. You learn some things along the way.

I’m 34 no kids no wife no rent if I can bring home atleast 3500 a week on the low end I’m sure I can make it

Some trucking company's don't allow cb radios

@chrisbelsito4231

Ай бұрын

That’s just ridiculous!! It can be a life saving tool

@orenminton405

Ай бұрын

@chrisbelsito4231 yea but there's company's that will fire you in a heart beat for having a cb in their truck, don't ask me why because like you just said it is a very important tool to have in a semi

@letd1995

Ай бұрын

Sounds like a company that would have driver facing dashcams too😂

@orenminton405

Ай бұрын

Walmart had or has cameras facing the driver's, my dad drove for Walmart and he is the one that told me about the cameras

@letd1995

Ай бұрын

@@orenminton405 Walmart is one of the very few major carriers that actually take care of their drivers

Can't hear a word

They can’t hear the CB with there earbuds in anyways, plus they got their foot up on the dash of that Volvo or Cascadia so reaching the microphones kind of awkward for them😂😂