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Aug 16 • 10 tweets • 4 min read
To Truck Owners and Aspiring Truck Owners: The best trailer to start with in trucking
NB: Side tippers are overrated
A THREAD
Tanker Trailer
It is very limited as you can only transport commodities in liquid form which only best to get when you have received a long term contract for it with good rates that won’t make you seek for back loads.
Jul 18 • 22 tweets • 5 min read
Truck Owners and Aspiring Truck Owners: How to Calculate or Differentiate Between A Good rate and Bad Rate
A THREAD
In trucking we have what you call a CPK which stands for 'Cost Per Kilometre'
We also have what you call LOI which stands for Letter Of Intent: Usually when a client or company offers a load to be transported they will pull all details of the load on the LOI.
Jul 17 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
Truck Owners: Stop Running Unstable Business
A THREAD...
Summary: Main load rate you get must be sufficient enough for your truck/s to return back to loading point empty. Taking a return load if it's available and ready to load must be an option to increase your profit but not mandatory because it can decrease your productivity.