Hey Todd! Thanks for the content! Quick questions... Is there a minimum load requirement for amazon (like one per week)? Also, did your insurance premiums go down after two years? Thanks again! My favorite restaurant in s.d. area is Phil's BBQ (santee or point loma) if your into BBQ ribs.
Glad you enjoy it, appreciate your input. Since they have moved to an “Active Week” style of grading, there is no longer a minimum amount of loads required to maintain a good grade. I saw this as the one good thing to come from them changing to active weeks. The downside of active weeks is, should you receive a bad grade, you can no longer “wait it out”, you are now forced to work (probably at a lower rate) in order to make the bad week “fall off”. FYI, it would take 6 active weeks to make a bad week fall off🥺 If you want more info on active weeks: czcams.com/video/w7O0HyF22HY/video.htmlsi=9xjjt-YCmfKfB4sa Prior to active weeks, you used to have to run loads in order to stay active and maintain your grade. Though they don’t do it this way anymore, it might be worth knowing in case they ever switch back as they are constantly changing “things”: czcams.com/video/l1029CX8pVE/video.htmlsi=8aR0TibPZiOB3nUs Phil’s is the bomb, their ribs are 💯 but my absolute favorite thing there is the BBQ Broham sandwich. 👊🏻🍻
I forgot to answer the insurance part of your question, sorry. Insurance went down big time after year one. Y1 - $40K/year new authority & new CDL🙁 Y2 - $13K/year Y3 - $11K/year
Thanks for the tips... I'm gonna use PTR for BIT and maintenance needs (they're also really convenient to me in Otay). Gotta try me some Graeter's also (I've been a breyers/thrifty man for years). Hate to bother with so many questions, but could you elaborate on your "new entrant audit" as a new interstate carrier...did they show up at your house, or you just email some files to them? It's just the fmcsa and not Cali that does the audit right? Thanks again! IOU big for all the help. Without you, I'd probably never had the courage to leap into this and feel good about it. Man, that first year insurance is crazy huh? Guess that's why they say to have a lot of $ before jumping in? At least I won't have a truck payment though. Thanks again Todd! Jason (J D Lipford Trucking)
PTR has been wonderful to me, they don’t pay me to say these things, I’m just a very happy customer whose grateful to have found them. Be sure the Graeter’s is Black Raspberry Chocolate Chip, for them to call the chocolate “chips” is a huge understatement. Try it and you’ll immediately know what I mean😉 New entrant audit IMO is a piece of cake. Ton of places charging crazy money to guide you through the process, you don’t need them. My best advice- SAVE EVERYTHING, especially if it feels stupid to hang onto it. I was contacted via mail from the CHP letting me know which officer would be overseeing my audit and to reach out to the officer via email. I got in touch with them the same day and they ask for: Driver list (it’s just me) Equipment list (tractor and trailer) Vehicle inspection reports (the ones from PTR) Last two weeks of eLogs eLogs for one interstate trip and justifying documents (BOL’s, tolls, receipts, etc) Proof of me pulling my driving record for all drivers (me🤣) from the CA DMV through the Employer Pull Notification site*** Proof of drug testing*** *** were both things I wasn’t “prepared” for, I had them but I had to do a little digging. There’s another guy on YT @diysemi whose content I admire and he said once to have all this stuff “ready to go” because while they give you 20 days to respond, it looks good if you respond sooner. This info stuck with me and I had everything back to the officer on day two. I passed😁 I had all my drug testing stuff ready, what I didn’t have were the chain of custody forms. These are the forms they physically give you when your drop off your specimen, not the results, but basically the receipt for you pee. This is why I say keep everything, even if it feels stupid to. Keep everything, save $2K is the way I look at it. I’m glad you like the stuff and am looking forward to seeing you out there. You don’t owe me a thing, this channel is my debt of gratitude I have for all the people who taught me a thing or two when I was starting. I also believe information should be free, that kind of carried over from my last career. Back to ice cream: I used to work as the graveyard pharmacist at the Rite Aid in Hillcrest. I’d start at 10:00PM and make deals with myself, if I could get 100 prescriptions done by 1:00AM, I’d treat myself to a chocolate malted krunch cone. I’m with you 100% on Thrifty ice cream. 👊🏻🍻
Stop flirting with the office lady at PTR! 🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️🙄🙄😂😂👊👊. Appreciate you always! 🍻
Vanessa is 💯 she’s always so helpful. I’m still knocking off places to eat she suggested to me, so far, she hasn’t been wrong about a single one.
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Helpful info, thanks for sharing!
Thank you for the idea!
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Hey Todd! Thanks for the content! Quick questions...
Is there a minimum load requirement for amazon (like one per week)?
Also, did your insurance premiums go down after two years?
Thanks again! My favorite restaurant in s.d. area is Phil's BBQ (santee or point loma) if your into BBQ ribs.
Glad you enjoy it, appreciate your input.
Since they have moved to an “Active Week” style of grading, there is no longer a minimum amount of loads required to maintain a good grade. I saw this as the one good thing to come from them changing to active weeks. The downside of active weeks is, should you receive a bad grade, you can no longer “wait it out”, you are now forced to work (probably at a lower rate) in order to make the bad week “fall off”. FYI, it would take 6 active weeks to make a bad week fall off🥺
If you want more info on active weeks:
czcams.com/video/w7O0HyF22HY/video.htmlsi=9xjjt-YCmfKfB4sa
Prior to active weeks, you used to have to run loads in order to stay active and maintain your grade. Though they don’t do it this way anymore, it might be worth knowing in case they ever switch back as they are constantly changing “things”:
czcams.com/video/l1029CX8pVE/video.htmlsi=8aR0TibPZiOB3nUs
Phil’s is the bomb, their ribs are 💯 but my absolute favorite thing there is the BBQ Broham sandwich.
👊🏻🍻
I forgot to answer the insurance part of your question, sorry. Insurance went down big time after year one.
Y1 - $40K/year new authority & new CDL🙁
Y2 - $13K/year
Y3 - $11K/year
Thanks for the tips... I'm gonna use PTR for BIT and maintenance needs (they're also really convenient to me in Otay). Gotta try me some Graeter's also (I've been a breyers/thrifty man for years). Hate to bother with so many questions, but could you elaborate on your "new entrant audit" as a new interstate carrier...did they show up at your house, or you just email some files to them? It's just the fmcsa and not Cali that does the audit right? Thanks again! IOU big for all the help. Without you, I'd probably never had the courage to leap into this and feel good about it. Man, that first year insurance is crazy huh? Guess that's why they say to have a lot of $ before jumping in? At least I won't have a truck payment though. Thanks again Todd!
Jason (J D Lipford Trucking)
PTR has been wonderful to me, they don’t pay me to say these things, I’m just a very happy customer whose grateful to have found them.
Be sure the Graeter’s is Black Raspberry Chocolate Chip, for them to call the chocolate “chips” is a huge understatement. Try it and you’ll immediately know what I mean😉
New entrant audit IMO is a piece of cake. Ton of places charging crazy money to guide you through the process, you don’t need them. My best advice- SAVE EVERYTHING, especially if it feels stupid to hang onto it.
I was contacted via mail from the CHP letting me know which officer would be overseeing my audit and to reach out to the officer via email. I got in touch with them the same day and they ask for:
Driver list (it’s just me)
Equipment list (tractor and trailer)
Vehicle inspection reports (the ones from PTR)
Last two weeks of eLogs
eLogs for one interstate trip and justifying documents (BOL’s, tolls, receipts, etc)
Proof of me pulling my driving record for all drivers (me🤣) from the CA DMV through the Employer Pull Notification site***
Proof of drug testing***
*** were both things I wasn’t “prepared” for, I had them but I had to do a little digging.
There’s another guy on YT @diysemi whose content I admire and he said once to have all this stuff “ready to go” because while they give you 20 days to respond, it looks good if you respond sooner. This info stuck with me and I had everything back to the officer on day two. I passed😁
I had all my drug testing stuff ready, what I didn’t have were the chain of custody forms. These are the forms they physically give you when your drop off your specimen, not the results, but basically the receipt for you pee. This is why I say keep everything, even if it feels stupid to.
Keep everything, save $2K is the way I look at it.
I’m glad you like the stuff and am looking forward to seeing you out there. You don’t owe me a thing, this channel is my debt of gratitude I have for all the people who taught me a thing or two when I was starting. I also believe information should be free, that kind of carried over from my last career.
Back to ice cream: I used to work as the graveyard pharmacist at the Rite Aid in Hillcrest. I’d start at 10:00PM and make deals with myself, if I could get 100 prescriptions done by 1:00AM, I’d treat myself to a chocolate malted krunch cone. I’m with you 100% on Thrifty ice cream.
👊🏻🍻