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- damnit458 - 02-19-2008
Mike Wrote:yeah, you must suck. i've got about 50k in assets right now.
You're so positive mike :wink:
I think part of it is that A week or so after I started I sold my truck and took out a loan to try and buy a faster truck, but that didn't really help me out any and I just ended up putting myself in debt =P. I'm slowly working my way up but it sure would be nice to be able to drive over 46 mph
- Mike - 02-19-2008
heh... they actually recommend doing that. sell your first truck, get max loans, then buy something somewhat worthwhile.
where were you on the route that brought in like $15k? that alone would have gotten you a much nicer truck.
- mrbaggio - 02-19-2008
get a company that gets good contacts. I made 3 contract runs 4K 3K and 13K (retarded long)
That seems to be the best way to make money.
- Mike - 02-19-2008
are we all with utopia?
- damnit458 - 02-19-2008
I literally JUST joined utopia right now. I kept receiving an error when I tried to quit (because I was on the road I assume). I checked the route that you suggested starting in NO and it said $2600, or .61 per mile for me. I really just need to do some reading into how to make money faster, I really haven't been putting much effort into it.
- Mike - 02-19-2008
that route is dead, we completed the contract.
for now, look on the cargo page for types with a bonus.
if none of those pique your interest, going to and from company terminals with random cargo gets you like a 10% bonus AND you get to refuel and repair at the terminal for 0 fatigue points.
- damnit458 - 02-19-2008
Mike Wrote:that route is dead, we completed the contract.
for now, look on the cargo page for types with a bonus.
if none of those pique your interest, going to and from company terminals with random cargo gets you like a 10% bonus AND you get to refuel and repair at the terminal for 0 fatigue points.
awesome, where else can you read about company perks like these?
I figured it'd be worth it to give the forums a look when I had the spare time on campus.
- Mike - 02-19-2008
that pretty much is all the perks. by being in a bigger company, we also have part and truck discounts as well. they can be taken advantage of anywhere.
typically the leaders of this company will post a bulletin of the best routes. just pay attention to those.
- mrbaggio - 02-20-2008
Yes watch bulletins. The tell about the new contracts/bonus/best routes to take.
- damnit458 - 02-20-2008
How long do contracts usually last? I think one went up this morning.
- Mike - 02-20-2008
2-4 days depending on size. as long as you've started your route before it's over, you get the bonus.
- mrbaggio - 02-20-2008
You can look up our contracts in the contracts section. It will tell you about how many loads are left.
- damnit458 - 02-21-2008
Another question:
I was driving a route to houston today in order to do the company contract of books from houston to miami, but the supplies changed. How often do the supplies change? I would guess bi-weekly at this point?
- Mike - 02-21-2008
monday and thursday mornings. just keep heading to albuquerque for the books. it's a terminal too so no fatigue on fillups.
- damnit458 - 02-22-2008
To get the bonus from the company contract do I have to just select the route as normal from alb to miami or do I have to go through a different process?
- John - 02-23-2008
Normal process - calculate the route when you are choosing it and it'll show you the payment per mile average for the route.
- JashGTP - 02-27-2008
trukz is awesome and kinda addicting
just started but its fun.
- Mike - 03-06-2008
mikey got a new truck:
Volvo VN670
![[Image: P1010030.jpg]](http://www.giexpress.com/images/truckphotos/P1010030.jpg)
- John - 03-06-2008
I don't see the reason to spend the extra 15K on the VN670 over the VN660...
- Mike - 03-06-2008
the bitches, noob.
it gets better gas mileage, has a higher speed out of the box, and a lot less miles on it (that reduces random breakdowns). really, once you have like a $20k truck there isn't much reason to ever upgrade. i was just bored so i went ahead and did it... i love volvo trucks.