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TurfT
Contributor 4
13 days ago

Truck went down mid-season while running solo — how do you protect your schedule?

My truck broke down right in the middle of a fully booked week. When you're a solo operator, there's no backup crew to absorb that — every day down is a day of appointments sliding into an already we...
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Havoc1
Contributor 2
12 days ago

Hey, without knowing the particulars, I try to always have a spare vehicle, even if it’s a cheap **bleep**( which I know really isn’t a thing anymore), both for situations like this and helps with insurance rates. The higher the vehicle to driver ratio the lower risk of wreck/damage. Plus keeps wear and tear down, works for business and personal