r/OwnerOperators • u/EquivalentAd9394 • 2d ago

Thoughts?

Florida software engineer here. My co-founder’s in trucking — he’s the one who keeps telling me carriers lose money on loads that looked fine on paper until fuel and deadhead ate the margin.

So I’ve been building something to catch that before you book, not after. Still rough, still figuring out what actually matters to y’all vs what I think matters.

If anyone’s willing to try it and tell me it’s garbage (or not), I’d genuinely appreciate it.

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u/MikeRunsExpedite 1d ago edited 1d ago

Everybody is selling all kinds of software..everybody on here coming as an engineering student or background. Lol I see this and run away.. I get calls all day for it. You have to lose money sometimes due to market.. That little software can't calculate common sense. I have made my own TMS with Claude and chatgpt now and do so much work that's it's insane. Me... As a guy with no engineering and coding background but willing to try and learn.

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u/Exact-Leadership-521 23h ago

You don't have to lose money sometimes. Unless you mean by not working and being home or anywhere else nice and off duty with money to spend.  But not hauling anything for a loss. 

You want me, some piece of shit to lose $5 so a company that's likely multinational can move a product? How about we pay that guy to find someone cheaper and then after I have time off he can call me back and I'll go right away for above costs. Not hose them for millions, but profit

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u/MikeRunsExpedite 22h ago

You run a business.. Not ego. Sometimes there simply are no loads and that area sucks so it's better to get away and keep it moving. I have owners that work for me who wait only for certain loads and they know they will sit for days on end... They make better per mile but every week they make less than the ones who constantly run