Best State to base out of as an O/O?
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I'm much more concerned about the business environment than the load in/load out situation. The load situation primarily affects the opportunities for leasing on to a carrier. And no, the current plan would not include a Lease/Purchase.
Tennessee is one of the states that's fairly attractive to me, given the plethora of superb motorcycle roads. Gotta have some fun on my time off! :lol: Hadn't really given much thought to New Hampshire, I'll have to add that to the short list for review.
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There are more motorcycles per capita in New Hampshire than any other place on the earth. I ride a Road King all day and get lost in the mountains and NEVER get tired of it.
If you buy a house here be warned, we have hefty property taxes. We tend to pay our teachers much better. New Hampshire has some cities like Nashua and others that have been rated most desirable place to live in the U.S. multiple times. On another note though. We are the only state to not require seat belts. Our freak Governor refused again last month to not sign it into law. What a bonehead.
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Re: Best State to base out of as an O/O?
Originally Posted by BikerDad
Okay, so I'm looking at going O/O in a couple of years, in combination with a relocation to another state. Currently, I'm in Nevada, but sadly the tax and regulatory environment here continues to erode as ever more folks from other high-tax, high regulation states flee then foist the same madness on us. :tmad: Add to that the fact that Nevada is, essentially, just a vast black hole for trucks. They come in with stuff, but there aren't a lot of loads out.
So, what state(s) are the best for an O/O who'll be running 48 states? There is plenty of freight coming out of the Northern Part of the state.
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A friend of mine loads a lot out of Nevada. Mostly around Reno and Las Vegas. He primarily goes to Salt Lake and California. He seems to do pretty well. It depends on the type of freight you want to haul.
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Originally Posted by SteveBooth
If you buy a house here be warned, we have hefty property taxes. We tend to pay our teachers much better. New Hampshire has some cities like Nashua and others that have been rated most desirable place to live in the U.S. multiple times. .
I wouldn't mind a 9.25% sales tax here in Florida GMAN, they are killing us with property tax. There was recently talk of raising the sales tax now at 6% and abolishing property tax but that went nowhere. .
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Originally Posted by merrick4
Originally Posted by SteveBooth
If you buy a house here be warned, we have hefty property taxes. We tend to pay our teachers much better. New Hampshire has some cities like Nashua and others that have been rated most desirable place to live in the U.S. multiple times. .
I wouldn't mind a 9.25% sales tax here in Florida GMAN, they are killing us with property tax. There was recently talk of raising the sales tax now at 6% and abolishing property tax but that went nowhere. . |
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