Which area of trucking to get involved in?

How about selling your services to those in your area that could use said services? How does furniture get to/from retailers or customers homes?

 

Sounds like you want a dump truck of some kind for something local. Just my guess as I do dryvan OTR.

 

Topless trucking, that is if you are equipped.

Please share what lanes you run once you get started.

 

Trucking is all over the place. It's cyclical. We had a boom cycle now we are now slowing. Van was doing real well now is slowing. Flatbed is ok, but housing is slowing and that might affect it.

Personally get a CDL and try trucking with someone and see if you like it. It's hard to get home every night. A lot of people want to do that. It's also a slimey industry. Call recruitera and see what they offer. Your first 6 months are usually crappy. After a year you can make decent money as long as you haven't hit anyone. Don't be afraid to ask about a company here.

 

You answered your own question, drive a dump truck.

 

I tried belly dumps for almost a year and it was a nightmare. This was my schedule to just stay in business.

5am to 5pm dirt hauling
2 hour nap
7pm to 2am asphalt night paving
3 hour nap

Repeat

 

At least it wasn't a dirt nap. LOL

 

You can be local with pretty much any wagon as long as there's freight available. Keep home in the middle of your lane. You need to have loads available within a hour of your home base and loads available on opposite ends of your lane to make it work. That's how we roll

 

This. I don’t particularly like living in San Antonio but you got 3 of the top 7 largest cities in America within a short drive, plus all the border freight from Laredo. Vast majority of those loads pass through San Antonio except west bound freight.

This makes getting freight, and taking time off, easy and cheap vs taking terrible loads every time you want to go home.