Hiring Drivers (2-10 Trucks), do you use a service?

You hire drivers by putting out an ad on indeed, trade publications etc.

Then go through the applications, select the some that look good for interviews and a road test, then do your pre hire drug and alcohol testing, then orientation, then put them in the truck and hope you selected the right driver that will not destroy your equipment, shows up to work, etc.

 

It’s also a nice touch to have work for the drivers. Something that comes from a relationship with your customers, which you don’t have… better start with 1 truck, get some of your own customers, don’t use load boards for anything but backhauls, or to get out of a dead area, and get a little age on your authority. I can guarantee you the insurance prices you get will horrify you. Not to mention a new authority is suspect to many brokers. If you are determined to buy a truck, buy a brand new one with full warranty, and run the wheels off of it YOURSELF. Also, for what it’s worth, don’t just buy a cheap truck, buy a truck someone else is likely to want when you are done with it/bankrupt and need to bail out quick.

 

If you are going to Google, you will fail and actually need to.

You have no clue, do you?

Risk rises exponentially with other drivers than it does with one.

No bank will give you money for this high-risk venture, and if you find a lender that does give you money, you better get ready for high rates and a quick foreclosure time frame.

you won't make this amount for at least 5 years, if at all. Gross revenue with a dollar profit may sound like a great thing but it isn't.

Why are you buying junk?

It isn't with Cascadias, that's for ***** sure.

How?

It depends on your standards and work ethics.

My process is different from other's process and hard to deal with. My standards are simple, you work for your money.

If you are asking, you need to step back and really think about what you are going to attempt to do.

That's not how it works.

Dumb idea, you don't have a clue.

So you are a company driver, with no business experience and no ownership experience.

SO here is my suggestion.

Drive for FIVE years as a driver, go get a truck with the money you put away for a truck, and lease onto a reputable company for at least TWO years to learn the business end of all of it.

THEN really think about your idea.

See, the problem is this: unless you have at least 4-6 million in the bank, you will fail.

Unless you have solid business experience in this industry, you will fail.

Unless you know what the markets are actually like, you will fail.

Finding the driver for a fleet is one hard task; you can't be wasting time with the crap drivers that are on the market looking for work. You have set standards, stick to them, be willing to fire a driver, but most of all learn how to read them.

Thank you,
I post that and the video on another forum all the time; it is a perfect analogy for these ideas.

 

Getting rich while somebody else does all the work is usually a position you have to graduate to after many years of hard work and sacrifice on your part. You don’t generally get to go straight to that from “broke nobody with a job and an idea”

 

Does this mean that the Op isn't getting me my spec'd truck?

Because, I had everything tied up in his idea.

 

He’s looking for meat in the seat. Bad plan. 1 bonehead can easily sink a small company. Good drivers have good jobs. They’re not looking for work. The way to get good drivers is to
1. Watch them, identify the skill set and professionalism.
2. Poach them from their current employer.
Without time in the seat himself, OP will not be able to identify an A Game driver. He could take on a partner, preferably someone who can drive with the best of them AND turn a wrench. 10 trucks, he better have his own mechanic.

 

Ooh, yes, hello, can you send app please, we will drive for you