Business opportunity moving containers

I don't know o anyone here that does this. I know I have talked to a few guys pulling those. Most the guys are driving junk, they just don't pay well. when you find a guy with a decent truck it is usually someone who has his own contract like you are talking. That's really the only way to go. If he "offered" it to you then he's probably offering a good bit less than he is paying now so negotiate. and have a back up plan fr the truck if he decides to go back to the other guys.

 

i just stopped pulling them. i agree with the last poster. most of the trucks i see r real P.o.S. i used to pull out of the piers out of jersey.

hauling containers sucks, depending on the pier. some piers u can get in and out in an hour, others can take hours to get your container, sometimes they r just slow, lack of streetable chassis, or lord knows what. the workers r rude. You are at the pies mercy when you r in there.

there is also a system. you gotta wait in long lines and check in and have inspections before you go in. if u dont know what you are doing, you will bring the process to a screaching halt, and everyone will be yelling at you. trust me everyone goes through this when they start, but it gets better as you learn. then you have inspections b 4 u leave

and the containers weigh about 25k when empty

to make a long story short, it can be very stressful. most of the time i hated it

 

I hear what your saying I did that also pulling them out of Boston...
Same issues just different place

 

does any one have any leads on companies that you can get containers for the port of charleston?

 

Do you have twic and sealand cards? May need hazmat too. Get those first you need them to go in and get loads. Or you'll be paying Redd to get them out for you!

 

My uncle owns a trucking business hauling out of port Newark they are on strike now the workers and the pier. They are pricks and very rude. Again there is days where your in and out and then days where you go in at 6 and stay in the pier all day but I have never personally done it but have been there with my father having to deal with those situations sometimes

 

You'll need your TWIC card, you'll need HAZMAT, you'll need a minimum of $5 Mil. in liability insurance to access the port. You'll need an SCAC code for your company, and if you think DOT is tough on you, wait til you deal with the port/railroad for hauling containers as a owner operator.

I'm a company driver, I've been hauling cans in/out of two rails in Denver and occasionally P. of Houston and P. of Seattle. The rules are a #####, the pay, depending on the company can range from really crappy to very good.