Starting out and needing advice

Welcome to the forum.

 

Go back and read the Forum. Just about every question has been answered at least twice. Learn to use resources you already have. Nothing wrong with asking for advice, but sometimes doing your homework before asking shows you are ready to tackle a tough task. Good luck.

 

Don't get discouraged yet. Hold on a while and perhaps you can get one of the experienced people here to help out.

The biggest problem is that you don't know what it is you don't know. You don't know what questions to ask, and what areas you need more information about. And, further, there's mountains of both good information and misinformation here.

I'm interested in the business myself, but the point where I get to make decisions about yes or no and pull the trigger on them is still some months off. I've read forums, sites, had conversations with people online for a year now, and I still feel like I don't know what I don't know. If I were to offer any advice, I'd say you need a "friend in the business". It's an extremely competitive business, and you need some things which tilt the the scale toward you, instead of away from you, to help you compete.

There's other places online that say they can tell you everything and exactly how to do it, and the people who try their way don't have a high success rate. So take it all with a grain of salt, learn from those who've both tried and failed and who have succeeded, if you can get any of them to help you out. And never forget it's a business, first and foremost, one that requires a specific lifestyle.

Best of luck.

 

What answers are you two looking for?

I think you know the difference between a hotshot business and a expedite or rush delivery business?

 

OK I understand what you asking about, I am wondering what PW is looking for?

Your truck and location should work well with air freight haulers or FedEx, which has regional contractors who handle localized expedite freight in major cities - the recruiters may not get you the right info but they do exist and you have to be persistent (I think UPS has the same thing in some cities in the North East). Where I'm at, we have O/Os running air freight out of the three airports in vans and sometimes in small box trucks like yours.

The two biggest things in this type of business is first knowing what you want to do like goals and having a plan and the other is money management. Once you get those two figured out, the rest is easy.