Heavy haul as part time business?

Processed stone isnt on the federal exemption list. Ruble might be, thats the slabs that are drilled and blasted out of the hillside then breakered to size for treads and such. I hauled ruble but only locally. In tennessee quarrying and logging are looked at as AG and kinda get away with just about whatever, you stay off the interstate and never really get any grief.

 

Personally I think you need to stay out of it. You don’t know enough about what you are doing, and are only going to help the decline in rates. Thus hurting everyone including yourself.

 

I got a plan to increase my margins this year.
I'm gonna cancel my authority and everything that goes with it.
I'm gonna write the shipper a check upon loading so that I own the freight. Then sell it on the other end and make bank.

Seriously though. A local scab farmer tried that very thing hauling for hire under farm plates.
It works till you piss people off enough that they go after your ###.

I'm not saying that is your operation but I suspect there are similarities.

 

Part time work is not enough to justify all the extra cost that come with for hire work. Also local moves are hit and miss. Especially off of a load board. I say stick with what you know and leave the other to those that do that. In my line of work I see people flipping machinery and doing quite well at it. At times I’ve thought about getting into it myself. But the fact remains, I don’t know enough to jump into it, and I don’t have the time to invest in it. It sounds like you have a good thing going, why get involved with something else? All it will do is take more money and free time away from your life.

 

Contact your local equipment dealers and rental houses. Find out what you need to be on their outside carriers list. Their needs come and go, but it might match up with what you wish to do

 

The problem with that is if you don’t have availability when they call, they will quit calling

 

I worked for a scrap yard that made quite a bit of money with a landoll and a 5th wheel tow hoist and sounds a lot like your operation. I did sales. the markup was fantastic. As a scrap yard the clientele who call are willing to take what the yard dictates for a price. Youre buying it at lowest price, retrieving, cant lose unless non ferrous plummets, park the item in fenced lot and seek out high bidder, often bundling in delivery fees with the sale.

The biggest downside was that lots of capital can be tied up by surprise, and some things can sit around longer than youd like. Also its easy to get bogged down in fixing equipment that would be worth quite a bit more working than broken, there were two mobile mechanics there almost daily and its hard to know when to say when on a repair.

My boss did not have authority but he kept the truck busy with local equipment moves for hire. I think a lack of staff who want to live in the truck was what always kept him from going long haul. He had all the equipment. I'll be interested to hear how this goes for u. Id be glad to be my old bosses OTR guy, we are like family.