I'm not trying to reinvent trucking, But i wonder if there is a space for a particular kind of customer service? Things like snow-bird moving. A...
Yeah. i'm not sure either but the cost of failure is more manageable.
Well that's what I'm asking, would the insurance be that much on a 5 ton van? When i was doing U-ship on the weekends 15 years ago i found that...
I know, some will click on this just to tell me I'm an idiot, but hear me out. About 15 years ago when U-ship first came online and we were...
I work at the Coast Guard base in Elizabeth CIty
Thanks, that's a lot of good information. My idea of part time would be killing myself from January to June and shutting down until the kids go...
I'm in NC just South of Norfolk. The logic behind the $20,000 truck is i could find a way to pay cash. no payments in the off months. Keep...
Ok, i think my questions are different. I am 58 years old, in good shape, like driving, like physical work. I have two small boys and my wife...
oh yeah, but you would still need to keep a log, right?
SO if a restaurant in Boston takes truck to Portland Maine for lobsters they would need DOT numbers and a CDL if the truck had a GCW in excess of...
Looking for legal clarity, say i had a business restoring old vehicles and I drive to the far corners of the United States to retrieve these...
In my defense, I ressurected a thread I started last year and I looked at lots of those newbie posts and they all seem to be talking about a...
I started this thread a year ago and got a lot of good info from it. THe gears are still turning and I'm one year closer ot retirement. I...
My question was only about the legality. The idea would be to build a business plan around making several hundred gallons of high quality...
All good questions. The biodiesel fanatics claim properly made bd is as good anything you can buy with the exception of some late model trucks...
Whether or not making biofuel is worthwhile is a separate debate. As part of a business plan if you could remove $.20-.30 /per mile from your...
Are there legal obstacles to running on untaxed home-made fuel? The biodiesel guys are making good fuel for around $.80/gal - If you could carry...
$40K gross would be a very bad number. The target is that much NET. Maybe this is a misguided idea. I used to clear $1000 in a long weekend...
really? $175,000 gross, for 2000 hours of driving? That seems verty optimistic. $10k for fuel, $15K/ year for the truck? $8K for inssurance?...
A few years ago when uship was new i made extra money on the weekends running up and down the East Coast. I loved every minute of it and was...