Business Plan/ Mentor Needed

I've been successful in many different businesses in several different, and VERY competitive industries, and one thing I learned early on is NEVER compete on "price." The minute you compete on price you are nothing more than a commodity and subject to the next guy that comes along at a lower price (or better offer in the case of $/mile).

 

^^^^ Nobody wins a price war. And here's another thought. There are countless large carriers doing the Toronto-Montreal corridor who offer drop and hook pre-planned work. So the driver goes and does it as fast as legally possible. That sure does make for a happy driver. AND on top of that they have trucks they trade at 3 or 4 years old, so mechanical issues are rare, and a steady paycheck on top of all that.

That lane is competitive as hell. You would do better doing Toronto to IL, PA, OH, MI, etc. with dry vans. Forget the french province. They are also very protectionist. No habla francais? No load (or low pay junk) for you! Ok then. Starve for all I care.

 

If you start your day at the shipper at 3 pm your day ends at 7 am. 16 hour window.

I would get it delivered then go directly to shipper. Putting you on shipper property at something like 3 or 4 am. Guessing you are loading at Toronto.

Technically in Canada "all time waiting to be loaded or unloaded is to be recorded as on duty". Although we bend this rule sometimes. In my opinion, it can be logged as line 1 or 2 only in the event the driver isn't on the dock/actively helping, and if the customer is ridiculously slow. Depends what officer you get.

 

You can not split the 8. You can split 10 into two periods that add up to 10 so long as the lesser is at least 2 hours. So, if you do 3:15 at the receiver, then 6:45 at the shipper is good. Until you do a regular rest you stay in split-sleeper mode and have to ensure you don't exceed any of your 13/14/16 or daily limits.

Of course the standard 8 hours consecutive and 2 hours non-consecutive in periods of at least 30 minutes applies, so if you do 2 at the receiver then 8 at the end of your day is good.