Interested in Expediting

The age of the vehicle? As far as I know it depends on the carrier you sign with?

Or are you planning on getting your own authority and try this completely alone?

Go thru this topic and read the entries.

 

most say 5 years or newer

 

we are on the same page,im looking to get going soon but want to know how do i take the right steps from 1,2,3,4,5,6 at getting started and then finding loads?

 

Dynasty and 1989 how much OTR driving experience do you have?

I'm guessing that you both have no experience in expediting. The most common and safest recommendation for someone wanting to get into expediting is that they drive for a fleet owner first, so you can find out what expediting is like. It is different from truckload trucking. BTW, i've been on both sides of the street.

Right now we drive for a fleet owner, driving a straight truck.

 

You would have ins. with who you sign on to. with express-1 the truck ins.for a 07 is 44.75 week and workman is 25.75 they pay for cargo. if you go out on your own, you would be brokering less than truck loads (LTL) and that does not pay much.

 

You don't have to take LTL with a straight truck... you can take full van loads.

A lot of people use the straight for partials, but it's not necessary. My advice is to hunt for a lane that runs by your house... you might still be up a lot of the night, but at least when you do sleep, it's in your own house.

We just started this local deal and my driver made $1199 last week. Got 12 loads in 6 days done. He'd been miserable in a straight truck cause he only got by his house twice out of the 5 nights he was under a load.