Is it possible to make good money hauling containers (intermodal)?

Hey Guys I'm new here. I'm looking to starting hauling containers out of Baltimore port. The choices are hub, road one, container port group just to name a few. Should I buy my trailer also. I have over 10 hrs experience driving mostly food service and I make excellent money but I'm looking for something less physical. Does anyone have experience working out of Baltimore port. Thanks

 

Well, if you want to buy your own trailer, you'll need at least 5 of them. 20', 40', 45/48', 53', a 3 axle that will carry two 20's or one 40. So, expect to spend about $200,000 for a fleet of trailers when you buy your tractor. Not mention a place to store them.

 

That's a big investment but I'm working on growing interest in starting a trucking company. A small fleet of 3 or more day cabs. Nothing fancy and we paying off truck from the get go, so that increase the chance of success...

 

Dickie, how much total experience do you need to be a owner operator for transnoble?

 

18 months probably less if you have a clean license

 

depends on where your haul and if you haul domestic or import cans,,
In LA I have a friend in the heavy haul business with several trucks,,when heavy haul is slow he hauls cans out of the ports local in LA. Right now local container moves in LA are paying
$1300 or more,
In Kansas City I have an other friend that parked his RGN and 3 steps and pulls 53ft containers out of KC,MO he is making about $3000 to $3500/wk per truck,,and using about 250 gal of fuel/wk per truck both of my friends don't haul on week ends and their trucks are home every night,
If you want to haul in NJ or NY you better get a very good rate to cover problems with congestion in the NE and tolls.
I predict that eventually when more over the road loads go on rails and there are even container ships that go up and down both coast picking up and dropping at ports as they go up and down the rates will go down or stay stagnant as more companies get into containers of all kinds.
as for the west coast Mexico in building 2 large container ports on Mexico's west coast, Ships from pacific countries will go to mexico for cheaper port prices and labor and when the new panama canal opens more super container ships will go to ports mexico will open around the gulf coast.

 

Hmm, will the Mexican drivers be able to take the can into the us? Or does it get thrown on a train?

 

everything gets thrown in trains

 

Yes. I called and verified. It seems like many decent outfits require at least 2 years to be owner operators

 

Well Roadone only requires 1 year