[Zoli]

Jim,
As I said I did this before as a driver. I agree 100% that any of you have tons of experience in front of me and I understand everyone's opinion.
But since I believe noone fully understood the situation I'll try to explain more detailed.
I run a commercial janitorial business. I have employees at every account I have, I am only supervising. The cleaning is done at night and my actual work is limitted. My main input is in finding new accounts. Besides there's nothing "burning" in janitorial. If something happens it can be resolved in a couple of days, not right on the spot. And assuming something bad is going to happen, my wife can take care of it if I'm gone. So as far as time is concerned, it's not that I don't have it, it's just that I don't want to spend it on the roads. I am available any time, any hour. It's not like the company will call me and I'll have to pass because I'm busy. And let's put it this way: let's pray that I'm going to be sooooooo busy that I'll be put in the position of not being able to handle it anymore. As someone here suggested, I can always hire a driver, right? and keep him on the road. So I hope I made this part clear.
Now the second concern - money. Between me and my wife we have enough to pay the bills. I'm not getting into this to have something to eat. Rather to get rid of some debts and to save something since we have a baby on the way. I don't want or expect to get rich from expediting. But I don't expect to lose money either. Even with a 50% deadhead, as long as the balance revenue/expenses is positive, I gain. It might be insignificant for some, for me anything more then zero would be good. I can get a job, or try doing this. What would you choose if you were me?
It's not that I'm stubborn and I'm stuck with my decision, but rather that after listening to what everyone said in here, I still believe I can do it, considering all that I said above. I might be totally wrong. But unless I try I won't know for sure.

Now something I just thought of. Do companies require you to stay in the new place after trasporting a load? The fact that I'd come home after each load would be an impediment?

Sorry for the long post. Just felt I have to explain...

[bryan]

Hi

Go with a 1-ton extended.

Be very honest with the carrier when explaning what your looking for.because your situation could be a great disadvantage to them or ust what they are looking for.

If you take a load to Indy and they have a load picking up in Indy going to Atlanta are you going to take it or bounce home?

Also this is a more of a lifestyle than a job(a very expensive lifestyle at time).A know people who have come into expediting with more than they left with.The van industry has a large failure rate.Don't get me wrong Im not bashing you or the industry (Im still out here running)it just is the way it is.

Don't ever buyinto the idea that the ones who have failed were just lazy bums.Alot of them worked harder than the ones who succeeded,they just didn't play their cards right or lady luck didn't smile on them when they most needed her to.Good Luck.

[Broompilot]

Not that I have any expierence in Janitorial look at my handle (name). That is not a business that you can run being away for exteneded periods of time.

You would even consider (trying) this while you could easily secure one more paying account to take care of your financial situation? Thats not good business, if your not serious about your Janitorial business than sell it while it has some value in it, cause if you do this and the boss aint around from my past expirence you will have fewer accounts everytime you go back home.

Whos gona fill in when the employee has one of the following reasons or excuses for not showing up. Child is sick, my back hurts today, husbands car is in shop so I cannot come in, my mom needs me, my frinds father got into an accident and I gotta take care of his kids? Been there done that, if you think your gona make any $ AT ALL trying to do this on the side than youd be a first.