Small Fleet Owner
- Thread starter kastmgmt
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Depends on how much that small fleet owner has in his pocket.
If its not a lot, he usually buys a 2006 Sprinter and hits the road for a year or two then adds another truck.
Finding and hiring someone who is. Not a endeavor to jump into unless you have some type of background in this business. Odds of success would be much better in Vegas. Kind of like opening a restaurant and not knowing the first thing about cooking.
As suggested, I would drive the vehicle you want in your fleet for awhile to learn the business and associated costs.
As suggested, I would drive the vehicle you want in your fleet for awhile to learn the business and associated costs.
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mrgoodtude
Not a Member
If you wanna make a million in trucking just start with two million.
What is considered a small fleet these days... Let me go get my logistics management magazine.
Daffyduck528
Expert Expediter
What is considered a small fleet these days... Let me go get my logistics management magazine.
I'm $1/2 million into this fleet owner game so far. I still think I'm a small fleet owner, but man does it feel big at times.
Slo-Ride
Veteran Expediter
To answer your question, I guess figure out what you want the small fleet to do. Then go buy the small fleet.
Do you want to haul freight, rocks, grocery's, redi-mix, Autos, coils?? Its endless what you you can do with a fleet of trucks. Big or small.
Dump trucks are doing well right now with all the shovel ready projects we have going on in this country..
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Slo-Ride
Veteran Expediter
Not necessarily..But following Dave's advice and heading to Vegas first just maybe a good idea.
Slo-Ride
Veteran Expediter
Again not necessarily. Think about this for a min.. Your asking questions on the Internet to a group of ppl that for the most part think our little world is flooded with trucks now. And that very well maybe the case to many of us for the amount of work we have. When I first read your post I thought I read no experience.. After rereading twice and seeing you have OTR experience that tells me you know something about it.
So back to the this thinking thing...Without knowing you, Would I want to see you bring 5,trucks to where I work? Properly not.. If and when I know you would I want to see that and would I help you in anyway I can..More then likely. Its a chance you gotta take..
1 truck? Jump in and try it. for awhile.
A Fleet? Head to Vegas first and if your feeling lucky, go from there.
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Half a million in this game could mean 3 brand new Freightliner cascadia's or 50 2006 Sprinter vans with over 200,000 miles.
Put a 53 footer on the Eisenhower interstate highway system and you should be ok with coast to coast coverage. Everybody wants a 53, its like the automatic word in this industry. Back hauls you name it.
tknight
Veteran Expediter
The only real back haul is you butt being hauled back cause you went belly up! Good luck!
Like any venture there is always someone willing to cut your price and your throat!
techaholic
Rookie Expediter
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