New to the Epedited Freight Biz
- Thread starter tirednaz
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Welcome to the forums. I cannot help you with the van stuff, I am not in that part of the business. I suggest you spend some time reading past posts on the subject, there are a ton of them. You will also get a van guy to answer this sooner or later. Good luck!
EasyDoesIt
Active Expediter
I asked a similar question a short time ago. Unanimous answer was start driving a straight truck for a fleet owner and have money in the bank to get through the slow times. Go back through the threads and it is the same answer. Learn the business before you invest anything in it. To begin the learning process you start by going back through the threads and reading. Really a lot of great information from specing a drive train to building comfort into your CV to good food and safe areas to park. After you get a basic idea of the business write down where you want to run and how you want to run. Canada? How far east, norteast, and west do you want to go? Then contact carriers and see if they fit your business plan. When you think you have a carrier that will meet your needs then your find drivers that work for that carrier and ask questions. Best of luck on your journey.
If you are interested in local expedited freight or courier stuff, you will have to give us some more info about yourself and where you live or where you would like to do the local stuff. Most expediters here do the OTR thing. There are some that do local work mostly in major metropolitan areas. Revealing your location could get you some feedback.
You just gotta jump out there and learn the hard way like a lot of people did. When I started driving for Panther in 2005 I had to learn the system pretty quick. Where to go and where to not go. Those types of things depend on what carrier you are leased on with. There are a lot of different variables in this business. I would suggest you just start out driving someone elses truck until you get a feel for this business. The local stuff is good but it will barely pay you a living and you will probably be working long hours. What are you planning to drive?