Sunday, 7 July 2013
WHY SOME TRUCKS MAKE MONEY THAN SOME TRUCKS
Hello guys, it is good to be back after many months. I am dead sorry. But I have been attending to some of you guys on phones and through mails.
I am very grateful for some of you guys that have decided to try my services regardless of the Nigerian factor. I appreciate you very much. I promise not to let you down.
Well that is that. I have been very busy with what I know best in the last 3 months that is my haulage business. This is our peak period from now till December 14th.
In this post, I will let you understand why some trucks make money than some trucks. There are many reasons why some trucks make money than other trucks in haulage business.
But the general assumption that many potential investors have is that if Mr Tobi’s truck is making N300, why should my truck make less? This assumption has made many people fail. It has led many potential investors to the wrong managers and who latterly plan to sell their trucks or term Nigerians as the worst people to deal with. But think of the people that are still in this business, making consistent money from haulage business.
Number One truth is this: Do you know that the tonnage of your flat bed will determines the amount will make monthly? We have different type of flatbed with different tonnages. We have flatbed of 25 tonnes, 30 tonnes and so and forth.
Because these flatbeds differ in tonnes, they haul different goods. It is therefore important that you know the tonnages of your flatbed before you start using it to haul goods. To start a haulage business, you flatbed must be 30 tonnes. Even when you know that it is 30 tonnes, you must know the type of goods that is fit for such flatbed. Always try as much to know the weight of the goods you want to carry at all times. Check the bill of lading of the goods if you are doing delivery jobs within the metropolis. If you are doing just transfer from the sea ports to bonded terminals, I encourage you to stick to 40 feet containers only, only when you know that you have a flatbed that weigh more than 30 tonnes, then you can carry 2x20 feet containers.
Carry goods that outweigh you flatbed means that you are not ready to make consistent money from haulage business. It also means that the life span of the truck will diminish as fast as possible. This will put pressure on the engine of you truck. And you know what that means.
Because a truck is classified as a heavy duty machinery doesn’t mean that you should use it in any manner you like. Remember, trucking business is a business. You live from it. You delved into it because it will help achieve a long term goals. SO PLEASE TREAT IT LIKE YOUR LIFE DEPENDS ON IT. TREAT IT LIKE A BABY. AND YOU WILL NEVER REGRET IT.
More Info: 08185208688.
Wednesday, 13 March 2013
IS YOUR TRUCKING BUSINESS CAPITALISED
Hi readers, i am sure you guys are enjoying my posts. As at today, i have over 25 articles on this blog. And i am so happy that a lot of people are learning, practising and preparing their minds to start a haulage business in Nigeria.
Lets talk about CAPITALIZATION today. In a simple language this is the money you keep aside to sustain the business on a long term.
If you want to enjoy haulage business in the first 3 months, you need to keep aside money for running the business smoothly.
We have to be aware or let me say dont forget that, what we use are simply used trucks from America, Canada, or other parts of Europe. These trucks,when put on the roads will show some signs or tell you what need to be replaced. Frankly speaking, you cannot see all that need to be replaced in a single day. It takes an average of 3 months to get a fit,sound and error free truck after replacing all defect parts.
That is why you need money at hand to replace those defects. You cannot be fooling yourself by saying that if the truck works today, i will replacd the defects parts tomorrow. Supposing the truck worked a job of N15,000 today and you need to replace some parts worth of N25,000, where do you get the balance from.
Please let me tell you the truth. Get at least N200,000 in your account when putting the truck on the road the very first day.
You dont start a trucking business with ZERO BANK ACCOUNT. 95% of people who do blame themselves and start borrowing money up and down. In this present day economy, who will borrow you money?
A word is enough for a wise. Be smart and dont just read. God bless you.
More Info:08185208688(haulagemover@gmail.com)
Lets talk about CAPITALIZATION today. In a simple language this is the money you keep aside to sustain the business on a long term.
If you want to enjoy haulage business in the first 3 months, you need to keep aside money for running the business smoothly.
We have to be aware or let me say dont forget that, what we use are simply used trucks from America, Canada, or other parts of Europe. These trucks,when put on the roads will show some signs or tell you what need to be replaced. Frankly speaking, you cannot see all that need to be replaced in a single day. It takes an average of 3 months to get a fit,sound and error free truck after replacing all defect parts.
That is why you need money at hand to replace those defects. You cannot be fooling yourself by saying that if the truck works today, i will replacd the defects parts tomorrow. Supposing the truck worked a job of N15,000 today and you need to replace some parts worth of N25,000, where do you get the balance from.
Please let me tell you the truth. Get at least N200,000 in your account when putting the truck on the road the very first day.
You dont start a trucking business with ZERO BANK ACCOUNT. 95% of people who do blame themselves and start borrowing money up and down. In this present day economy, who will borrow you money?
A word is enough for a wise. Be smart and dont just read. God bless you.
More Info:08185208688(haulagemover@gmail.com)
IS YOUR HAULAGE BUSINES CAPITALISED
Hi readers, i am sure you guys are enjoying my posts. As at today, i have over 25 articles on this blog. And i am so happy that a lot of people are learning, practising and preparing their minds to start a haulage business in Nigeria.
Lets talk about CAPITALIZATION today. In a simple language this is the money you keep aside to sustain the business on a long term.
If you want to enjoy haulage business in the first 3 months, you need to keep aside money for running the business smoothly.
We have to be aware or let me say dont forget that, what we use are simply used trucks from America, Canada, or other parts of Europe. These trucks,when put on the roads will show some signs or tell you what need to be replaced. Frankly speaking, you cannot see all that need to be replaced in a single day. It takes an average of 3 months to get a fit,sound and error free truck after replacing all defect parts.
That is why you need money at hand to replace those defects. You cannot be fooling yourself by saying that if the truck works today, i will replacd the defects parts tomorrow. Supposing the truck worked a job of N15,000 today and you need to replace some parts worth of N25,000, where do you get the balance from.
Please let me tell you the truth. Get at least N200,000 in your account when putting the truck on the road the very first day.
You dont start a trucking business with ZERO BANK ACCOUNT. 95% of people who do blame themselves and start borrowing money up and down. In this present day economy, who will borrow you money?
A word is enough for a wise. Be smart and dont just read. God bless you.
More Info:08185208688(haulagemover@gmail.com)
Lets talk about CAPITALIZATION today. In a simple language this is the money you keep aside to sustain the business on a long term.
If you want to enjoy haulage business in the first 3 months, you need to keep aside money for running the business smoothly.
We have to be aware or let me say dont forget that, what we use are simply used trucks from America, Canada, or other parts of Europe. These trucks,when put on the roads will show some signs or tell you what need to be replaced. Frankly speaking, you cannot see all that need to be replaced in a single day. It takes an average of 3 months to get a fit,sound and error free truck after replacing all defect parts.
That is why you need money at hand to replace those defects. You cannot be fooling yourself by saying that if the truck works today, i will replacd the defects parts tomorrow. Supposing the truck worked a job of N15,000 today and you need to replace some parts worth of N25,000, where do you get the balance from.
Please let me tell you the truth. Get at least N200,000 in your account when putting the truck on the road the very first day.
You dont start a trucking business with ZERO BANK ACCOUNT. 95% of people who do blame themselves and start borrowing money up and down. In this present day economy, who will borrow you money?
A word is enough for a wise. Be smart and dont just read. God bless you.
More Info:08185208688(haulagemover@gmail.com)
Thursday, 7 March 2013
WHY YOU NEED BOOKEEPING IN HAULAGE BUSINESS IN NIGERIA
Hello Guys, as i said in my last post, i am going to be writing about bookeeping in haulage business in Nigeria today.
Wha is bookeeping. Bookeeping is simply the recording of your finacial transaction. In a layman's language, it means writing doen the records of amount of money you earn per day and how much you spend on the truck per day. This include money paid to you by agents, middlemen,or manufucturing companies on daily basis. It also include money you used in maintaining the trucks on daily basis. That is,money used in pumping the tyres, money you used in doing photocopies of EIR(EIR is called equipmet interchange report) and it is issues to the driver after loading of the trucks. You need as many of the reports because they are demanded by port agencies when moving out of the Ports.
Also money you used in adjusting cluthes,brake pads etc. You see that most times all these expenses dont have receipts in Nigeria.But it is your duty to write all these expenses and earned income down. Prepare youself a ledger.If you are computer literate, use Microsoft excel to prepare your bookeping. At the end of every week, you deduct all paid expenses from money being paid to you from every job you have done since MONDAY TO FRIDAY OR SATURDAY. Through this bookeeping,you will know if you are making profit or not at the end of the month. Bookeeping will help you to safe money.It will safeguard you against frivolous spending. It will help you in the game of haulage business.
HAULAGE BUSINESS IS A GAME WHERE SOME SURVIVE,WHILE SOME GO DOWN. Bookeeping will help your habits of spending. IT will help you to run away from excessive social habits that make you spend more than you earn. If you have a good bookeeping habit,even if you have this excessive social habits of spending,I know you will never waant that haulage business of yours to go down.
The reason why a lot of truck manager fail is because they dont have a bookeeping account of their haulage business.
In conclusion, i will ask you to try start a bookeeping account of your trucking business,and then trust me you will succeed. AMEN.
More Info::08185208688
Wha is bookeeping. Bookeeping is simply the recording of your finacial transaction. In a layman's language, it means writing doen the records of amount of money you earn per day and how much you spend on the truck per day. This include money paid to you by agents, middlemen,or manufucturing companies on daily basis. It also include money you used in maintaining the trucks on daily basis. That is,money used in pumping the tyres, money you used in doing photocopies of EIR(EIR is called equipmet interchange report) and it is issues to the driver after loading of the trucks. You need as many of the reports because they are demanded by port agencies when moving out of the Ports.
Also money you used in adjusting cluthes,brake pads etc. You see that most times all these expenses dont have receipts in Nigeria.But it is your duty to write all these expenses and earned income down. Prepare youself a ledger.If you are computer literate, use Microsoft excel to prepare your bookeping. At the end of every week, you deduct all paid expenses from money being paid to you from every job you have done since MONDAY TO FRIDAY OR SATURDAY. Through this bookeeping,you will know if you are making profit or not at the end of the month. Bookeeping will help you to safe money.It will safeguard you against frivolous spending. It will help you in the game of haulage business.
HAULAGE BUSINESS IS A GAME WHERE SOME SURVIVE,WHILE SOME GO DOWN. Bookeeping will help your habits of spending. IT will help you to run away from excessive social habits that make you spend more than you earn. If you have a good bookeeping habit,even if you have this excessive social habits of spending,I know you will never waant that haulage business of yours to go down.
The reason why a lot of truck manager fail is because they dont have a bookeeping account of their haulage business.
In conclusion, i will ask you to try start a bookeeping account of your trucking business,and then trust me you will succeed. AMEN.
More Info::08185208688
Wednesday, 27 February 2013
THE THREE CRITICAL LEGS OF HAULAGE BUSINESS IN NIGERIA
About 50% of my posted articles have been centered around the maintenance culture of handling trucking business in Nigeria. The true fact is that if the truck is well maintained, then the life span of the truck will surely increase.
I have seen trucks spending 4,5 and 6 years and working perfectly. Such trucks no doubt are maintained by good truck owners and managers.
What are the three critical legs of haulage business in Nigeria. When one leg is lost or not treated well, the other legs suffer. The three legs all must work together for a successful and consistent haulage business in Nigeria.
These are the three legs below.
1. Technical understanding of the job: The technically of the business starts from the angle of knowing which truck to buy,which truck you ought not to buy. The kind of trailer(flatbed) needed. Here, you need to know the tonnage of the flatbed. These helps you to determine the size and weight of the loads to carry. The type of tyres you need to buy. The market is saturated with many tyres, indian,chinese and italian products.Knowing the type of tyre you need to buy is important(I have told you in my previous blog to stop buying tokunbo tyres,otherwise you are going to lose in the long run.
Also the type or battery to buy. you have to decide if you need to buy 100 volts x 2 or a single 200 volts. Knowing when to change the battery,knowing when to change the tyres,knowing when to service the engine etc.
Technical understanding of the job also included knowing which routes the truck is good to go to.
2. Administration: When you know the technics of the jobs,you should be able to administer. The driver should be one of your focus here.how often does he come to work?? The kind of excuse you get from him, his punctuality, his expertise, his maintenance culture, etc.
Administration also include follow ups. Your ability to sometimes check the place where the goods are to be discharged without the driver's notice. Administration also include knowing the best truck technician for your truck. As a matter of fact,i do follow the techician to buy spare parts so that i wont to short-changed.
3. Sales and Marketing: Who are you contacts? In the haulage business in Nigera, you need contacts, who are the contacts?They are Agents,middlemen, and companies. How do you relate with them? Your customer service approach will determine whether you will have a long lasting relationship or otherwise.
Believe honesty, if your truck is sound,well maintained, with good hooks, nice clean looking head, before you come back from a delivery, another job will be waiting.
No matter whom you know among all these three players, you will make consistent money.Just try and be servicable.
Can you see that all these three critical legs work together? They move together.
Watch out for my next post(BOOKEEPING)
Bye for now
More Info:: 08185208688
N:B Please Call can only be entertained from 5pm(GMT+1)
I have seen trucks spending 4,5 and 6 years and working perfectly. Such trucks no doubt are maintained by good truck owners and managers.
What are the three critical legs of haulage business in Nigeria. When one leg is lost or not treated well, the other legs suffer. The three legs all must work together for a successful and consistent haulage business in Nigeria.
These are the three legs below.
1. Technical understanding of the job: The technically of the business starts from the angle of knowing which truck to buy,which truck you ought not to buy. The kind of trailer(flatbed) needed. Here, you need to know the tonnage of the flatbed. These helps you to determine the size and weight of the loads to carry. The type of tyres you need to buy. The market is saturated with many tyres, indian,chinese and italian products.Knowing the type of tyre you need to buy is important(I have told you in my previous blog to stop buying tokunbo tyres,otherwise you are going to lose in the long run.
Also the type or battery to buy. you have to decide if you need to buy 100 volts x 2 or a single 200 volts. Knowing when to change the battery,knowing when to change the tyres,knowing when to service the engine etc.
Technical understanding of the job also included knowing which routes the truck is good to go to.
2. Administration: When you know the technics of the jobs,you should be able to administer. The driver should be one of your focus here.how often does he come to work?? The kind of excuse you get from him, his punctuality, his expertise, his maintenance culture, etc.
Administration also include follow ups. Your ability to sometimes check the place where the goods are to be discharged without the driver's notice. Administration also include knowing the best truck technician for your truck. As a matter of fact,i do follow the techician to buy spare parts so that i wont to short-changed.
3. Sales and Marketing: Who are you contacts? In the haulage business in Nigera, you need contacts, who are the contacts?They are Agents,middlemen, and companies. How do you relate with them? Your customer service approach will determine whether you will have a long lasting relationship or otherwise.
Believe honesty, if your truck is sound,well maintained, with good hooks, nice clean looking head, before you come back from a delivery, another job will be waiting.
No matter whom you know among all these three players, you will make consistent money.Just try and be servicable.
Can you see that all these three critical legs work together? They move together.
Watch out for my next post(BOOKEEPING)
Bye for now
More Info:: 08185208688
N:B Please Call can only be entertained from 5pm(GMT+1)
Friday, 22 February 2013
DONT LET CONTAINERS FALL DOWN FROM YOUR TRUCK
Hi Guys, I am being busy doing what i know best. You should know that i gotta love myself before anyone.
Today lets talk about why containers fall down from trucks always. Your flatbed(some call it trailer) is very important in the haulage business especially in Nigeria.
If you dont want to experience container falling down from your truck, please i beg you, PAY ATTENTION TO THE HOOKS ON YOUR FLATEDBED. Every flatbed has at least 4 hooks at most 8 hooks. If any inexperience equipment operator( the loading machine is actually called REACHSTACKER) load your truck, he is bound to bend or sometimes break the hook. That is why your driver is allowed to be present when the truck is being loaded to guide the operator for accurate dropping of the container on the flatbed.
There are corrective measures when the hooks are bent or broken. Some trucks dont have complete hooks. If you have 3 hooks during operation, you can go and discharge the load at the final destination and come to drop the empty container,then move to the welder's workshop to adjust the hooks.
Inspection of the hooks must be carried out on regular basis. Your hooks is just like a lock. Once the truck is loaded, the truck driver must put his hand under the flatbed to lock the container with his hooks.
You can get the best flatbed in the world(65 tonnes-80 tonnes) if the truck dont have good hooks "one day one day katakata go burst"( the container will fall) If your container falls, you are going to be in these circumstances below:
1. You are likely to kill people
2. You are likely to damage a someone's car.
3. You will cause heavy traffic and bring serious attention to your stupidity
4. You truck will be impounded until you pay for damages.
5. Then you and the owner of the goods will be in serious dilemna.
I will advise you to always check the hooks. Dont be too greedy.Everything is not about JOBS JOBS JOBS . It is SAFETY FIRST. Bye.
More Info: 08185208688 or haulagemover@gmail.com
Today lets talk about why containers fall down from trucks always. Your flatbed(some call it trailer) is very important in the haulage business especially in Nigeria.
If you dont want to experience container falling down from your truck, please i beg you, PAY ATTENTION TO THE HOOKS ON YOUR FLATEDBED. Every flatbed has at least 4 hooks at most 8 hooks. If any inexperience equipment operator( the loading machine is actually called REACHSTACKER) load your truck, he is bound to bend or sometimes break the hook. That is why your driver is allowed to be present when the truck is being loaded to guide the operator for accurate dropping of the container on the flatbed.
There are corrective measures when the hooks are bent or broken. Some trucks dont have complete hooks. If you have 3 hooks during operation, you can go and discharge the load at the final destination and come to drop the empty container,then move to the welder's workshop to adjust the hooks.
Inspection of the hooks must be carried out on regular basis. Your hooks is just like a lock. Once the truck is loaded, the truck driver must put his hand under the flatbed to lock the container with his hooks.
You can get the best flatbed in the world(65 tonnes-80 tonnes) if the truck dont have good hooks "one day one day katakata go burst"( the container will fall) If your container falls, you are going to be in these circumstances below:
1. You are likely to kill people
2. You are likely to damage a someone's car.
3. You will cause heavy traffic and bring serious attention to your stupidity
4. You truck will be impounded until you pay for damages.
5. Then you and the owner of the goods will be in serious dilemna.
I will advise you to always check the hooks. Dont be too greedy.Everything is not about JOBS JOBS JOBS . It is SAFETY FIRST. Bye.
More Info: 08185208688 or haulagemover@gmail.com
Saturday, 19 January 2013
BASIC REQUIREMENT TO START HAULAGE BUSINESS IN NIGERIA
Hello Guys, i hope you are all enjoying every post of mine. The idea behind my blog is to get you equip with enough information before you invest in haulage business in Nigeria. Ask questions from professionals and i believe there is no crime in paying a consultant. Very soon, i might have to create an EBOOK on how to start a haulage business in Nigeria.
Today i will give specifics on the basic requirements to start haulage business in Nigeria.As at today,i still receive mails from people asking me to tell them this or that that has been on my blog freely since last year.Anyway Lets start with the basic requiremets. I will just name them for qick references for you below.
1.A good truck with a sound engine: Top on the list is MACK Truck (Specifications are "R"model Types or "CH" model.
Double Axle types are very important to start in Nigeria.
Other trucks are DAF,MAN,TURBO. But MACK top them all due to its ruggedity and availabilty of parts.Averagely cheap parts and Averagely good technicians.
2.Flatbeds. Very techincal. You may choose to go for the 20ft or 40ft. average tonnes you should look for is 30 tonnes. any flatbed below 30 tonnes is dangerous.
3. Tyres. Be prepare to change some tyres especially the front tyres of the truck. Look for good tyre dealers that get their tyres from importers or companies.
4. Battery. Be very sure that your battery is in good shape.Be smart by getting 2x100 volts because of the Nigerian system. your technician will explain this better. Although not a most if you are very sure of the genuinity of a single 200 volts.
5. Maintenance Tools. Here i am talking about spanners,fuel hoses, tyre rods,jack etc.
6.Extra tyres. This is a ticket to enter the port.If your truck dont have it attached to its truck,it might be sent out of the terminal.
7.Safety gadgets. You must have equipped your truck driver with safety helmets and safety boots. Very important as all terminal operators believe that safety is first.
Just be honest with yourselfand get all these things done,i bet you will sleep every night.Infact the first 4 months will see you praising God. Now after the first 3 months,the 4th month,try and overhaul most tyres and replace your battery. Your peers will ask you how come you dont suffer much.just guide your skills jealously,they will say you are doing "juju" or "voodoo". It is all about MAINTENANCE.shikena
More info:081852086880 or haulagemover@gmail.com
Today i will give specifics on the basic requirements to start haulage business in Nigeria.As at today,i still receive mails from people asking me to tell them this or that that has been on my blog freely since last year.Anyway Lets start with the basic requiremets. I will just name them for qick references for you below.
1.A good truck with a sound engine: Top on the list is MACK Truck (Specifications are "R"model Types or "CH" model.
Double Axle types are very important to start in Nigeria.
Other trucks are DAF,MAN,TURBO. But MACK top them all due to its ruggedity and availabilty of parts.Averagely cheap parts and Averagely good technicians.
2.Flatbeds. Very techincal. You may choose to go for the 20ft or 40ft. average tonnes you should look for is 30 tonnes. any flatbed below 30 tonnes is dangerous.
3. Tyres. Be prepare to change some tyres especially the front tyres of the truck. Look for good tyre dealers that get their tyres from importers or companies.
4. Battery. Be very sure that your battery is in good shape.Be smart by getting 2x100 volts because of the Nigerian system. your technician will explain this better. Although not a most if you are very sure of the genuinity of a single 200 volts.
5. Maintenance Tools. Here i am talking about spanners,fuel hoses, tyre rods,jack etc.
6.Extra tyres. This is a ticket to enter the port.If your truck dont have it attached to its truck,it might be sent out of the terminal.
7.Safety gadgets. You must have equipped your truck driver with safety helmets and safety boots. Very important as all terminal operators believe that safety is first.
Just be honest with yourselfand get all these things done,i bet you will sleep every night.Infact the first 4 months will see you praising God. Now after the first 3 months,the 4th month,try and overhaul most tyres and replace your battery. Your peers will ask you how come you dont suffer much.just guide your skills jealously,they will say you are doing "juju" or "voodoo". It is all about MAINTENANCE.shikena
More info:081852086880 or haulagemover@gmail.com
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