INTERSTATE HAULS OR INTRASTATE HAULS FOR YOUR HAULAGE/TRUCKING BUSINESS

Hello Readers, It is good to be back once again. Today i like to share with you what it means to haul interstate and intrastate. what do i mean by these two terms. Inter-state haul is simply a process where your trucks move from where your point of business is to another state which is entirely far from your point of business. For example, i reside in Lagos State. My point of loading is Lagos State but my truck moves outside Lagos State to places like Oyo State, Osun, Kwara and Other States you may think of.

While intrastate hauls has to do within Lagos State. That means my truck do not move outside Lagos State.I restrict my business in Lagos State only. But i will like to share with you why it is important to know these lanes very well before you decide where to send your trucks to.

As a professional in the haulage business, i know that till tomorrow, no matter the number of trucks i have , no matter the power i have, no matter my autocratic decisions, the driver is the deciding factor(TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT. Therefore,in order to give more leverage to the driver, i choose carefully my lanes. BUT HOW. Remember, that trucking business is capital intensive, therefore you must apply proper money management techniques into the business.

If you have a single truck, it is not advisable to run interstate hauls for the first six months. Let me explain briefly why? No matter how good,how new your truck can be, it is a machinery that will experience wear and tear. You got a job to go to Ondo state, You were paid 180k after,all expenses such as drivers allowances and fuel cost etc, you were left with 110k. Now 4hrs later your driver called you to tell you that 2 tyres got bursted along the way. "Hypertension don start" You dont have any choice but to use the remaining balance to acquire 2 new tyres. Either you like it or not, DRIVER HAS COLLECTED HIS OWN PAY. See what i mean by.

In the first six months of doing intrastate hauls, with a good truck and proper management, you life will have been transformed either has a truck manager or truck owner. You will have saved a lot of money for the rainy days in your business. You have a close monitoring approach over the driver. Your truck is within your reach. your can send your manager or you can go there yourself.

But that is not the case in interstate. The driver is far away from you. He is out of sight.The profit you make between long hauls and short hauls is not that much for God Sake. Be wise and sharp dont be too greedy.I am not saying interstate hauls are bad.Just that it is not good for everybody.The fact that i am comfortable with it does not mean that you can be comfortable with it.

Go and ask Dangote if things have always been sweet.No. The truck will spoil one day. You must repair it. Tyres will burst one day. You must buy new ones. But if you have two trucks as a start in your business, it is not a crime to put one on interstate and the other on intrastate.The money you make will cover for one or the two. If you want to run interstate or intrastate hauls, don't try to cover the whole 36 states or the whole of Lagos State. Learn how to cut losses and and make profits. I have seen people with 2 trucks but have nothing to show for it. I have see people with just 1 truck and their lives have been transformed. They wonder why they have no known about the business a long time ago.

In these trucking business, there is no late or early time to start. The Seaports we have in Nigeria has been there before i was born. Business has been there before i was born. Now i am 32 years.And the business is still there. even when we all die it will be there, until Jesus comes.

So, ask yourself,do i have passion for this business? But i tell you one thing. Passion or no Passion,Fortune favours the brave. God bless you.Till we meet again next week. Keep the calls coming and mails coming. i am there for you. 07065149588 08185208688 haulagemover@gmail.com