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Trucking Business Web Courses
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Course now avaialble as an AnyTime Webcourse More Details |
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What is the "Introduction to Trucking Business" WebCourse?
And who should take it?
Can you answer these four questions concerning your trucking business?
- Do you know your Break-Even Points on each piece of equipment in your operation?
- Do you know the amount of cash required to grow your trucking operation at a sustainable rate?
- Do you understand the market(s) you serve, and how its future growth or decline will affect your growth plans?
- Do you have a hauling rate range which takes all of this into consideration, and will help you sustain your market position and achieve the growth you have planned?
It’s necessary to know the answers to all four of these questions in order to move forward in the “New Economy.” Trucking is going through one of the most significant changes in its history. Only twice in trucking’s recent past has change affected the entire industry as much; in 1937, when the first Hours of Service rules were implemented and the Interstate Commerce Commission was formed, and again in the late 70’s and early 80’s when deregulation occurred. Now with the economy trying to pick up the pieces, new environmental regulations being placed on the industry, and truck and highway safety regulations continuing to evolve, the need to run a tight, lean, mean, hauling machine is the only road to success.
TruckersU.com is offering a quick and simple means to getting your small motor carrier on track: “The Introduction to Trucking Business.” This is not a beginners’ course, but a course on how to operate your trucking company successfully in the New Economy.
These weekly 2-hour sessions over a 4-week period will cover the needed details of how to get your motor carrier running in the black.
- Session One will cover the hows and whys of figuring your Break-Even Points.
- Session Two will cover how to determine your capitalization requirements to grow your company at a sustainable rate.
- Session Three will help you be sure the market you plan on serving will support your costs and growth needs.
- Session Four will help you determine what your hauling rate range needs to be in order to be successful.
Each 2-hour class is presented in the proven In-Cab Education™ framework of our remote learning system. The entire basis of this system increases your knowledge of business without taking you away from your business. You participate from the comfort of your office or the cab of your truck through cell phone and internet access technology. Each course will be presented on 4 consecutive Wednesdays. Courses will be repeated every 4 weeks.
Check our WebCourse Schedule here to find the one which fits into your busy calendar.
Pre-Registration Here (Register for a WebCourse in the future)
(You will have the opportunity to pay your tuition after registering or to return later to make your tuition payment.)
| Pay Tuition & Register Here | $100.00 for all 4 Sessions | Course now avaialble as an AnyTime Webcourse More Details |
TESTIMONIALS
Thanks Tim, for all the information in the AnyTime Webcourse "Introduction to Trucking Business." It's Absolutely Indispensable for anyone thinking about becoming an Independent, Owner Operator, a Lease Operator (especially Lease Purchase Drivers!!) or any one interested in the Business End of Trucking. An Absolute Requirement!! Again... Thanks so much, Sincerely, Steven S. Mercer - O/O Binghamton, NY
Dear Tim:
We would like to take this opportunity to express our heartfelt thanks to you for your very active participation in reviewing our company strategies. As you know, we felt that growing the company exponentially depended upon identifying our weaknesses and utilizing new skills.
On both a professional and personal level, we really appreciate the time we were able to reflect on all of our previous experiences.
We are currently working hard on implementing our new programs. We have made substantial changes and are beginning to see real benefits in profitability and operational effectiveness. We have all made a full commitment.
Our long term planning process is providing realistic goals for us. We know where we are going and how to get there!
Again thanks so very much for your enthusiastic participation in our company. We have no doubt we would have stumbled without your presence.
Keep in touch, and drop in and visit us whenever you’re in our part of the world! - Al Collioud, Environmental Transport Group, Inc
A few months ago I took your “Introduction to Trucking Business” WebCourse at TruckersU.com. I am a new business owner and looking for a class that would speak to my needs as an owner operator. The class was user friendly and I learned a lot about how to determine my real costs and how to set goals for my business in order to grow. Keep up the good work, I look forward to part 2 ! - Stephen L Deas aka Mousey (CB handle), Deas Trucking LLC
Carving A New Niche
To be successful in trucking, you must be good at a job not many others like to do.
In July, 2009, Ashton Express made the change from the Expedited field to the dry bulk hauling industry. Expedited is a specialized hauling niche that caters primarily to the Auto/truck manufacturing Industry. [But] with the weak economy comes slow Auto/Truck sales and a very slow market for expedited.
The Bulk Hauling Industry seems to stay steady. All manufacturing begins with raw materials, usually in bulk. Not just mechanical manufacturing, [but] food products, and feeds, and items needed for everyday living; power, fuel, water filtration and even waste. People still eat and produce waste in a slow economy.
The bulk trailer we pull is a specialized unit that can haul most bulk products. A coal chute or metering gate can let the product flow at a controlled rate into a hopper or onto a belt conveyer to a storage area.
The tailgate itself is a dual-opening unit that can operate as a normal end dump or it can be swung all the way open and out of the way for dumping large bulk material such as scrap metals. Also, with the gate swung out of the way, the trailer can be backed to a loading dock and palletized freight can be loaded onto the trailer by forklift.
With all these capabilities, we feel that this will give us the edge we need to stay in business and profitable. These ideas were learned from Tim Brady and the Trucking Business Community. - Paul and Gail Morrison, Ashton Express
Tim, We just wanted to say thank you for the WebCourses that you have. We had just bought our truck and thought we needed to know CPM. It was really tough and was about to turn the truck back over. Then we heard you on RoadDog radio and we looked at your website. We decided to take your AnyTime WebCourse. We had to borrow the money to take your course. We are very thankful that we did. Our next paycheck, after taking your first 2 classes, we were back in the black and have stayed there ever sense. We are "digging" ourselves out of the hole that we were in. Learning what we did....We would have paid more than what your course cost, even $1,000. Just need to say thank you, thank you, thank you! -Todd & Anita Sorensen, Northern Utah
Wow! Tim is very good at what he does. The How to Negotiate with a Trucking Company program saved me from making what would have been a financial disaster. My wife and I learned by having the correct questions and the skills to ask them in the right order is invaluable when talking with a trucking company.--B.C., GA
Going through the Trucker’s Business Coaching program has changed my life. Tim worked with me teaching me how to figure my costs, how to set my hauling rates, and then how to negotiate with both shippers and brokers to get the rate I need to make a profit. It's been like going from night into day, and Tim made it simple to understand. --S.R., MI
I want to thank Mr. Brady in assisting our trucking company in retaining one of our best contract truckers. This driver was frustrated and ready to head to another company. He contacted and engaged Mr. Brady on his own to assist him in finding another company to drive for. At Mr. Brady's suggestion and help our driver came to us and laid out his issues in such a way we could completely understand his situation. He had all his revenue and expense numbers laid out so it was obvious he wasn't getting the revenue he required. We are now diligently working to get this and our other drivers revenue up where it needs to be. It's not easy, but when you can see where you need to go it helps. Thank you Mr. Brady--S.K., Missouri
I would have never believed it! Tim suggesting I try and work things out, rather than bolting. But that's exactly what he did. He worked with me helping me to understand what the relationship between my expenses and revenue was, and what levels they needed to come up to so I could send the money I needed to the house.
Frankly, I figured going to the company was going to be a waste of time, But Tim pointed out it was better to exhaust all options there before going else where. Bottom line is--they listened and responded, and the results have been short of miraculous. My revenue is up, I'm not behind on my mortgage or anything else, life is good.--J.S., Missouri
“I’ve been in this business a lot of years, and I’m still learning something new every week,” one owner/operator said, after having been on board for a number of the workshops. The workshop is taped as it occurs, which puts current, real-world solutions for problems in each I.C.E. (In—Cab Education) Workshop. Professional experienced trucking company owners contribute to the brainstorming and share hands-on answers.
J. Kane—Owner/Operator
“I’m glad our trucking management trainee has found you. I don’t mind investing in the Trucking Business Community; I think it can augment our business very nicely. He needed to hear it from someone who speaks his language. Corporate executives, like myself, have a different language than a trucker; because of this I was speaking the wrong language to him. He can really relate to the trucking side; he’s very talented and bright, but he didn’t understand the business side of it. This is where we were coming at odds. You have to understand the business side before you can be a success. He knows how to drive, how to operate the equipment and get it from point A to point B, which is extremely important. But in order to make it a successful company, he’s got to have that business grasp. And that’s the bridge which you and the Trucking Business Community provide.”— S. Nix-Willey, CEO—Claude H. Nix Construction
“Since we started with the Trucking Business Community the communication part with our drivers has made a difference. It’s gotten everyone settled. We hired a dispatcher so I could concentrate on other activities, like finding customers. But our drivers wouldn’t talk to the new dispatcher; whether they stubbed a toe, had a flat tire or their load number was bad, they had to talk to me. Tim and the Trucking Business Community helped us work through it so the drivers now call our dispatcher. The Trucking Business Community and Tim have become very valuable to us, as it has freed me up to grow our business. In the past year we’ve almost doubled our fleet, when most trucking companies are cutting back.”— J. Hayes, President—Hayes Concrete and Trucking
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