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Buying your first truck—or hauling loads and keeping too little?
Why Your Trucking & Hotshot Business Sucks · Complimentary THS book
Buying your first truck, running your own loads or building a fleet? Get THS’s 110-page Rev G guide to the decisions behind the freight—from equipment and dispatch to diesel costs, bookkeeping, cash flow and adding owner-operators.
Includes worked examples and practical worksheets you can use with your own numbers.
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THE THS BUSINESS BOOK / REV GTurn the page.
Turn the page.
Rethink the business.
Why Your Trucking & Hotshot Business Sucks
Equipment is only the beginning. Read the decisions behind startup cash, profitable trips and getting paid.
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Before you buy the truck · page 9
A truck payment is easy to find. A complete cost of entering the business takes more work. Before you choose equipment, describe the freight you intend to carry, the places you intend to operate and the people who might actually buy that service. The equipment should follow that description. Buying first can leave you trying to make a freight plan fit a truck that was available at a good price.
Find out what the whole trip leaves · page 15
A load pays for a movement. Your business pays for everything required to perform it. The quoted loaded rate leaves out the empty trip to pickup, the time at the dock, the route after delivery and the days before the invoice turns into cash. Put those parts back into the decision.
Stop delivering loads that cannot be billed cleanly · page 36
Delivery finishes the movement. It begins the final work needed to collect. A missing signature, an unreadable POD or a mismatch between the invoice and the rate confirmation can hold money that the business has already spent.
© 2026 Trucking & Hotshot Services, LLC · Rev G, October 4, 2026. Worked examples are fictional; use your own costs and agreements.
Know what the trip leaves
Consider empty miles, waiting and costs before choosing dispatch support.
Explore dispatch support →Turn delivery into a clean invoice
Connect load documents, billing and bookkeeping in a defined process.
Explore accounting support →Explore TMS support →Actual Rev G worksheet · Page 85
Price the whole trip.
Fictional worked example. Fuel price, costs and fees are illustrative. Replace them with your records and contract terms. A trip contribution is not net profit.
| Item | Example | Your figure |
|---|---|---|
| Gross freight revenue | $2,400 | ________ |
| Loaded miles | 800 | ________ |
| Empty miles | 200 | ________ |
| Total miles | 1,000 | ________ |
| Revenue per loaded mile | $3.00 | ________ |
| Revenue per total mile | $2.40 | ________ |
| Fuel economy | 8 mpg | ________ |
| Fuel price | $4.00/gal | ________ |
| Driving fuel | 125 gal / $500 | ________ |
Record the source of your figures, load identifier, date, expected days, cash needed before payment, and payment timing and evidence.
Page 86 carries forward $500 fuel and includes illustrative labor, maintenance, tolls, dispatch and factoring. Total trip costs of $1,502 leave $898 contribution; $300 fixed allocation leaves $598 before tax and excluded items. These are different from cash available.
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The decisions covered
Before buying equipmentEquipment fit, startup cash and insurance questions.
Before accepting a loadWhole-trip costs, diesel, waiting and payment timing.
Before hiring supportDispatch responsibilities, approvals and document handoffs.
Before growingBookkeeping, systems, owner-operators and operating controls.
Who this book serves
Prospective owners pricing their first operation, active operators examining what the work leaves, and fleet owners organizing the people and systems behind more trucks.
Use the worksheets with your own records
Build a startup cash budget, reconstruct a completed trip, interview a dispatcher, document an operating decision and assign the next action. Mark assumptions and missing evidence. Keep sensitive records out of public comments and inquiry forms.
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Common questions
Is the digital book free?
Yes. Open the complimentary 110-page Rev G book directly. No form, purchase or call is required. The optional form requests follow-up; request permission covers this resource and your selected response method and does not enroll you in marketing or SMS.
Does downloading start THS service?
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Are the examples client results?
No. The book identifies fictional characters and illustrative figures. Use your own records and verify requirements for your operation.
What happens on a call?
The complimentary 15-minute Carrier Fit Call identifies the need, fit and next decision. Records audits, filings, load analysis and implementation are separate. The $195, 60-minute reviews are distinct services and are not mandatory before requesting a written scope.
Complimentary digital edition · Rev G · 110 pages
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