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From Football to Freight! Toney Hurd Jr. Exposes The SECRET To A Very PROFITABLE Niche In TRUCKING!!
Toney Hurd, Jr. Founder and President of Tonka Trucking Enterprise, LLC sits down with our host, Rahmel Wattley and dives into his rough upbringing in the Houston area; How Football and Academics took him to the next level; and how he jumped into the trucking industry and never looked back, discovering a little known niche!
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0:00 - Introduction
4:30 - College Experience!
6:20 - Journey to Rebuild Toney Hurd!
8:25 - Purchasing first Truck.
13:28 - How long did the first load from Houston to California last?
14:58 - Moving to next Niche. Reefer Trailer!
17:54 - What next after Reefer?
19:00 - GTT Commercial Tires Ad
19:51 - Starting Step Deck.
21:54 - Purchasing a Flatbed and Hauling.
23:20 - First Consistent Contract!
26:08 - How much did you make?
27:16 - Dissolving a Relationship and Moving ahead!
31:33 - Niche that you stumbled upon?
33:55 - How did one load become an everyday contract?
36:02 - How does the load operation in Tonka Trucking works?
41:15 - Do you worry about having all eggs in one basket?
42:14 - What in the world makes you busy?
43:31 - Do you work with multiple brokers?
45:07 - Do you have leverage as you have a fleet?
46:04 - OTR Solutions Ad
46:51 - How can someone find the same freight as Tonka Trucking in another part of the country?
48:17 - Driver Pay & Retention!
50:29 - Where do you save money in Trucking?
51:49 - Biggest Scare in the Business!
52:49 - As you started to grow how did you finance the trucks?
54:04 - Your Goal! How much can you grow?
56:49 - Other interest other than Trucking!
58:08 - What type of drivers you are looking for?
59:54 - Contact and Final Thought!