Hey! My name is Kenny, I'm 28 years old and I moved to Connecticut in June 2023. I was born in Rhode Island and moved to Florida in the early 2000s.
So I'm currently trying to do as much research as I can on my Fastlane venture but I'm sort of hitting a roadblock. I have questions but I don't know exactly where to look for the answers. I am thinking of making an appointment for a consultation at my local small business development center. I'm struggling to try and get realistic projections on how many customers I would be able to get thru the door on average and also figuring out staffing for the business (24/7) without having an idea of the volume of work.
A little background on me, I am an Over-the-Road professional mover. I'm a third generation mover and have been doing it as long as I've been able to walk. The industry is one I love and have gotten very familiar with and has huge potential for success but is also a very labor intensive and a high-claim probability. I take very much pride in my work and I love to make our customers happy but I fear that I don't want to do this the rest of my life. Ever since reading TMF and Unscripted , it's been actually incredibly depressing to spend weeks at a time away from my family for a hand full of days off when I get home. I have a 4yo and a baby that just started crawling, and like my first daughter, I wasn't exactly there for it. But unfortunately, this best pays the bills and provides a lifestyle I'm familiar with for now.
Before moving to Connecticut I had quit my job moving furniture (family business), mostly over the lack of time at home, poor communication & management, and poor pay. I worked as a garbage man for about 1.5 years before having to go back to moving furniture at the family business. When I first left moving furniture, I was as happy as could be! New house, new place, new job, better pay and I'm home everyday! But unfortunately life caught up to me and I happened to make an absolutely crazy financial decision selling my house in Florida and buying the house in Connecticut. (I love New England and don't see myself moving back to Florida unless necessary or as a snow bird). The cost of living is similar but i essentially doubled my mortgage. So in short, by December 2024, me and my wife were struggling to make the mortgage payment let alone pay the light bill and we were running dangerously low on oil and I had just burned all of my wood left. And at the end of the day, I am the one that put my family is this position. I am the reason my kids and wife slept bundled up for the night because we didn't have heat (it got delivered the next day from using a credit card). I am the reason for those mistakes because I THOUGHT I could afford it and I'm paying the price.
So since Feb '25 I've been working 80-100+ hours a week working, maintaining, training new hires and driving the truck across the country. For $350 per day. For $350 a day I am a lot more comfortable financially then I was just a few months ago, but here I am. Miserable, sweating my F*ckin balls off in the Florida sun for hours and hours loading and unloading a truck.
Running out of a heating source for my house, having $18k in CC debt and once again partially missing out on my children's upbringing, I think I have truly reached my FTE. And every day that passes while I sweat, burn and bleed on little sleep, I am reminded of F*ck THIS!
To tie this back into my Fastlane venture, I believe I have a handful of things figured out. I know for sure I want to keep my interests in the trucking industry.
I have a brand name, working on a logo, a motto, found the lot I would like to build on, the equipment I would like to use (planning on a flight to Wisconsin to view/learn about the system), building layout, pricing structure, site layout, workplace system to optimize efficiency among other ideas for marketing, etc.
But from there, I don't know where to go, in terms of finding funding, a reliable realtor and contractor, the data to do projections of profit, and realistic payroll costs. My fear is not being able to have the capital for a down payment if I can't use the equipment that will be purchased as collateral. I truly feel my venture is an untapped market in my area and would provide great value.
So I'm currently trying to do as much research as I can on my Fastlane venture but I'm sort of hitting a roadblock. I have questions but I don't know exactly where to look for the answers. I am thinking of making an appointment for a consultation at my local small business development center. I'm struggling to try and get realistic projections on how many customers I would be able to get thru the door on average and also figuring out staffing for the business (24/7) without having an idea of the volume of work.
A little background on me, I am an Over-the-Road professional mover. I'm a third generation mover and have been doing it as long as I've been able to walk. The industry is one I love and have gotten very familiar with and has huge potential for success but is also a very labor intensive and a high-claim probability. I take very much pride in my work and I love to make our customers happy but I fear that I don't want to do this the rest of my life. Ever since reading TMF and Unscripted , it's been actually incredibly depressing to spend weeks at a time away from my family for a hand full of days off when I get home. I have a 4yo and a baby that just started crawling, and like my first daughter, I wasn't exactly there for it. But unfortunately, this best pays the bills and provides a lifestyle I'm familiar with for now.
Before moving to Connecticut I had quit my job moving furniture (family business), mostly over the lack of time at home, poor communication & management, and poor pay. I worked as a garbage man for about 1.5 years before having to go back to moving furniture at the family business. When I first left moving furniture, I was as happy as could be! New house, new place, new job, better pay and I'm home everyday! But unfortunately life caught up to me and I happened to make an absolutely crazy financial decision selling my house in Florida and buying the house in Connecticut. (I love New England and don't see myself moving back to Florida unless necessary or as a snow bird). The cost of living is similar but i essentially doubled my mortgage. So in short, by December 2024, me and my wife were struggling to make the mortgage payment let alone pay the light bill and we were running dangerously low on oil and I had just burned all of my wood left. And at the end of the day, I am the one that put my family is this position. I am the reason my kids and wife slept bundled up for the night because we didn't have heat (it got delivered the next day from using a credit card). I am the reason for those mistakes because I THOUGHT I could afford it and I'm paying the price.
So since Feb '25 I've been working 80-100+ hours a week working, maintaining, training new hires and driving the truck across the country. For $350 per day. For $350 a day I am a lot more comfortable financially then I was just a few months ago, but here I am. Miserable, sweating my F*ckin balls off in the Florida sun for hours and hours loading and unloading a truck.
Running out of a heating source for my house, having $18k in CC debt and once again partially missing out on my children's upbringing, I think I have truly reached my FTE. And every day that passes while I sweat, burn and bleed on little sleep, I am reminded of F*ck THIS!
To tie this back into my Fastlane venture, I believe I have a handful of things figured out. I know for sure I want to keep my interests in the trucking industry.
I have a brand name, working on a logo, a motto, found the lot I would like to build on, the equipment I would like to use (planning on a flight to Wisconsin to view/learn about the system), building layout, pricing structure, site layout, workplace system to optimize efficiency among other ideas for marketing, etc.
But from there, I don't know where to go, in terms of finding funding, a reliable realtor and contractor, the data to do projections of profit, and realistic payroll costs. My fear is not being able to have the capital for a down payment if I can't use the equipment that will be purchased as collateral. I truly feel my venture is an untapped market in my area and would provide great value.
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