Educational ResourceHSS 2.0
Thinking About Starting a Trucking Business?Know Your Numbers.
Whether you're considering your first truck or already running one — hotshot, box truck, straight truck, or semi — don't build your business around secondhand advice, viral posts, or somebody else's load board screenshots. Start with your own numbers.
HSS 2.0 — Not Just for Hotshots
Hotshot Smart Start has changed. The numbers haven’t.
Whether you’re running a hotshot, box truck, straight truck, or semi, your business has to do the same things: cover its real costs, support your household, fund healthcare and retirement, prepare for repairs and equipment replacement, and still leave room for profit.
HSS 2.0 goes deeper into those numbers—and helps you determine whether the freight market you’re entering or already running in can actually support them.
Thinking about starting or wondering where the money is going? Start with your numbers.
Where to start
Free tools and honest information. No upsells.
Reality Check
What the YouTube videos leave out.
Learn moreKnow Your Real Costs
A practical operating-cost checklist.
Learn moreCost Per Mile Calculator
Calculate the HSS Hard Floor your business needs to cover its real costs and minimum owner/household requirements.
Learn moreValidate the Market
Compare your numbers with the freight that actually exists before assuming the business model works.
Learn moreLoad Profit Calculator
Is that load actually worth it?
Learn moreBeginner Mistakes
Costly mistakes that can drain both new and established operations.
Learn moreRPM Guard
A simple rule to protect your margin.
Learn moreNot selling anything. Just numbers.
No course. No coaching. No affiliate links to a truck dealer. This site exists so you can make a decision with your eyes open.