Fill the Gap Between a Parcel and a Full Truckload
This plan is built around the one number that decides everything: 10,001 lbs GVWR, the federal line at which a vehicle becomes a commercial motor vehicle under 49 CFR 390.5. It walks through why an intrastate operation can stay simpler under state rules alone, while a single paid trip across a state line can make you an interstate for-hire carrier requiring a USDOT number, MC operating authority ($300), a BOC-3 filing, and FMCSA insurance filings — and it prices the medical-courier route add-ons (UN3373 hazmat training, chain-of-custody logs) that pay the best.
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Built From Real Numbers
The plan starts with the smallest sellable version — one booked job in a rented van, tested before any vehicle purchase — and builds up to the recommended pricing tier: a $150/day contracted route rather than per-stop or per-hour billing, because a contracted route is the actual business.
It also covers the route-economics math showing why density beats distance — four in-town stops cost about $11 in vehicle expense against $100–120 billed, while a single 124-mile corridor round trip costs about $90 — and why buying the truck before the customers is the single most common way this business fails.
What's Inside
- Authority Decision Checklist: intrastate vs. interstate, private vs. for-hire
- Route Quote Calculator (per-run economics worksheet)
- Medical courier chain-of-custody and hazmat training requirements
- Contracted Route Capacity Planner for backup driver and vehicle coverage
- Pricing tiers: per-stop, contracted day-rate, and premium after-hours runs
- Vehicle, insurance, and staffing cost breakdown excluding the truck itself
- On-time performance tracking as the core service-quality metric
- First 90-days plan built around renting before buying
