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Truck N' Hustle

California Man’s Genius SIDE HUSTLE; Becomes A Passive Income Goldmine!

Truck N' Hustle

Rahmel Wattley

Business, Investing, Entrepreneurship

4.9678 Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2026

⏱️ 91 minutes

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Summary

Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1wBbajkdji5hoQJLPLTwVg/join #TruckNHustle #Trucks #truckingjobs Anthony Durso shares his journey with Cold Ass Trailers ( @coldasstrailers  ) a rental business providing refrigerated trailers for emergencies. He highlights the importance of networking, customer service, and maintaining mental health while scaling his business. With plans for expansion, he emphasizes finding a niche and addressing customer needs to drive success. ______________ Special Thanks to Our Guest: ANTHONY DURSO, founder - COLD ASS TRAILERS https://www.coldasstrailers.com/ 951-404-9363 https://www.instagram.com/coldasstrailers https://www.linkedin.com/in/coldasstrailers https://www.facebook.com/coldasstrailers/ youtube.com/@UCGvJu6aSYf5td8VWIA_x4Bg ___________ #PassiveIncome #Entrepreneurship #RefrigerationRental #NicheBusiness #NetworkingSuccess 00:00:00 - 00:04:43 Cold Ass Trailers: A Niche Business 00:04:43 - 00:08:49 Portable Refrigeration Services 00:08:49 - 00:13:21 From Government Contracts to Refrigeration Trailers 00:13:21 - 00:17:59 From Government Sales to Entrepreneurship 00:17:59 - 00:24:00 Starting the Business and Building Relationships 00:24:00 - 00:29:30 Building a Network and Identifying Target Customers 00:29:30 - 00:32:16 The Need for Backup Refrigeration 00:32:16 - 00:34:56 Rental Duration and Challenges 00:34:56 - 00:37:57 Maintenance and Challenges of Refrigeration Trailers 00:37:57 - 00:42:08 Liability and Customer Service 00:42:08 - 00:46:36 Pricing and Emergency Services 00:46:36 - 00:51:41 Key Performance Indicators and Networking Strategies 00:51:41 - 00:54:58 Mindset for Business Success 00:54:58 - 01:05:10 The Importance of Mental and Physical Health for Business Owners 01:05:10 - 01:07:13 Work-Life Balance and Business Management 01:07:13 - 01:12:11 Trailer Lifespan and Motor Choices 01:12:11 - 01:18:24 Scaling the Business 01:18:24 - 01:25:39 The Story Behind 'Cold Ass Trailers' 01:25:39 - 01:28:36 Final Thoughts and Contact Information 01:28:36 - 01:31:20 Concluding Remarks and Call to Action

Transcript

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0:00.0

I own a fleet of 16-foot refrigeration freezer trailers. It's not really widely talked about

0:05.4

because it's not an everyday thing. But when it happens, you need something now. If you're a restaurant, you have $20,000, $30,000 of food sitting in your freezer. If you don't get it figured out here in the next few hours, we're going to have a problem. Some restaurants don't have a plan be. And so I kind of interject myself and say, well, hey, I have an option for you. This is my

0:24.1

philosophy, not a great. Some restaurants don't have a plan B. And so I kind of interject myself and say, well, hey, I have an option for you.

0:23.6

This is my philosophy.

0:24.6

Not everybody shares this, but it's helped me grow through the years and not just this, but other things where, you know, I think it's okay to have friendly competitors.

0:34.6

So, you know, you take the numbers and you take that and say, okay, well, if I have seven trailers and I'm multiplying that by seven, you know, what kind of revenue am I bringing in?

0:44.3

If I'm bringing in 10, you know, 10 trailers, what kind of revenue am I bringing in?

0:48.3

So, you know, some people look at this, some people can look at this as like, hey, it's an extra side hustle that I get, you know,

0:55.4

I bring in an extra couple grand a month and that's totally, that's great, you know, I have it

1:02.3

as a business and, you know, I want to, I'm, I have aspirations to buy other trailers this

1:07.4

year. And, you know, so, and that's what we're going to do.

1:12.4

Like, we're just going to make it happen.

1:14.4

And that's just it.

1:18.3

All right, all right, hustle fam.

1:19.7

Hustle fam, we are back with another amazing episode.

1:23.7

And today, the riches are in the niches. You know, that's my favorite saying. And today I have

1:31.0

somebody who exemplifies that. Anthony Durso, what's up, my brother? How are you, man?

1:35.7

Ramal, good to see it, my friend. Hey, man. Good to be seen. Good to be seen all the way from

1:40.3

San Diego. Yeah, yeah. We're out of, we're out of Temeckia, California, originally from Detroit.

1:47.0

Been out here for 20 years now. And yeah, just living life and family and trying to build a business here.

1:56.0

Sounds good, man. Sounds good. Well, listen, if you're not rich already, Anthony, you definitely are going to be because this idea that you have is amazing. I love to, you know, expose people to cool things that people are doing in the industry and just really creative ways to leverage assets and, you know, just, you know, the different parts of this trucking industry. And when I

2:18.7

came across you, man, I was like, oh, this is really cool. So, uh, I want to start, I want to start

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