How to Get Started in the Oil & Gas Trucking Industry!!

Truck N' Hustle

Rahmel Wattley

Investing, Entrepreneurship, Business

5 • 661 Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2023

⏱️ 15 minutes

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#trucknhustle #podcast #trucknhustlepodcast WATCH THE ENTIRE EPISODE HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9pYwCob1Zk&t=534s Special thanks to our guest Raul Mendez Raul Mendez, Texas Chrome Transport 49 year old born and raised in San Antonio, Texas. Family owned business that started back in 1975. I started my own trucking company back in 1996 as a owner operator with the financial support of my father and mother. TCT was founded in 2011 and focusing in transportation of frac sand for Oil & Gas Industry. CONNECT WITH RAUL MENDEZ JR. : https://www.instagram.com/texas_chrome/ https://teamtct.com/hiring/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/raul-mendez-303499b9/ __________ GET EARLY BIRD TICKETS FOR FREIGHT FEST 2023!!: http://FreightFest.com FOR MERCH: http://www.trucknhustle.store FOR EXCLUSIVE CONTENT & MORE VISIT: https://www.trucknhustle.com/ __________ SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS!!: OTR SOLUTIONS https://otrsolutions.com/trucknhustle/ CALL (470)900-3338 GTT COMMERCIAL TIRES https://www.gttcommercial.tires/ CALL 1(800)991-6251 __________ MENTIONED ON TRUCK N' HUSTLE PODCAST: DAT POWER - The Industry's Most Advanced Load Board http://www.dat.com/power/0001922618 DAT TRUCKERS EDGE http://www.truckersedge.com/0001922618 DAT EXPRESS http://www.dat.com/express/0001922618 __________ THIS PODCAST WAS PRODUCED, RECORDED, SHOT & EDITED by Kweku KingNabi for Truck N' Hustle Media HERE IS WHAT WE USE: Blackmagic Design Pocket Cinema Camera 6K Pro: https://amzn.to/3BwRUYm Rode RODECaster Pro Podcast Production Studio: https://amzn.to/3Bw3cvW Electro-Voice RE320 DYNAMIC MICROPHONE: https://amzn.to/3BuhmxD Sigma 18-35mm F1.8 Art DC HSM Lens for Canon, Black: https://amzn.to/3FMqvUE Godox SL-60W CRI 95+ LED Video Light SL60W White 5600K Version: https://amzn.to/3HqXRtE __________ JOIN THE HUSTLE FAM ON SOCIAL MEDIA: Instagram: http://instagram.com/trucknhustle/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@trucknhustle Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/trucknhustle Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tnhmedia/ Discord: https://discord.gg/g8kzDNu7 Twitter: https://twitter.com/TruckNHustle Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Trucknhustle Listen to the TRUCK N' HUSTLE PODCAST: iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/truck-n-hustle-1-trucking-podcast Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/55GP6pfA0RlmtEgNH70d5K _________ NOTE: This description contains affiliate links that allow you to find the items mentioned in this video and support the channel at no cost to you. While this channel may earn minimal sums when the viewer uses the links, the viewer is in NO WAY obligated to use these links. Thank you for your support!

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0:00.0	In 2009, we had a guy that was just buying trucks left and right, you know, and never
0:05.1	forget his name. Name is Bernard. Okay. He comes in in my office, he comes in and it's like,
0:09.2	hey, um, basic guy, regular guy buying a truck with his little duffel bag, right? And hey, I'm
0:15.2	here to buy a truck. I'm like, okay. The duffel bag has money in it. Yeah, yeah. Okay. It was all cash. All right. I like Bernard already. Yeah. My kind of guy. He was looking at a truck and he's like, okay, you know, I go out there with him. I show him the truck and, you know, we turn it on, look at the inside, open up the hood. He checks it out. He's like, okay, I'll take it. All right. 40K. Okay. So he comes out and just bust out 40K cash.
0:37.9	Bies a truck.
0:38.7	Well, the following week, he buys another truck, right?
0:41.2	He calls me again.
0:42.0	He's like, hey, Rog, I'm ready for another one.
0:43.9	Like, okay, yeah, yeah, yeah.
0:45.0	What are you looking for?
0:45.8	Same type of truck.
0:46.7	All right, I got two or three I can show you.
0:48.8	So I go out through the yard, show him the trucks and he's looking out, you know, checking, try to see which one he wants. So he picks one out, buys another one, buys the second truck.
0:56.8	A couple of weeks later, man, he calls me again.
0:59.4	I'm like, okay, but like, like, just do something.
1:02.0	I got to know what you hell you're hauling.
1:04.0	Yeah, what are you doing, man?
1:05.4	Yeah, right.
1:06.5	Yeah, so I'll pull them off to the side like Bernard like what are you doing what are you hauling it's like I'm hauling frackstand I'm calling
1:11.6	I'm calling fraccent in a pneumatic trailer and to me at the time I didn't know what a nomadic trailer was I didn't know what frack doing you know hey maybe maybe help me out help you you help me you know maybe we can both grow together and I'll
1:30.9	find you more trucks but give me a shot with one or two trucks you know
1:34.1	under your company right so we now now real quick Raoul at this point the
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