saudatu:


Thank boss but the mechanic I have said every thing is perfect. Pls what the I check because it really eating my profit.

If you want to pinpoint your vehicles fuel consumption issue without spending more than you have to. You need to narrow down your problem.

First, do your radiator fans start running with battery power once the ignition key is turned without the engine started? Is your engine still having its thermostat intact? ,while driving look at your instrument cluster. Do you see your check engine light on? (1st pic below)

If your check engine light is on then you will need to buy a cheap Bluetooth scanner to be able to read the problem codes out of your vehicles brainbox. (2nd Pic below)

After getting the current problem codes off of your vehicle you can then go to the car-talk section on nairaland and post on the general vehicle maintenance thread for a knowledgeable person to interpret the codes and tell you where and where the issue is that is affecting your vehicle right now.

See the thread to post the codes below

https://www.nairaland.com/1788778/maintenance-tips-cars/476

Or alternatively you can tell your mechanic to introduce you to an auto electrician he knows that has a car scanner so you can negotiate and pay him to use his own scanner and read out any stored codes for you.

Once you know where the problem is you can then easily direct your mechanic on ‘where and where’ to look in order to solve your vehicles issues once and for all.

Good luck

Gentlelife50:


I tire ooo, the way they fear like say na congo dem dey.
Mention name, nothing go happen.

U are definitely conner44 alternate moniker.

Felicity001:


True confession ...lolzzz

Oga Conner oya be the first to contribute for charity.

Shey light dey Nigeria?
Why you dey fear high tention??
Hahah

Guy!!!! If you are not mentally stable, you no go understand this thread. Baz cruise dey always make me laugh 😂. Make God just dey provide for everybody because its not always greener on the other side.

Felicity001:


You should have known by now.

Since the day I knew I started praying for him.

It's been a while I came online here, I'm getting to know the house again.

Josephase:
Guy!!!! If you are not mentally stable, you no go understand this thread. Baz cruise dey always make me laugh 😂. Make God just dey provide for everybody because its not always greener on the other side.

Indirectly u are advising that man in DR Congo. Chai!! Na u worse paz. Dem say make we dey call names now. BAZ001, u hear am? Is it green in DR Congo? Cos they have accused u of having plenty time to come here.

Abeg oo....no go put me for wahala.

mejai:

Indirectly u are advising that man in DR Congo. Chai!! Na u worse paz. Dem say make we dey call names now. BAZ001, u hear am? Is it green in DR Congo? Cos they have accused u of having plenty time to come here.

Impulse80:


Omo this guy get bad mouth! 😂

A common characteristic of ppl with bad energy

BAZ001:


U are definitely conner44 alternate moniker.

I suspect you're Felicity alternate moniker, because.....

Gentlelife50:

I suspect you're Felicity alternate moniker, because.....

Two alternate twerkers....

It all depends on location.

Some states has very low requests.

Even churches are recording low tittling and offerings.

Low congregation because no money to transport themself to church.

*He has defaulted twice hence the need to collect the tools back.*

ReadaDream:
I won't think twice before taking my back, if I were the one.

Felicity001:


Oh na now u no say u dey mumu urself with that ass's licker...lozzz...

Dey play...

Better face your business and leave those two monikers

They'll never change in this life despite change is constant but it failed in their turn.

The cheerfulgiver guy will be the first to insult and curse ooh but when you return the favor pope191 will carry it like a vulture carrying a pot of sacrifice in his head to ring road and will start spoiling your name that you insulted everybody just to gain popularity sympathy... So sad!

My brother, just like you rightly said, no matter the good you do in life haters will always hate.

Me I keep being myself.
If you curse me I go go to top of the mountain and curse your generation
If you bless me
I will climb an alter and you and your generation.
It's an eye for an eye for me.

Pope191 that cursed himself if cursed already... E no go better for am... So shall it me... Na him curse him self no b me... Na him say him papa go use him hand burial am no be talk am ooo.

See now you don curse ya sef with your write up. Go skool you say NO. Get sense you still talk NO, ok proof read your write you still refuse. Imagine your own write na yourself you Dey curse.

Feli my guy pause now. No follow person wey no follow you fight drag now

Working with just indriver is the highest form of slavery if you don't shine your eye they will slowly reap and lead you towards depression. Imagine the fools their rider canceled ❌ and they charged me commission without add it to refund. They know many drivers won't keep track so they commit these subtle crime in the name of technological glitch. Guys open your eyes so you don't end up hustling this hard labour in vain.

This is not the 1st time this is happening the last time I contacted support after going back and forth they eventually refund the money.

Let me not even talk about bolt own because those once na hire killers.

Uber remains the most reliable and trustworthy app in the market just that my ppl are too dubious to see the light and gave upper hands to the app that want to kill them just like they support leaders that make masters holders "active drivers" and their wives low key hookup professionals.

It's a shame indeed.

lanrexdo:
It all depends on location.

Some states has very low requests.

Even churches are recording low tittling and offerings.

Low congregation because no money to transport themself to church.

*He has defaulted twice hence the need to collect the tools back.*

There's no point keeping the car on the road if driver will only be remitting 10k weekly.

Best to retrieve car and sell or look for driver that knows what he's doing.

Gentlelife50:

I suspect you're Felicity alternate moniker, because.....

Because……
I don dey live for mama house
Or I do 10k transfer from POS to Pot Of Soup ?
I don’t sell lemon limca and my papa & mama dey heaven since.
Moses no dey DR Congo so no be me collect him home theater or dey fix him fan.

What Expenses Are Encountered By Commercial Interstate Drivers?

Hi all,
I plan to start a transportation business, but I need advice on the 'lay of the land'.
I need a list of expenses encountered on commercial interstate trips, as in what would you normally spend money on, apart from fuel and tolls?
Especially in these harsh times? 🙇🏾‍♂️

What are the levies involved if using a park/garage or picking up passengers along the way?
Routes- Lagos-Abuja, Lagos-Southeast
Also, what essential checks/maintenance tasks are needed before AND after reach trip?

I look forward to your kind response, especially from our seasoned drivers, operators and fleet managers. 🙏🏻
God bless 🇳🇬

saudatu:


Thank boss but the mechanic I have said every thing is perfect. Pls what the I check because it really eating my profit.

There may not by anything wrong with your car. 120kM, 19litres of fuel is not far from what is normal in Lagos with a twenty year old car, substandard fuel that you are not even sure of the exact quantity sold to you.

If your engine coils, plugs, oil duly changed, fuel injectors, no broken exhaust pipes, no fuel leakage, if all these are in place, please don't waste your time and money going to a mecha. Before the fuel hike, was your car fuel consumption an issue? You are not making profit because you are spending a lot more on fuel with no reasonable return when compared to running cost. Nothing wrong with your tool and you are not alone on this.

PS: Refrain from taking advice from corner44. His brain is domiciled in his buttocks.

mejai:

Indirectly u are advising that man in DR Congo. Chai!! Na u worse paz. Dem say make we dey call names now. BAZ001, u hear am? Is it green in DR Congo? Cos they have accused u of having plenty time to come here.

Yes it’s greener in DR Congo than Nigeria presently…
Nobody takes you serious on this thread anymore
But No be ur fault na josephase cos am Kontinueee…
I go soon report u and Gentlelife50 acct cos any small talk una don dey do Cho Cho choo dey gossip me like pope191 & Blackbishop.

Wey my stones self

I make 25 - 35k Net of fuel and commission a day. So any driver that comes to tell me horse dung should just be ready to drop the keys.
My rentals remains fixed fuel hike or not. If u no do again come drop key.

As for you saying "Ehailing is dead","u r just barely making your fuel money back" blablabla... I sympathize with u, my advise is drop the car and look for something else to do. No stress yourself, No stress your partner, No stress us for this thread.
They say if u no get evidence/proof, u go explain tire. So na only evidence I go dey post now to motivate people that really want to do the business.
Below is my activity for just 4 days. Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Not including offlines and few Indrive trips.
I used 15k fuel daily so subract 60k from the Net, and that leaves me with 145k in 4days.
Bolt is now 20%, I don't know if Bolt has hidden charges but all the money I made is accounted for, either in cash, money in bank or expended. Funny how nobody has said anything about this reduction, but if they increased it by a fraction of a percentage guys will notice it and announce that bolt is now charging 26.8%

If I was on d road today, I will still make minimum 30k profit. Nothing except God can stop that from happening.
If I can do it, u can do it too.

BAZ001:


Odogwu feli number 1 Oga na Oga.
U mean am Na u raise pope191?
Chaiii,
No matter what dey say about you, I don’t believe them (pope191 & blackbishop) just disrespecting u upandan d thread

No mind them... Two of them na mumu... But na ur own mumu bad pass.

But leave blacky for me ingo show am pepper for this house... I go out fire for him bum bum... Just dey watch

Luxurydriverng:
Working with just indriver is the highest form of slavery if you don't shine your eye they will slowly reap and lead you towards depression. Imagine the fools their rider canceled ❌ and they charged me commission without add it to refund. They know many drivers won't keep track so they commit these subtle crime in the name of technological glitch. Guys open your eyes so you don't end up hustling this hard labour in vain.

This is not the 1st time this is happening the last time I contacted support after going back and forth they eventually refund the money.

Let me not even talk about bolt own because those once na hire killers.

Uber remains the most reliable and trustworthy app in the market just that my ppl are too dubious to see the light and gave upper hands to the app that want to kill them just like they support leaders that make masters holders "active drivers" and their wives low key hookup professionals.

It's a shame indeed.

You self like fight ooh..
u say inDriver, drivers - CheerfulGiver na slave ?
Bolt - pearl1910 na hire killer
Dt means we have been brainwashed on dis thread cos CheerfulGiver has made all of us feel inDriver is better than bolt-pearl.
For u to mention Uber 99% of us reading dis will think u need to join d telegram group or don’t know what you talking about.

Pearl1910:
I make 25 - 35k Net of fuel and commission a day. So any driver that comes to tell be horse dung should just be ready to drop the keys.
My rentals remains fixed fuel hike or not. If u no do again come drop key.

As for you saying "Ehailing is dead","u r just barely making your fuel money back" blablabla... I sympathize with u, my advise is drop the car and look for something else to do. No stress yourself, No stress your partner, No stress us for this thread.
They say if u no get evidence/proof, u go explain tire. So na only evidence I go dey post now to motivate people that really want to do the business.
Below is my activity for just 4 days. Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Not including offlines and few Indrive trips.
I used 15k fuel daily so subract 60k from the Net, and that leaves me with 145k in 4days.
Bolt is now 20%, I don't know if Bolt has hidden charges but all the money I made is accounted for, either in cash, money in bank or expended. Funny how nobody has said anything about this reduction, but if they increased it by a fraction of a percentage guys will notice it and announce that bolt is now charging 26.8%

If I was on d road today, I will still make minimum 30k profit. Nothing except God can stop that from happening.
If I can do it, u can do it too.

This is great!

No vex bros.. you did 90 trips on bolt in a week? Nna men!!!!

Pearl1910:
I make 25 - 35k Net of fuel and commission a day. So any driver that comes to tell be horse dung should just be ready to drop the keys.
My rentals remains fixed fuel hike or not. If u no do again come drop key.

As for you saying "Ehailing is dead","u r just barely making your fuel money back" blablabla... I sympathize with u, my advise is drop the car and look for something else to do. No stress yourself, No stress your partner, No stress us for this thread.
They say if u no get evidence/proof, u go explain tire. So na only evidence I go dey post now to motivate people that really want to do the business.
Below is my activity for just 4 days. Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Not including offlines and few Indrive trips.
I used 15k fuel daily so subract 60k from the Net, and that leaves me with 145k in 4days.
Bolt is now 20%, I don't know if Bolt has hidden charges but all the money I made is accounted for, either in cash, money in bank or expended. Funny how nobody has said anything about this reduction, but if they increased it by a fraction of a percentage guys will notice it and announce that bolt is now charging 26.8%

If I was on d road today, I will still make minimum 30k profit. Nothing except God can stop that from happening.
If I can do it, u can do it too.

Josephase:
No vex bros.. you did 90 trips on bolt in a week? Nna men!!!!

Okay you wanted him to do 20 trips to make that amount

You want to make money but not ready for what it takes, your body go collect and car sef go collect.
No dey whine yourself

mejai:

Indirectly u are advising that man in DR Congo. Chai!! Na u worse paz. Dem say make we dey call names now. BAZ001, u hear am? Is it green in DR Congo? Cos they have accused u of having plenty time to come here.

Na Sudan d Mara fuka dey

BAZ001:


Because……
I don dey live for mama house
Or I do 10k transfer from POS to Pot Of Soup ?
I don’t sell lemon limca and my papa & mama dey heaven since.
Moses no dey DR Congo so no be me collect him home theater or dey fix him fan.

Baz we need to ban you for 1,000,000 years on this forum

Luxurydriverng:


It's been a while I came online here, I'm getting to know the house again.

Rule No.1
When you return after a long stay away from a group, take the back seat to observe for a while before you comment, and when you have to comment only address a well defined newbie or an old member.

Rule No.2
Don't reply no matter the temptation to an unknown moniker


Every society have age groups

Gentlelife50:

I suspect you're Felicity alternate moniker, because.....

Some times self enh... Even me self dey reason am...lol

Gentlelife50:

Okay you wanted him to do 20 trips to make that amount

You want to make money but not ready for what it takes, your body go collect and car sef go collect.
No dey whine yourself

After all shebi na people dey hawk inside sun

DZTech:
What Expenses Are Encountered By Commercial Interstate Drivers?

Hi all,
I plan to start a transportation business, but I need advice on the 'lay of the land'.
I need a list of expenses encountered on commercial interstate trips, as in what would you normally spend money on, apart from fuel and tolls?
Especially in these harsh times? 🙇🏾‍♂️

What are the levies involved if using a park/garage or picking up passengers along the way?
Routes- Lagos-Abuja, Lagos-Southeast
Also, what essential checks/maintenance tasks are needed before AND after reach trip?

I look forward to your kind response, especially from our seasoned drivers, operators and fleet managers. 🙏🏻
God bless 🇳🇬

Interstate transportation business is nice but you need to be prepared to do everything necessary to make your vehicle and passengers secure and safe at every point on each trip.

The vehicle you choose to use also depends on the distance you wish to cover. Some vehicles are better suited for short inter-city trips like from Lagos to benin or Ibadan (Toyota Previa, Mazda MPV etc) and others required for longer hauls (Sienna, Hiace etc). The basic mode of the business is very similar no matter the distances so far as it’s interstate travel.

First things first, your vehicle and its particulars/documentation has to be updated and complete no matter what. If you plan to have just one vehicle in the business which you will be managing yourself (and can be flexible enough to switch the use of the vehicle from business to personal at any time) you can settle for regular blue vehicle license plates but if you know you want to have one or more vehicles and use them strictly for business you’d best get the red commercial license plates. Both have their advantages or disadvantages on the highway.

Wether you’re using blue or red plates your vehicle licenses should always be updated, hackney permits intact, various state ‘park & garage’ emblems fully paid for and the driver must possess a valid license. As a highway driver your ‘legalized’ enemies on the roads are the FRSC officials, VIO inspectors and various state government agberos.

The road safety and Vio guys mostly look out for the same things to penalize you as a highway driver. Apart from checking all your vehicles documentation and their validity (they don’t care for emblems) they will also look out for your passenger/cargo manifest. If you are caught hauling human or cargo without a manifest it is a very bad situation. Try to print receipts and manifests for your passengers and cargos to be recorded and signed then a copy given to the driver to hold on him per trip. The other material things they check are your regular emergency apparatus, tyre condition and your rearward visibility (in case you’re hauling much cargo, never allow the height of the stacked goods reach that of your rear view mirror to block your view from seeing behind your vehicle) , it is also a nice offence they use in collecting money from a carefree/greedy driver. Don’t drive with a cracked windshield. If you are using a blue private plate number they can also ask you for some ‘Roja’ since you’re not supposed to be using your vehicle commercially, in this case just squeeze anything into their hands and continue your journey. It usually comes up after they have checked you and seen all your paperwork and vehicles condition is in order.

For the various individual state agberos (council men), those ones are a bit trickier to handle because they are not usually ‘gentlemanly’ in their own doings (in fact, the only state I know that their own council members ball is in cross river state. Those ones drive air conditioned flashy sedans on their rounds and dress very formally that you won’t even believe they are agberos ) theses guys can ‘cramp’ you at anywhere so far you have a red commercial plate number and are hauling on any journey. How to escape their own wahala is simply to have their states full emblems and these emblems are to be renewed annually. If you are caught picking up, dropping off passengers/cargo or even just sitting still and buying fuel at a filling station they can corner you and request you show them your emblems. If you don’t have it or it’s expired you can have your vehicle impounded and pay a hefty fine that would cost approximately what their emblem does. These guys are usually not in uniform so it’s hard to point them out on the roads. They can come out of nowhere and they could be looking like ‘hemp craving’ unkept looking youth or gentlemanly depending on the state you encounter them. Different states have different emblems both in design and prices (which can cost as low as N25k and as high as N40k in some states) The major states where they carry this their emblem matter on their heads well-well to generate revenue that I’m aware of down south are Lagos, Oyo, Edo, Delta, Anambra, Abia, Cross-River and Rivers states. If you’re serious in your highway business and don’t need problems you should purchase emblems for all these states depending on the routes you choose to ply. All states have their respective emblems but some don’t take their drive for it as seriously as others. Different states also have their own versions of LASTMA as we know them here in Lagos. If you park wrongly or commit blunders on their roads and you happen to have a red commercial number plate they will pursue you with all their might and catch you. Their own fees too can cut your heart out so be mindful of where you drop or pick passengers on your routes. If you have a red number plate you will be forced to pay tolls to pass some roads, like here in Lagos if you’re entering a big market like tradefair you must pay a gate fee wether you are hauling or empty so keep that in mind.

The police and army checkpoints are always on the roads. As for the police they are not usually an issue except you’re hauling contraband. Are you carrying bales of used clothes? Foreign rice? Etc . . . You will part with at least N500 per item that they ‘see’ in your boot during their stop and search operations. Apart from hauling contraband and having your vehicle’s particulars in order they will beg for ‘roja’ and decide to waste you and your passengers time if you deny them or play wise. They can tell your passengers to disembark and open their luggage one by one to waste your time and rile you all up. Sometimes they find unlabeled medication and interesting gadgets in passengers bags that can turn a stand-off into something else so it’s better you ‘roja’ on time if necessary. The army on the other hand don’t have any problems. If you know you’re hauling cargo and passing through their checkpoints just hold their N200 as your gate fee or their boys will cause issues for you and if you shine eyes for them too much they will call their oga aowa sitting in the shade to come and discipline you properly. So hauling cargo? Passing army checkpoints? Pay them their N200 jejely and go your way. The police and army will actually give you change if you don’t have small cash unlike road safety and vio guys. Those ones charge the highest as their ‘Bleep-up’ fee on the highways and you won’t be able to leverage well because they can actually impound your vehicle.

Then when it comes to your vehicle itself, highway driving is usually easier on your vehicles mechanical systems. Your main worry should be its cosmetic appearance both in and out. Before any trip guage your fluids and tyres. It is normal to change your engine oil after every 5th trip (go and come is calculated as a trip) and your gearbox/axle fluids should be replaced when due. The main wear and tear item on highway maintenance is your tyres. They degrade rapidly and a leave you stranded if you don’t keep a keep eye on their condition everyday. A useful rule is to always strive to buy commercial grade tyres and never use tubes no matter what (you can keep one in your boot just incase) and also stay away from winter graded tyres as they wear out faster while being much noisier on the roads. Regular replacement parts are your shocks, tie rods and bushings so try to buy oem replacements whenever you can for longevity. Your oxygen sensors and engine thermostat should be in order even if your fans are running directly from battery to help conserve fuel. Using air conditioning on highway journeys don’t use much extra fuel, if you do a journey of 500 kilometers with N35k fuel then with steady aircon you will do the same journey with N36k highest so don’t be hesitant to use it for yourself or your passengers comfort.

When it comes to loading and offloading, it is a generally good idea to have a sound vehicle and then register it with a company having a well known network of parks/pits (Tracas, Christian Praise, Ben flo etc) because you would just need to locate their parks at any city you get to and then take your turn to wait for your turn to ‘pit’ and load. Sometimes it can take days or even weeks depending on the season. In these type of companies you pay a registration fee for yourself and vehicle then you pay a small fraction of your seat ticketing fee to them every time you load. You would be mandated to brand your vehicle to reflect their company and also adhere to their own policies. Their advantage is that they are more networked and spread in many states so no matter where you decide to travel to you will always find an office where you will be welcomed to park and load.

On the other hand, if you’re using your own vehicle for highway haulage and you don’t wish to join with any company you can make acquaintances with some independent pit management in parks. They will give you a space/turn to pit your vehicle and load passengers from their space. You will usually not need to register formally with them. All they will require mostly is the complete ticket money for one seat (a standard fee for using their pit) , pay for the boys that shadow passengers for you (usually N500 per head) and you will pay the union/park loading fee before you leave on the trip. Remember these payments can vary depending on familiarity, location and negotiation. If you didn’t have a fully loaded vehicle and still want to proceed with your trip you will still have to pay the full price, some people decide to offload their passengers and reschedule their trip if they see another driver willing to awitch places on the que. The only people that like to embark on trips with few passengers are guys driving company vehicles (GUO, Young shall grow etc) because they can pick passengers along the way and pocket the extra cash for themselves. Private/independent divers don’t have that luxury because you pay in full for any trip you decide to embark on even if it’s just only 3 passengers you see.

Picking passengers along the way is not usually profitable all the time except seasonally and it will depend squarely on what side of the trip you are taking off from. Like for example from the first week in December you can pick passengers from Lagos toll gate along ijebu-ode going to benin/delta/east for as much as N10-N13k per head and settle any loaders you see at the bus stops the price for a seat. But if you were returning from the east at that same moment you will pick passengers from Onitsha-asaba toll gates coming to the west for as little as N5k on some good days, some times you can even see grown people pricing you N3k to carry them from delta to Lagos with full morale so picking passengers along the road is something not very profitable depending on the season and divide you are on.

I think I have covered all your inquiries. Sorry for the long post guys, there’s no thread for trailer or highway drivers on nairaland yet so near with my Cho-Cho-Cho this evening