I have 82,000 cash. What would you do?

Nice move!

 

No reason you'd have to spend the entire $82,000 on a truck.

I'd start out with a older truck with a pre-emissions motor on it's last legs, pick it up for cheap from somebody who doesn't want to deal with it and throw a fresh in-frame on it + spend a few bucks changing all the fluids/filters and generally getting it road-worthy. Then you've got yourself a nice piece of working capital with no payment. Go see if you can make any money with it if you're so inclined.

But the only good reasons to leave a good paying job like that to go strike out on your own is because you want to and you can. I personally wouldn't want to work for Schneider for the rest of my life and would vastly prefer the freedom to do what I please with my own truck and would definitely jump at the opportunity to do so, but that would be as much a personal inclination as anything else.

 

I understand this was post some time ago, but if your still needing some advise? Could I make a suggestion? Donate to the Jarman foundation, let me know if you need in address to send funds, thanks

 

i would get me the glider of my choice, get my own authority and start keeping more of the money you are giving to schnieder

 

Do not be dumb with your money save 20k and then buy a cheaper truck less than 30k than put a driver in it then with the money you have left buy your own trailers

 

Yeah

 

every thing in moderation.
stock market is at record highs so this all in talk with the mutual funds and stocks could whack you for 20% or much more when the fat cats decide to take some profits.
used to be safe to park funds in bond funds but interest will go up.
these folks who were screaming about how we should buy gold when it was over 2000$ went on a short vacation when it plunged to 1300$.
i have driven some 700000 mile trucks and waited while the company dealt with the breakdowns and i know i will never be that guy