Insurance Question I was hoping y'all could help me with

I went through this Very same problem, When I was trying to get information regarding getting my trucking venture going.

I never found a good way to get this type of information prioir to actually having a solid plan.
(ie; Knowing what truck and trailer I was going to actually have, and what type of hauling I would be doing.)

What I can say is, IF you or your friend will be Leasing on with a company, They usually will offer the insurance through their Fleet.
(which usually will be considerably less than if you were getting it on your own.)
And the Company you are considering Leasing on with will have a pretty good idea of the insurance costs prior to actually leasing on with them.

If you are planning on getting your own authority, and finding your own loads....
Then I cannot be of much help, other than, when I looked into it (through a company over the web)
The prices ranged from 399.00 - 999.00 depending upon partial services, or Full service.
That was the initial costs....
I do not know what the maintenance costs were, as I did not pursue it further.

Eventually I plan on running on my own authority,,,, but for now...I wait.

I hope this helps a little.
Good Luck to you and your friend.

Actually, this is very helpful.

Just out of curiousity... where did you get these quotes? Or better yet... where do you recommend that I look, having so little information lol?

FC

There are many places to look online..

Just google Trucking Authority.




but like I said, if you just google Truck authority.... it should pull up some options.
It will atleast give you a starting point.

I never looked much further than initial costs for getting my own authority.

So I can not recommend any of them to you.

But if you or your friend are planning on leasing on with a company...
I do recommend taking advantage of their Fleet discount, and atleast checking out the possible savings of using their insurance.

I think you will do better on finding your answers at the Forums.

The Blog section is more like personal diaries (as WiseOne put it.)

here is a link to a thread regarding insurance.
http://www.thetruckersreport.com/tru...insurance.html


But I would recommend looking under the "Ask an Owner/Operator" section.

Good Luck!!
KEep BoR posted on your Progress!

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