I'm thinking about becoming an O/O, but have never driven a truck! Can this be done without experience? Don't want to drive for a company if I can avoid it...? Thanks in advance for your input!
Thinking about a carrier change
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I can teach you a lot of things but I can never teach you experience ibcalm19.
Yes it can be done but the growing pains will hurt you & others. You will still need to be taught by someone. The responsibility & liability is great. If I were an insurance agent and you told me you have no experience. I would not write you a policy or the cost would be 1.2 million for the year. Take your time gain experience then progress to O/Oslow.rider and Fish'n Fool Thank this. -
Best to Drive for a Company at Least one Full Year..You may find out Trucking ain't for you..
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I never drove for a company ...but i started with pick up dually truck !
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Are 100 percent independents,who get their own freight.
Everybody else is a company driver one way or another.
So the answer is no.Fish'n Fool Thanks this. -
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The best advice that I can give you is use the search button.
Search owner operator Authority. Search owner operator leased on. Search owner operator startup costs. Search owner operator paperwork. Search owner operator no experience. Search new owner operator new Authority insurance cost. Search owner operator failure rate. And so on.
Keep searching and keep reading because, and I mean this with no offense to you, but there is so much that you don't know it's impossible to just answer this in one writing in a post. You need to take like a few weeks and just read through all these threads maybe a few months even.
But the good news is if you take the time to research this and learn from this site, you will learn more than you ever thought just by reading.
And to answer your question it is very very difficult to just buy truck having never driven before and start out as an owner operator with your own authority.
As you begin reading you will understand why that is.
And if you have a question about whatever you are reading, you can always ask a question and someone here will be able to help you.slow.rider and Fish'n Fool Thank this.
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