Finally got my own truck

Today is a day of days, a celebration of the American Spirit of actually working for yourself and taking Life in with both hands and gumption.

You are Free. No more a whipped and abused company man. You ARE a Company now.

Someday you will have a thousand trucks and several generations of your future family will find themselves secure in what you have built for them.

I get so sick and tired of whiney 15 dollar an hour folks who wont work. But people such as yourself with a righteous story to tell and actually living the dream, have at it with everything you got.

The rest of us will get motivated, then want it for themselves too. It's really scary. But you are alive and feel that along with everything else too.

I bought a truck once in life and felt a little bit of what you had yourself today. I never forgot it. But I do not have any regrets. You have to go forward in life and do your very best. Otherwise why are we even here?

Im pretty sure there are friends here online at TTR that will put you under a load and know that you will do it right.

Good luck to you. Keep us posted. We can only learn from you by example. Mistakes too.

 

Yes ... you are free from one form of employment and now you are going to be burdened with another form of employment; self-employment.

NOW your responsibilities start, your headaches will be getting worse and you may lose some sleep over decisions you make, maybe even regretting the move.

You will know what a *****y customer is really like, how you will be told off at times and have to take it and on your worst day, you can't quit and go find another job because there isn't any other job.

BUT if you learn how to do it right, the stress is eventually going to be a lot less, the money a lot more in time and after you pay everything off and then purchase new stuff to keep the taxes in check, you will may be happy.

 

I envy u friend, i really do ive done that twice in my life and want to get back to it, but at this time in my life the powers that govern my life so no, not now. So good luck. Good weather. And good loads to u.

 

It really don't get much better than that. I'm sure your father is very proud of you

 

You will do just fine, you have done something a lot of failures didn't do. "Research and Planning" it will pay off. Unlike people who come on here asking "I bought a truck now what do I do"

Good Luck in your new venture. I look forward to reading about your success.

 

Godspeed, Boy Wander.

 

OP good luck with everything. Where do you live? I also occasionally get fuel at that Speedway in Whitmore Lake

 

Hurry and pay that truck off as fast as you can...the wisdom of this will become apparent the day after you make the last payment. Now is the time to do this while you don't have other responsibilities in life. Enjoy your new truck and have a good time with it...this will be a time to remember in your life.

 

Congratulations. You got this, man.

 

I bought my truck from Lone Mountain back in September. I know the feeling. I leased my truck to a company that pays 85%/load. I'm now getting ready to start dispatching my own truck along with others. The company has a team of freight agents under one broker. I'm trying to build me a network of owner operators to join to grow together. The hardest part for me was hiring a driver to drive my truck. It's got a little easier as time has gone by but still really nerve racking. Anybody interested in working with a great team let me know.