New owner operator

Business plan sir?

 

I won't get into the reasons of why you shouldn't buy a truck until you have worked for somebody else for a couple years because I know that you are about to get blasted by several other drivers for even suggesting that. Having said that, if I lived in your area I'd get a reefer and use it for both chilled loads and as a dry van. Idaho grows a lot of produce, and you'll probably want to work those loads as they become available seasonally.

 

Then you dont want open deck. Reefer it is.

 

Before you do anything you need to call an insurance agent and check for insurance.

For new entrants especially with little or no experience insurance rates are astronomical. It may shock you when you get the price.

Reefer is even more expensive because you're hauling perishable loads and claims happen.

If you have enough experience to lease on somewhere that would be the least expensive way to get started- IF you have enough experience for someone to accept you.

 

Do you think it's a good idea to ask your competition who their customers are?

 

If you're going out on your own under your own authority, there are load boards you can use. I'm leased on to a company that has their own load board. It works for me and I prosper from it.

If you ask others under their own authority that question, the answers you get will probably be fairly vague. Nobody is going to spoon feed a noob to make him successful. You have to beat the bricks and take your lumps just like they did.