New to the site here....

Just wanted to say hello to everyone. I've been driving for a few years. Thinking about buying my own truck for local dump and garbage work. So figured this would be a good spot to get any help I need along the way and meet some new people.

I haven't driven an actual semi in a couple years. I've been driving off road trucks (volvo A40E) for a local construction company. But they have been pretty slow so I'm looking at buying a cheap used truck to get myself some work for the 6-8 months that I'm laid off.

 

Snow removal is possible. But I'm seriously off 8 months out of the year. There's about 4 or 5 decent and dry months that I can get other work too. I'll be sure to keep that in mind too though. Farmers around here always need someone to haul for them. Since I live only a few miles away from two of the biggest garbage dumps in the state I'm thinking I might be able to stay busy with that too...

 

Thanks for the responses guys. I know quite a few people in the field and "Sort of" have an in. So I'm not super worried about finding some work. But always good to meet as many people as possible and get as much advice as possible. I just know there is alot of knowledge on this site, so when it's time for me to buy the truck I can feel confident in my decision. Because I'm sure you guys have seen it all and driven it all!