Looking to hire an owner operator

We own a spring over in southwest Virginia that's already been chemically tested, etc and we're trying to get a workable business plan together to help us get small business grant and loan money for a facility and equipment. We're also looking to blow bottles regionally if possible. We have an old business plan but it's from before I became involved in the project and it's six years old. Anyway, I'm doing all the grunt work and there's a lot of peripheral things to understand besides just selling the bottled water. It's a challenge but I believe that it can work.

I'll take a look at truckpapers.com

Good suggestion on the possible consultation.

 

Hmm, 24k a year for contract and circa 140-160k to buy a rig and trailer. It would take six years of contracting to equal that and we could well be out of business by then! Of course, doing work with the rig could also net cash back to make the payments I suppose. Complicated!

 

I appreciate it. I need to do some hard comparisons here on cost. It's starting to look like, at least in the beginning, a contracted driver might be better since it will likely take 2 years or so to profit. If we aren't able to make a go of it then I'd hate to have the liability of a truck on my hands as well but that may be a false worry on my part.

 

LOL! If I owned it I might but I'd just be starting the business aspect of it so I've got a ways to go before I can say screw it. Looking forward to that point though.