Asking for you all two cents.

2 Cents! Not sure what you are asking other then should buy a truck and go do something you have no experience doing? And then take a while off? What about that truck payment? I'm not sure at your age if I would have bought a truck, with the expense of it being what it is. I think we need to know whee you are located and then what exactly your plans are. Later!

 

Almost flopped one of my side dumps and watched 2 others flop over within an hour the same day, it's not always easy.

 

dirt work in nd is hard on trucks. theres good money in it but your repair bills will be high. also most dirt work in nd is 6 days a week. do work a few sundays every now and then but primarily monday-sat and work will slow way down if not stop all together come winter. i pull belly dump but plan to setup for side dump over the winter. bellys are a little more saturated in nd than sides.

 

What's the hurry? Get a company driver job, learn the work, learn ND, develop contacts and relationships, bring on your own equipment when you really know the lay of the land (and, when you're 23).

I feel you on a couple months on, a couple months off. Not sure how feasible that is. More likely you're going to want to work the summer months and take the winter months off. Better money in the summer when freight is high, roads have traction and it's light from 4:30 am until 10 or 11 pm. That's the getting time.

 

Hey Ezi how's it going for you lately? I got a new gig hauling crude in Alberta. Will send you a pm when I get a bit of time.

 

been going good man, got a nice little deal going on right now 6 days a week working on a township road. at the pace were going right now probably got another month to go on it before its done unless the contractor decides to bring in a whole bunch of trucks at once. weather was pretty fair this week. there was one day the sky was threatening to shut us down but luckily the storm fizzed out.

i just made it back to the house today forgot my internet card at home when i left out early Monday morning so iv been without internet all week.

im sure your like hauling crude, send me a pm when you got a min, there's plenty of times i miss yanking a tank around nd.