I'm have known JD for a few years. He is a retired Marine. He runs a company that has 6 or 7 owner operators plus his truck. The number of trucks working for him (including his own that another man drives) is never more than 8. JD is a very trustworthy man that runs a very transparent system. He has a few reefers and a few dry vans. The men driving for him are very happy and always have been. He has invited me to join his operation as an owner operator. I happily excepted his invitation. I assure you that if anything goes wrong, it won't be JD or his system. I know I'm the weak link, myself and the truck I'm about to buy.
I'm fortunate enough to be able to buy a truck and not have payments. However, it'll have to be a cabover in order to have low enough miles to be dependable and still leave me with half of my cash. No problem for me, I love cabovers and the freight I'll be hauling rarely keeps the driver away from home more than a night or two so a big condo doesn't have to be ideal. I hope to buy a conventional after a year, but I'm prepared to have less now in hopes that if all goes well, I'll have more later.
I'm really nervous. Cautiously optimistic.
I know there is more to it than finding the right opportunity and the right truck. But what could go wrong?
What could go wrong?
Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by Rocky64, Jan 26, 2014.
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