Buying my first truck in Dec - feeling little overwhelmed by options

Comments like that are why some people never succeed in life. You have to throw yourself in the water if you want to learn how to swim. Plain and simple. Leave the destructive comments for your wife and kids, this site is to promote encouragement and help to those wanting to make something out their lives, everything else take it up on your Facebook, thats what the "like" button is for.

I'm buying my second truck now coming from a very heavy troublesome truck, still all I got is 10% down and here we go. Fail or succeed I already feel made.
I'd say go landstar as you have planned with your own truck or you could do Mercer (where I'm at and love it) I believe I will never drive for anybody again (knock on chrome)

 

I'd only get a new truck for two reasons:

1. You'll be basically living in it so you need some sort of amenities.
2. Team running it so there's a lot of miles and money being made-all other things being equal lol


As you probably know, avoid emissions trucks older than 2011.

You can also lease a truck as old as 2010 with some lease companies. A one or two year lease wouldn't be a bad idea if you're getting a routine established. Buy the truck at lease end or at lease end buy whatever youre routine and income say is affordable.

 

It's all b.s. your truck insurance can be $600 - $1200 / mo to start out. Your plates, authority, highway tax, UCR, IFTA, SCAC, load boards, cell phone, hot spot, etc... can be about $500 / mo. Just buckle up and do it.

Stop being wishy washy and make it happen.