That's exactly what we did, rent a trailer for 6 months when starting, now we are in the position to pay cash for a used trailer after 6 months. And no, we didn't do that hauling $1.30/mile loads, that's the way to go broke, only slowly.
Your idea of renting a trailer for the cement off-season sounds like a very good one to me.
My first year as an owner operator.
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So with your 99 freightliner. How many miles did you buy it with? We're there things done to it like, an inframe, etc? What sort of day to day issues did you have in terms of repair bills, (flat tires, etc)?
I'm looking to get into my own truck at some point too (in Canada) and am quite interested in hearing real world issues about things you had to deal with to get a better understanding for myself. Right now, I break down on the side of the road, I make one call and the truck gets towed, and I get a ride home or a hotel. -
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The thing I noticed is that a lot of the owner operators are also mechanics,I don't have a shop or all the tools to do some of the work these guys can do on their own.They really impress me sometimes,I see them rebuilding their transmissions and doing work on the trucks that I would have no idea how to do.I have a hard time finding good mechanics to do the work ,The big truck stop shops are really handy when you need something done in a hurry but they also want to sell you a lot of things you probably don't need.I was told I needed a new part,I sprayed it with WD 40 and it's worked fine ever since. -
The big truck stop shops don't really have the most intelligent mechanics employed. That is my experience at least. Whenever I have had a problem I can usually fix it good enough to get it home to my trusted mechanic where I know it will be fixed right. I don't like having to pay twice to fix the same problem. Common sense goes a long way for the minor issues.
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