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Absolutely! Check with private carriers... Tyson Foods used to be good ... And there's an old saying... Ya know how to make a million $ in trucking? Start out with 5 million$.... Ownerop is a true headache these days. It can be done and you can be satisfied with it but get MORE experience before you take on paying for everything and staying out all the time. Very high overhead business and at your age even more so. Your truck insurance could break your bank right off the bat and/or one breakdown. Your responsibility and your liability. And you still have to make your payments (outgo)while the truck ain't Rollin for (income). And that's not all... Just a drop in the bucket of what you gotta track. Figure out what your cost is to run the truck, break it down to cpm, and take that off the top of what you get on your load. Your better off as company driver IMHO.