Knowing what you now know, what would you do differently?

It was DOD explosives from KC to Utah. The load paid more but my cut was 67% plus FSC. Loads like this require a team with secret clearances and must be attended 24/7 so it’s not for everyone.

 

You are a fleet owner. If everyone took my advice you would be out of business. I’m sure all the great folks at the ATA agree with you. If money isn’t what this is all about then what is? None of us would be doing this for free.

 

I would have stayed in school like my mama told me. If not I would have avoided contact with my ex, and stayed in the army until retirement. Probably not what you were looking for huh?

 

Not ever one is cut out to be a business owner. Not everyone wants the hassles and demands with being one either. Using your reasoning how come your not a nuclear physicist or at least rocket scientist?

 

Math disability. I failed Calculus twice. I see your point.

 

I would have wrapped it up for about $0.75 or so. Will end up costing me about $140,000 over an 18 year stretch at this point.

 

I would have dated a lot more before getting married.

 

My dad was an entrepreneur from the age of 10 mopping floors at the ice cream shop and soon many other businesses in town than buying a ice cream cart.
Saved and invested his money flipping tires and cars during the war, bought my grandpa who was a poor school teacher a new Hudson when he was 16 years old.

Never worked for anyone and ended his career as a residential developer and owned several large strip malls towards the end.

My 2 older brothers have always worked for themselves and have done very well ,as have I most of my life .

I have been working for the MAN for the past 6 months for the first time in 30 years.

Thank god they are a small easy going company , but there has still been nit picky stuff that they get on you for that gets under my skin, along with the complete pennies they pay you.

I will take struggling with money and laying under my old truck on the cold wet ground turning a wrench at 2 am so I can move a load in the morning over that BS any day.

I bought my 1st truck last month after researching on this site for 3 years and stopping and looking at every truck that was for sale that fit my criteria.

It's not cherry , but it's solid, got my best friend who is a semi retired accountant setting up the LLC , now if I can just find some insurance to get it home.

Not in a rush to go out on my own ,but my company found out I bought a truck and tried to berate me into quitting last week.

 

I would have kept my international 9400.
I miss that truck.

 

I would have stuck with dating married women and become a neuro surgeon just to rattle around in folks noggins