Can someone train me

Just wondering, why can't you get someone in your family to train you?

 

Your best bet is go to a trucking school,if your family have three trucks,why can they train you.

 

Had to do a search through your posts because your request is quite extraordinary.

You have 3 trucks and are wanting to start a small company. You have no experience, neither does your husband, but you have an uncle with 7 yrs who wants to go in with you. I get the feeling that you dont trust this particular uncle.

I dont argue about money. Without absolute trust in your business partner, youre going to go to war with your partner and the business will suffer. Business partnerships are like a marriage with twice the bad times and half the good times. Youre married, so you should understand what this will mean.

Personally, I would advise against you trying to make a start in the trucking industry as the fleet owner, without first being a fleet driver. Want a real trucking education? Go work for someone else, THEN start your company. It will be much harder for someone to take advantage of you then

 

Nothing like having to train your boss.

 

Or just go to a company like Swift just to gain some experience. They have a terminal in Gary IN. Not too far from Chi-town.

 

Run from this idea. Theres a reason they want you to lease their trucks and its probably because they arent making it in the industry right now. The trucking industry isnt something that you learn in a few weeks of following someone around.

Theres a very good reason that we have a saying in this industry, "how do you end up with a million dollars in trucking, you start with 2 million".

 

What do you guys have to offer? Where do you run? What kind of equipment?

I am 26 years old and have over 3 years experiance. I drove everywhere from New York City to Los Angeles and every point in between. I ran both van and reefer. Actually most of my career so far has been with reefer produce. I am willing to train you if the money is right. I live northwest of Chicago.