Can I get my own authority and haul freight without experience?

Well insurance companies don't know you. It's nothing personal. They just don't know how you are going to handle a truck. Why don't you just drive for a company for just a year or two first and see how it goes. That way you protect your hard-earned savings in case anything happens while you are still learning. Then once you have a handle on things. Then after that you can worry about brokers and the slew of other challenges you'll face with your own authority.

There's nothing wrong with eating an elephant one bite at a time.

 

You need a truck to get your authority. To get your authority you need liability insurance and that requires a truck.

 

Yes, you can get (into) the wonderful world of trucking with enough cash. I was reading a bit of some earlier posts I did not quote because I try to not quote old posts. However, that broker thing is not quoted correctly. It's not a question of if they will give you loads. That is decided most of the time by the liability insurance you have. The thing is with most brokers you are not going to get first line freight. You are going to get what's left. If you can live off these loads, great. If you can't at some point the cash is going to be gone and you will be either taking your rig to a dealer or watching a recovery company do it! I used to do truck recovery. I know what I am talking about here. This is why I am with @Ridgeline on this topic. I will do my best to discourage someone with little or no experience from buying a truck, and will almost do wave offs when it comes to also getting authority.

Can is a weird word sometimes. Most of the time when that word is used on forums like this I would really be better to use the word Should. Can and Should mean two totally different things.

 

5 years later, did you try it out? Came across this thread because I'm looking to do the same thing as what you were asking.