establishing yourself as an OO

I wouldn't have asked for more than I read here. This isn't the only resource, don't forget these drivers are giving you what they have, but there is no silver bullet. So I looked around, a lot. I'm not O/O yet, took the step to I/C, doing well, last step will be O/O, but not until I'm sure, real sure, I'm ready. Money - who doesn't know they'll need cash? Taxes? We all know we'll need a real good support. Expenses - be sure you know how to keep your money, how to spend but spend wisely.

All truck purchases are a risk, new, used, reconditioned, whatever. Be very careful, but we all know that and still those dang trucks have problems. Anyway, I've been an I/C for about 2 years, I am pleased with my niche, and I say - be cautious, be smart, get some money, and then go for it! There's a lot of work, and you can make a good living if you can put up with the way it works. Best.

 

Be careful!

There's many who will boast about making much more than they actually make per load, per month, or year. And many will claim to own their own truck yet they're nothing but company drivers.

 

Say it ain't so!

 

It ain't so!

There, I said it.

 

Can't say its not so!

 

Keep on thinking that, but its not so, many truck drivers are very boastful.

 

Best advice I ever got and wish I had listened to. Right before I bought my first rig a old school trucker told me "don't be a vain #######, don't get a truck with a million lights on it because you'll spend half your time chasing broken wires and burnt lights"

Well I sure did buy me a truck with lots of lights and I can tell you that because of it I am a wiring guru. Man I cannot count the endless hours I spent rewiring other people's bad wiring.

Another thing is remember you are doing this to make money. Do not let your big ego get in the way of that, when your looking at 2 trucks and one is a sweet looking pete that's miled out to all hell and the other is a freight shaker with good mileage and a great service record don't buy the pete because you wanna look like a bad ###......... you won't look so hard core when tour signing your bankruptcy papers.

The guys with the nice dream trucks had to earn them, and they earned them by making smart business decisions.