Found a day cab I can afford- finding local work????

? Not much of a plan imo..,
Running a day cab I would recommend aggregate or intermodal, neither of which are making people rich right now.

 

Get a sleeper, have options if whatever you do slows down. Way cheaper and more convenient than a hotel.

 

The viability of a day cab for general freight depends greatly on where you are planning on running, and how willing you are to hit a hotel for layovers. If you have flexibility (read: paper logs), you can make it work. If not, it's likely to be massively inconvenient, to put it mildly.

I run Northeast, and I'd run a daycab. Not ideal, but doable, especially if you make a career out of tight spaces or other things that make a daycab desirable. There's just a comfort factor about that bunk though, even a coffin sleeper is going to make things easier than napping in the seat waiting in line to unload somewhere.

 

Agreed.
For all the times you get somewhere n realize it's going to be an hour or two before you're loaded/unloaded; or you have a big lunch and it's time for a siesta; or just get that late in the day "ugh I rather lay down for 45 minutes" feeling.

Also: looking at trucks to buy without work to put a truck on....doesn't make money.
Buying a truck only means you've bought a truck. Costs continue from there whether you're working it or looking at it in the driveway.

1 Get work
2 find truck suited to that work
3 buy truck

 

I agree.

To the OP, go read my post -

http://www.thetruckersreport.com/tr...s/looking-to-get-started.334528/#post-5690941

 

This. Oh, very much this.

 

In California there is a lot of equipment moved either Ag, construction or material handling which would be with your own trailer? Unless your going to pay cash for that too I would have a lot of ducks lined up to cover monthly costs.

 

ca nv or az Apex Bulk main office Adelanto run as far as tx or ca, local or regional