How many times did you fail?

Henry Ford went bankrupt twice before he found success.

 

Truck payments and maintenance go on forever. Don't do LP , drive someone one else's truck, then if you should have a problem you won't have the Bill's to deal with while You recover.

 

Lease purchase is basically a truck rental. You’re paying for the truck and all the bills with someone else’s name on the title.

My cousin does very well with his power sports shop in central South Dakota. If there’s a need in your area that could be a lucrative venture.

But if you’re wanting to truck and can get financing for one I’d say in this up and down environment I’d be looking at a carrier with contract and dedicated freight instead of riding the spot market waves with your own authority.

 

my plan is to buy out rite. truck and trl. i don't have any bills and plan to stay that way. ill have TO cross a few hurtles with my lic. but doable. I see i have some company local that ill haul for. also only 100 miles from Houston helps. And working for fedex freight for 18 years helps with contacts i have got over the years. i figure if i'm not going to die, I better get busy living.

 

Oh, so it is a money thing. In your opening post, it sounded as if you and the wife were doing well and so I was under the impression that you just had diesel in your blood. I didn't think that was smart. If trucking wrecked your health, I'd find something else to do. But if it is a money thing, well...you gotta do what you gotta do.

Luck in battle, hand.

 

I don't get it, you were smart enough to make enough money to retire at 46 but, you want to buy another truck?

 

I DONT KNOW WREN, BUT ME, IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT MONEY ANYMORE, AND I TO CAN DO OTHER THINGS THAT JUST DONT DO IT FOR ME. I CAN BUILD WEB PAGES AND REPAIR COMPUTORS, ALSO IM HELPING A FREIND WIYH HIS NEW SOLAR BUSSNESS IN WICTH IM A VOLINTEER. HEILPING WITH MARKETTING. TRUCKING IS JUST IN OUR BONES AND NOT JUST WORKING FOR THE OTHER GUY. BUT O\O.

 

There’s two kinds of truckers out there today. Truckers who make it a lifestyle, and Those who just use truck driving as a means to get somewhere else in life. I.e. save up to start a business, build up a little more retirement, whatever the case might be. You can’t really get trapped in the truck driving like some people claim. Because if you hate it, you’re just not gonna do it for more than a couple years maximum. You have to love truck driving to do it for life. I’ve been driving for two years and four months and I still haven’t decided which I am yet.

 

Why risk what money you have left? If you have the bug to drive, get a regional job with a carrier and let them have all of the headaches.