Kind of got a plan but i need advice

I wouldn't work for a larger company unless you don't ever want to be home. Your call. Get a little loan on the truck, rebuild and drive for your dad be my opinion.

 

The way rookies get treated at starter companies... Suck it up and drive for daddy if at all possible. No reason to make life more difficult then it has to be.

 

It's not really a suck it up situation. I drove an old truck under my dads authority for a couple of years to get started. One day he walked in and gave me a phone number and told me to call and get my own authority. Kind of hurt my feelings but made me grow up and get going on my own. Now he pulls for me a couple days a week. One of the best things he ever did for me other than get me a welding machine for Christmas when I was 12, but that's another story.....

 

Hey Russ...I get the feeling that the problem with Pop's Trucking and Hauling is Pops. Red flags are waving.

1. POS truck that cant afford maintenance.
2. A driver looking to jump ship

"Well, thats every day in this business, Six"

3. A son who wants to run away and join the circus. He knows that he can get that verifiable experience at Pop's, but he has a lack of faith in that gig. Thats the delima. If Pops was solid, this would be a no brainer.

 

Yeah, maybe. I just know that most guys can't afford an overhaul, and you know, most drivers think the grass is always greener. Just my first inclination. But your probably right.

 

Truck, driver, owner. Truck needs work, the driver will jump ship at any moment. 95% chance the driver is lousy. If the truck is lousy, and the driver is lousy, what does that say about the owner?

Your old man was solid. You had zero doubts even before you started driving.
He knew his son wanted in. He put his son in a solid truck and made sure his son became a solid driver. What does that say about the old man?

 

Go with the @strollinruss plan then. Price an inframe kit and a new head. The place where you can order the kits, ask the manager if he knows of an independent trustworthy mechanic that can do the inframe for a good cash price, call the mechanic and get a quote.

You should be able to cut the price down to a third or less. Get rid of that POS driver. Tbe longer a bad driver is in your truck, the more bad things happen.

Luck in battle.