Looking for Advice: Getting into Trucking

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I'm 21 years of age, do great in solitude, can't stand other people, clear-headed, can entertain myself (I can think of many ways to rig something up for entertainment whilst driving), am resourceful, have a brain, know what I want (buy some land so I can #### off from society), and am looking for some mentors that have been in this industry to guide me and help me become successful in this trucking journey. I can't offer much now, but perhaps in the future can invite you to my maybe baby empire of dirt and show you some gratitude with beer, good food and company. Plan is to establish an agroecological system that maintains itself designed for human integration as part of the ecology so that I won't have many if any living expenses, other than property taxes and all that jazz, but otherwise will harvest my own energy, water, food, etc..

I'm not looking to get rich quick, nor to get rich really, I just want to make decent money for my time and do something that I somewhat enjoy and have some control over so that I can make my main goal a reality, which is to own land that I can work on and turn into a ####ing paradise and provide for a woman who can bear me some children. Currently I work at a warehouse, I got a raise few days ago, I think that puts me at $16/hour, not sure, the guy didn't specify. I'm in good shape but actively working out to get stronger because until recently I didn't work out so I was a bit of a wimp.

Oh, I'm in Los Angeles, California.

I don't have any responsibilities, family, bills, etc.. Work I can drop at any time, they're a bunch of degenerates anyway so the faster I get out of there the better for my psyche, but am saving up for CDL class and what not, since I've been reading that costs a pretty penny, but that's why I'm here, there's a lot of information out there and a lot of warnings from drivers on all the BS and it's a tad overwhelming, so I'm trying to reach out to those who have had success and failures, who have learned from experience, for a bit of mentorship in doing this properly and efficiently. I want to waste as little time possible and get to earning well as fast as possible, whatever that takes. I want to invest time in this industry and establish myself well, to earn well, as quickly as possible.

Like I said I have virtually no responsibilities and I am dedicated to my goals, so I don't mind not going home, hell, I don't want to go home, I want to find a new home, away from the degeneracy that is the city.

I have about $1300 in my checkings at the moment, and will be earning about $1000 bi-weekly at my current job (I haven't been frugal, but am dropping all that and saving up religiously from now on.) My only expenses will be food, gas, car insurance, so I can expect to have the money for the CDL fairly quickly. I have a 764 FICO Score, because my bank opened a credit account without my permission almost 4 years ago now, and it has been making payments of $0 ever since, so that's lovely, but either way it does me no good I don't think without any real history, which is something I will start working on soon so that I can lease a truck eventually.

Anyway, I understand first step is CDL, but I want to hear opinions / guidance on how to best go about getting it, paying for school, paid CDL training jobs, other options, etc.. Best sources to learn from and what not, I want to know what I'm getting into and be prepared for it. What school to choose? Why? What makes one the most money? I made friends with a driver not that long ago, who was stuck on the road who was the one that introduced me to trucking as an option. He drove a flatbed, was an owner operator, leased his truck for 58k if I remember correctly, and claimed he was making $2k +- weekly. I have his number and will likely contact him to see if he can offer advice on how to get started since our conversation was cut short, but aye, if anyone is willing to offer some guidance and managed to get through all of my writing, I'd really appreciate it. MY first step is reaching out to people for help and guidance before I make any moves. My record is clean, I've had my Drivers L. for about half a year now (started late), no arrests or anything like that.

 

A job to make money, to buy land, to attract and provide for a female who will bear me children. Successfully satisfying my biological drive to reproduce and can die happily.

Aye he does, he lives in a gated community, with a wife and six children. I'd say he's doing pretty good. If memory serves me good, he works 4 days of the week, is with his kids and wife 3 days, if nothing goes wrong, which at the time I met him something did go wrong and he missed his kids soccer game giving me the opportunity to have come accross the unlucky fella and learn about this great opportunity to make money.

 

Spoiler

Aye it's Wells Fargo, haha! Will closing the account with them remove my credit score? I'm completely ignorant about this stuff at the moment. Also is the score alone worth anything? I thought it had to be accompanied by good legitamte history, whereas mine is only payments of $0 for 4 years.

I figured if I could start earning $1.5 ~ $2k a week I could easily pay off a home/property with at least 10 acres +. I've looked through a couple listings and prospects look good. $100-150k homes with land that look decent enough, climate is ideal, topography, soil, water sources, etc.. and being in remote areas they tend to go for less, so I get more for the buck. I of course would need to save more than just for the property itself, I would need equipment and plants, animals, to purchase. Initial costs to establish life on the land and get the self sufficiency going reliably. I think if I go hard I can do all that by 30~35, perhaps ealier, I haven't done the math. I don't need or want much. Land, work I enjoy which would be on the land, and a woman. Trucking would be a means to an end.

 

I understand, I would not be buying the truck until much later once I have experience and know what I'm doing if I find it is of greater benefit to me and my goals, I know I know nothing about the industry right now.

Around how much is 4-6 months of op. expenses + breakdown fund? Roughly.