Looking into buying my first truck

Brandt said: ↑

I had my own truck for ten years. It's not always a better deal. Today the freight rate are the highest they have been in 25 years. When I got my truck the rates were $1.40 - $2.20 per mile. I'm just saying the rate per mile will go back down as more people get into trucking today because they all see the big and easy money with today's rates.

I would not buy any truck between 2002-2013. That's all the years they had trouble with new emission trucks. My 2000 truck was good reliable truck with S60 Detroit. My 2012 was a nightmare in repairs and always in the shop.

Your new boss is the loan payments and always looking for that next load. It's easy to make money today but when the rates drop again it's not so easy. I'm driving a company truck again happy to not have the to worry about repairs. I spent $28,000 in repairs on that 2012 truck and the emission box when bad at 660,000 miles. The Detroit Diesel One Box, they said to replace that would be $12,000. It's not always fun running your own truck.
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Rates are already plummeting.

Why do you have so much student loan debt to be a truck driver?

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