maximizing my odds need comments/criticisms

people are gonna come in here and blow me up but schneider has a great program no money down you can dispatch yourself make north of 200k depending on where you live.

But with your info im sorry but i feel like the business management course isn't as helpful as you'd like it to be. It wont teach you about trucking which is unlike any other business in my opinion. The tax course is a great idea write offs are beautiful. Your monthly costs are also great for buying a truck gotta live cheap at first. I think you are going the right direction because you do have a plan. How much do you plan to save before the plunge? Where do you plan to get your freight? There are a ton of questions to ask. I just went through that process.

 

Listen, I'm not trying to put you down. But 92,000$ in 5 yrs. running at .37 per mile is very unrealistic. Too many things are gonna go wrong before you ever reach that number in your bank account. Do you have any driving experience or is this your first go at it?

 

Last edit: The only harm I can see in filing LLC status with your Secretary of State is that you will have to keep current for 5 years while you're trying to build your business plan. I imagine your plan/ownership may change over the next 60 months and you'd just have to re-write the whole thing. You would get no tax advantage as a company employee. So, I WOULDN'T DO IT YET. Not a good idea

 

You are doing it right. Perhaps the most important thing you're doing is asking questions here. Also, be sure to be friendly and talk to people when you make pick ups and deliveries, at the company you work for, when you work with brokers, etc... Keep a contact list. You can build a business network as a company driver that will serve you later on. Besides which, it's an opportunity to learn from industry professionals. Get that car paid off and build your bankroll faster.

 

Do you want to be an OO or an IO? OO's typically only need power.

- the second fastest way to go broke is to buy an expensive reefer and haul cheap van freight in it.
- 90k in five years will be tough with your plan. The only problem I have with your plan is why you don't have $200k in 5 years?
-if I drove for someone else, I wouldn't get out of bed for 2000 miles a week. I don't even start my truck for $600 unless I can be back home before noon. I can't remember any recently?

As for you taking business management classes. You should always be in a learning mode. Learn everything you can from anyone who will teach you something. First thing you need to know...get a CPA to do your taxes.

Be nice and network. This isn't a business built on can you move something from point A to B. It all starts by meeting people. And people move up and around. A lot. The Vice President of Sales for Pilot started out as a dish washer at a Pilot where his mother was a waitress. I've been to Mark's condo, it's way nicer than mine.

 

2000 miles=lulz