NEW DRIVER with some questions

Majority of them are the same and promise(lie) bout the same. Figure out what u want to pull flat, refers, van etc and then figure out if u want 48, dedicated, regional if u know all this it will help u figure out your company u want to start with

 

http://www.btisci.com/en/careers/
Get on with these guys and you'll work but you could eventually buy a truck there. Nice co. Why is it they always want to be home weekends, make 80K/yr and drive a new truck? My advice to you newbie? After 2.4 million miles, if you are going to work for a man, work, do what he wants you to do, do it better than anyone else and keep his truck polished and looking like new. Take every load unless you have a very important reason to be home. I started in 1967 on a B Model Mack with 2 sticks, 1 stack, no muffler, holes in the floorboard, no AC but it would cook you out in the winter and no sleeper. We ran to Co out of NM and it woule be -30 in the winter. I only worked 1 Thanksgiving in all the years I've driven and no other Holidays. May have been dispatched at 9Pm on New Years. Go milk cows on a dairy if you think trucking is too tuff for ya.

 

Hello, I would listen to the above advise as it sounds solid to me,however it can be done and if one always listens to it can't be done,we would never explore the possibilities and grow.If you must do this,give yourself a budget and be realistic,its a cold,hard business and a few years experience wouldn't be a bad thing.Best of luck from the gem city!

 

Actually learning how to operate one in the real world would be helpful experience .
I would start with a flatbed co, learn all that stuff . then wait even longer.
If you have so much money you can buy one and hire someone else to drive it while you sit at your office desk and find loads .

 

Why not start slow and buy a 13 axle heavy haul truck and trailer?

 

i would think your have a hard time finding insurance with no experience and new authority. i may be wrong but if you do find it, it will be $$$$$$$$$$$$$

 

If you got the money to get started then it is a great opportunity for you. If you got your own truck and trailer and plan on leasing on with a company I don`t see why you need your own authority they will take care all your expenses for a percentge except a few things like bob tail insurance. But if you really want to make it in the business you need to get rid of the thought of being home every weekend and I hope you have some knowledge of the mechanics of working on your own equipment and if not you need to learn pretty quick to save your self alot of money. Work hard, take pride in your equipment and you should make a good living and being your own boss at the same time. Good Luck!

 

You could do that if you enjoy employing people for the sake of employing people. 1 truck operations with a owner and driver are not going to make you any money. I tried it, with no loans on both my truck and flatbed. It was living if you consider qualifying for food stamps, living. I was popular with my driver and my mechanic, however! Driver blew my 379s engine out west, operation based in Ga. Sad ending really.