New Owner Operator with New CDL whom to lease to in Missouri

Yes i do.
If you go for your own numbers right out of the gate you may find it difficult to know what lanes are supposed to pay what rates. Plenty of people get the idea they need say 1.80 on all miles and think all loads in all directions should pay that. Problem is they will pay that easy from a good spot to a dead spot and now you're going to try to convince the next load it should pay the same? They won't give it to you. Good examples of this are freight to the north east states vs outbound from the area. Inbound pays handsomely. Outbound is slim pickings to non existent. Same goes for the produce market zones when it's moving heavily. Texas for example. Outbound from Laredo may pay very well during produce time. Try finding a load to Laredo? They will get it moved for next to nothing.
If you don't know these market cycles they will take full advantage of you.

There's a lot to learn about how the real world works. And you will want to keep your customers happy. Also, you will be doing your own billing, paying immediately for fuel, insurance, payments, repairs, absolutely everything, and then you will wait for 30 days to be paid. Can you float all that cash? Or will you use quick pay or factoring and give up a % of the gross load revenue? It is more expensive than it appears. Big repair? How will you pay for it? Plenty of guys go bust for being undercapitalized. Or don't know the market well enough. Or anger good customers who won't load them a second time. There's lots of ways to fail. I think your expectations for your paycheck is high for your first year given the circumstances. Did you mean 80-90 thousand? Or .80 to .90 per mile? Either way it's a heck of a lofty goal. Not impossible....

 

First rookie mistake, planning on miles per week.

I have no goal as to how many miles I will run this week, maybe 500 to 3000. I do have a dollar amount in mind thought. The goal is how many dollars I can bring home, not how many miles I can knockout.

Miles per week is company driver thinking.

It’s a heck of a lot cheaper to make rookie mistakes with someone else’s truck, a you will make a few, everyone wants to start at the top but you have a big learning curve but it can be done, but you don’t want to go broke getting started.

Very few if any decent company’s will lease on someone little experience, get a firm offer before you buy.

 

Don’t be afraid of a true pre - emission motor (before 2003), well cared for. They serve me well.

Being held hostage at a dealership is living hell.

 

Search - you’ll find.

 

Good trucks are hard to find, never mind the year. You know how many garbage 2012-14’s I looked at last year??? I drove all over FL and GA looking. I bought a 2013 Western Star glider for a bit over $50k in November. They had 6 matching, but they are all gone now. It is an ok truck, not good or great, but has potential.

 

Danny Herman Trucking offers power only freight.
Southwest runs.
1500-2000 mile trips.
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