New truck question

I just tried posting this and I wasn’t logged in, so forgive me if it posts twice. I’m sure there are answers in the thousands of posts, but I’d like any advice I can get. I’ve been hauling yachts with an F450 for 10 years and decided it was time to get a big rig. In the time I’ve been looking, a friend who owns a trucking company offered me $2.00/mile + .85 fsc and $50/hour for any waiting for drop and hook from Washington to Nebraska. Before I pull the trigger on a 2020 cascadia for $95,000 for this job, are there any more specifics I need to find out? I’d only be getting the truck for this job as I’d have to purchase a new $100,000 yacht transport trailer if I wanted to use this for my current trade. I like the idea of a company with support, constant work and dispatch support. Any advice would be very much appreciated.

 

Thanks for the input. They pay for everything and it’s under a their authority, so I can’t do any independent work if I wanted to. That’s a good point that I can always lease the truck to someone else if I decide that isn’t for me. I appreciate your input, thank you

 

i am responsible for the Bobtail insurance, so correction there. If I get a truck with a transferable warranty and Bobtail insurance that replaces the truck within 72 hours of a breakdown, is there anything else I should look for? The owner of the company is an old client and friend, so it seems pretty straight up. It’s $.45 discount at flying J and Ryder (I’ve never fueled at a Ryder station, so I need to look up where they’re located). I am doing $6.00/mile now, but it’s a lot of work to stay booked, no empty load returns, billing, customer facing…so this sounds great if I’m not missing something huge.