Owner/operator with no experience. What are my chances?

Post #2 is right.
Just the cost of insurance will be enough to buy a new home.

 

He wants to lease to someone..... so liability won’t be his problem.

But no carrier worth anything is going to take him with 1 months experience.....

 

“If I don’t know how to turn on an oven, do you think I can work at Arby’s for a month and then buy a nice restaurant?”

You’re looking at the driving, but are asking about operating a business. Go learn the driving part, get good at it, and then come back to talk business.

 

I have a feeling we are going to see a lot more posts like this.
There is a youtuber that went from trucking school straight to /o/o with his own authority trying to make it look like its no big deal.

 

that youtube paycheck will be funding his trucking endeavor, bet he never mentions that.

 

In this market anyone with a pulse can make it

 

His tune will prob change in the next downturn of the market.

 

I was considering buying a truck and going OO this year. That’s in the toilet given the new regime in power. Count on higher diesel prices, higher business and personal taxes, increased regulation, all this year on top of the usual startup considerations. In my opinion the best time was a few years ago.