Please Help Me With My Situation

Perhaps you should target the entry level position in your field.

 

Mine and I am sure others will agree, start out company first and get experience. You and buddy may find it harder than you think to may a go of it, in my opinion. You have money at hand now, but what happens if it doesn't work out and you have to foot all the bills yourself. Loads and money flucuate so much, it is feast to famine sometimes in a 2 week period.

Husband has driven company in the past, you don't have to worry as much if the truck breaks down, may not have a paycheck for the week is all.

He has driven lease also, one company would starve you out if you didn't want to train. He had a co-driver also there at one point, there were some weeks he got paid out of our pockets, and we had no paycheck (part of the starve procedure I believe). He had students also, truck under warranty, but took over a week to fix in Sparks, NV. Motel out of our pocket, luckily it was billed out in the future; student luckily paid by company his daily training fee. No miles for paycheck otherwise.

Where he is at now he started as company for a year, then went to lease. There are ups and downs. Lease gives you the freedom to drive on roads that are toll roads or highways vs what I call backroads and more busy city streets. Company drivers are supposed to stay on route provided unless it involves a fuel stop.

There have been some scrimpy weeks on pay. He usually stays out for 2-3 mo. if he doesn't have to go to a dr or something. Truck is under warranty still, so he hasn't had to take too much time off going to Peterbilt, but you do have to pay for your oil changes, filter changes, etc, or things not covered under warranty. Pull their trailers, problem with them, haul it in to a truck stop, terminal, or if emergency call out Road Assist. He does pull a reefer so you have problems with them sometimes that have to be addressed at a Carrier dealer most generally, so far he has been lucky on being able to take a break their while waiting.

A lot of things to weigh in your mind. Expect the best, but plan for the worst.

 

I think our should drive company for a period of time. You'll get a feel for the industry. It's more than just driving. You will be expected to be a mechanic, broker, dispatcher, driver, sometimes loader, lumper, safety, etc. Not only that, if you screw up, it will be on you. At least if screw and hit something with a company, at the very least you'll pay a deductible. As for you first year as a company driver, the pay won't be much different than your pay for an entry level position right out of college. Plus you have to be sure that you're ready for this lifestyle. Some people get lucky and can succeed as a first year O.O. You should be company first, anywhere from 3-5 years. That'll give you more time to save money. You'll need lots of it, because one major repair can be tragic to your business. You'll need lots of money after 15K in the bank. A lot of times profit margin is thin. The guys telling you that you can money being an OO, some have. You have to remember that your path to success is going to be totally different than theirs.

 

First of all I definitely do not believe you. The job market is red hot right now which means that C students are getting job offers hurled at them at great velocity. You do write coherently though. If somehow you're telling the truth you need to move today to a real city and get a real job. There are like sixty career paths available to you that are just objectively better than driving a truck. (Sorry guys... but he's representing himself as someone who can get a 75k a year office job tomorrow with great benefits and a chance at a nice bonus. Most of you wouldn't drive a truck if someone had offered you that as a young person. I know some of you make fantastic money, but you're all near the apex of the career and the apex of the careers he should be looking at are in the top half of the top 1%)

No one here can honestly tell you what you should do. There's an entire thread about becoming an owner operator and it's very very good: Double Yellow's Company Driver to Independent Thread. You should read that entire thread and then look at your own situation and make choices accordingly.

 

My response is the most useful one here. Because you don't like it, doesn't mean it's not correct.

You have a 1 in 10,000 chance of succeeding getting into trucking with 0 experience, and because you want in it for the money.

"He who humbles himself will be exhaulted. And he who exhaults himself will be humbled."

Bear that in mind Mister O/O.

 

Dude, I am going to discourage you from this, I have my reasons and they are formed with more years in both business and trucking.

Seriously?

Why did you get this if you didn't want to get into it?

With all the jobs in finance and business you can't find one?

15k isn't going to be enough, hell just to check out a truck will cost you a grand. So you do a check on three trucks and you just have 12k left over.

AND then you got to have money to fix things, that's at least 20k there.

I would choose number five, find something in your field of study before getting into this crap.

Again there are so many ways to make money with a BA in finance/ba it ain't funny. I don't know who you applied to or what the details of your major is but I am guessing that you need to start at the bottom of the ladder like everyone else or hook into a group who are using social media and services sites to make a living.

But trucking, there is so much to learn and you won't make the big bucks.

 

read my response in your other thread.