Starting a trucking company

Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by OscarGoldman, Mar 25, 2023.

  1. OscarGoldman

    OscarGoldman Light Load Member

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    OOIDA is a B rated insurance company
     
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  3. Chinatown

    Chinatown Road Train Member

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    What organization helps truckers start their own business?
     
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    201 Road Train Member

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    Well, you will get a varied amount of opinions here. 1st, good for you, most successful business people make it off several venues today. While I too will say it's the wrong time as a stand alone business, if your other business is doing good, maybe a trucking company will provide you with the loss needed to gain ground, as silly as that sounds. My biggest concern, is,,,you have an excellent chance of losing EVERYTHING,,and if a sideline business even has a remote chance of doing that, I'd pick something else. Scamming the elderly on dating sites has better results. Insurance, repairs, inadequately prepared drivers, FUEL,,and general uncertainy are just a few of the things that can ruin you and all you hold dear. I'm sure the food biz isn't exactly sound either, but open another cafe, or something, just don't do trucking.
     
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  5. Chinatown

    Chinatown Road Train Member

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    Post #8 says he was joking.
     
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  6. Oxbow

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    Interesting..........everyone seems to think it is more difficult to succeed in trucking than other business ventures.
     
  7. REO6205

    REO6205 Trucker Forum STAFF Staff Member

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    Let them try commercial fishing on the left coast. Lowest crab prices in the last ten years and probably no salmon season at all for the next couple of years.
    Lots of boats and permits for sale...real cheap too.
     
  8. Ridgeline

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    Post #6 wasn't.
     
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  9. abyliks

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    Sounds great go for it…
     
  10. bigdad7

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    If you have the cash buy trucks on the cheap from everyone going under ....sell them at a profit or if you know a Bruno maybe open a buy here pay here truck lot and make the big money
     
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