The Process Of Becoming A O/O?

Have money in the bank and a business plan for starters before you buy a truck. If you find a company that you want to lease to then see what they will pay for. Some pay for your base plate and some don't.

Do a search this topic has been talked about a lot on here. Learn from others mistakes.

If you ever find a truck before buying it spend some money and have it checked out, run the truck and engine serial number and see what comes up. Do not take the dealer or salesman's word for it because they are full of BS.

 

Here's a thread that should help you out some. Doesn't cover absolutely everything, but should be a good starting point for you.

Becoming an Owner Operator - The steps, forms and info

Another thing to keep in mind is some of your stuff may change depending on the company you lease on with. Each company has their own way of doing things.

 

Try the search function and read the 45,000,000 previous threads that answered these same questions...

 

Perhaps you missed this?

There is a sticky totally dedicated to this very question at the top of the this O/O forum.
It is the 5th question. It couldn't be more full of advice if it had to be.
There are MANY MANY fees and costs no one ever considers. All of these are outlined
in that sticky thread.



By the way...$5,000 for a maintenance fund. Really think that's enough...??

 

Sometimes $5,000 isn't enough in the entertainment fund.

 

What $5.000 if he take $5,000 from the $10,000 for truck down payment that leaves him with $-3,000.00 because that other $5,000 will go just as fast, 2290, insurance, fuel, tags, and the list goes on. You need about $10,000 after you have gotten the truck