wannabe team needs advice

yes your setting yourself up for failure!!!!!!!

Have you seen fuel Prices!!!


You two need to get some experiance first, until you get that insurance will cost way more then you can afford.

Then once you get 2 years or so under your belt and your sure thats what you want to do, then buy a truck.


You'll have a better chance of makeing it as a O/O then a solo driver, so put in your time, keep your record clean then go for it!




American Trucker

 

Definitely a good idea to get some experience under your belt as a company driver before getting your own rig.

 

First off: Thank you for serving our nation. I sincerely mean that. Thank you.


Secondly: Please please don't jump into this by buying a truck right off. There are some wonderful O/Os (owner operators) and independents on this forum who can give you great advice but when first starting, please find out if you and your wife can handle the lifestyle, the teaming and the lack of private space before you pay big money for a truck.

I wish you well on your new career.

 

well I think I can help with this part!


Check out Watkins Shepard Trucking we have a terminal in Austintown, OH. We dont get sent out with trainers so after Orientation you and your wife would get a truck and go out on your own makeing money instead of 2-8 weeks of $300-$500 GROSS with a trainer. our teams run GOOD miles and make good money as well.

We're a small family like carrier, everyone knows us by name

Oh ya and no 62mph BS here either!



American Trucker

 

nope, but orientation is 10 days plenty of time to pick the brains of the almost 200 years of Trucking experiance of the 4 guys that run it in Conover, NC.


Allot of people feel the same way about the trainers, they would rather risk a bad one then none at all. Its all about how comfortable you feel.



American Trucker

 

best to crunch some numbers before even thinking of buying a truck-at 90 cpm realistically that doesnt even cover the cost of running the truck---now if you had on say 25 cpm for fsc you have 1.15---which could cover the cost---but not really give you any profit or wages
but there are lots of good companies which would be glad to have you and your wife as a team--lots prefer married teams as well-----and wages for teams are all over the place--from basically nothing to 50 cpm for a team--just make sure you are at a place that has team frieght and will keep upi moving----good luck on your travels