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Message:: [QUOTE="xairx, post: 9420807, member: 263896"]I did exactly what you're trying to do. I bought a truck, leased on to a company, I'm doing local work. My intention was to put a driver in the truck withing 3 months. Doable right? It sure seemed like it! NO. The company I leased on to sucks. Most companies you lease onto will suck. I'm making decent money but I'm driving myself while I look into other options, own authority, what loads to pull etc. Long story short- IF I could not drive this truck and HAD to put a driver in it I would be out of business by now. There would be barely any money left over for me to make a profit after paying for everything. One piece of advice I can give you is... Do the numbers. Dont sugar coat them. Increase expanses, lower the income and see if you're ahead. I dont know if you have any experience in this industry. If you do have two years in, great. Try it. Its always worth a try. If you never drove a truck you will be out of business by the second truck payment. Driving the truck and blind side bumping a dock in NYC is the easy part of this business.[/QUOTE]