What do you think of this scenario?

Sounds like a quick way to loose your mind, health, spirit and money. Not necessarily in any particular order.

 

You can make a tons of money if you have good drivers and your truck don't have major brake down it not just the money you invest in buying the truck it the money you going to have to put into the truck at getting it fix if you have experience truck mechanic want to start this business with you they should know or as then how much truck repair cost.

 

Keep dreaming dude keep wishing maybe it'll happen it really comes down to what you can borrow and what you can earn. Alot of people come up with great idea's and then go belly up with there business all because they had no customer service skills, no management skills and no accounting skills, cause if you want to start a transport business apart from being or having a mechanic, is having good business ethics If you can master all of that then you will succeed.

 

Minor details become major problems. There is always and will be RISK one way or another. NO PERFECT SCENARIO unless you look back on it.

 

Your a investors with only 20k into the business? 20k goes fast .

 

"You have connections with an impressive trustworthy trucking broker who can practically guarantee that these trucks will be run hard round the clock."
Yea, I've heard that before.

The main problem I see is $20K in the bank isn't enough. maybe the extra $1,500 a month you have will help but just getting started will take all of that $20K.

All that being said, starting a business in anything is a risk and you'll never get it done if you don't take that leap. I'm sure there is a lot more to the story than what you posted but from what I read would scare me to death. I've had more than my share of life lessons of getting screwed where I've learned to read between the lines on stuff like this.

 

The most probable reason the broker wants to add a few more trucks from an outside source is that they will be used as overflow. He needs more to keep up when things are busy but doesn't want to park his own when things are slow.