You know what they say... “The best way to become a millionaire in trucking is to start with two million.”
To the OP:
Just the fact that you have to ask some of these questions is indicative that this is a very, very bad idea. The answer to your question number 11: Find something that you know a lot about and maybe even enjoy doing and sink your spare time and money into that.
I am not being negative, just trying to be helpful. Many years ago, success in this business was virtually assured if you had a little money to get started with and a modicum of business sense. These days, to be successful in this industry you really need to be an expert at everything from maintenance to load planning and routing to billing and accounting… you name it. I’ve been driving for 13 years now and have a background heavy in management and business before that; and even having been a leased-on owner operator for five years and running under my authority for three, I am still learning new things about this industry. I am constantly looking back on and analyzing my decisions and finding things that I could have done better, smarter, more efficiently. I cannot imagine trying to start from scratch as a fleet owner having little or no knowledge about the trucking industry. I think it would most likely be financial suicide.
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