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Originally Posted by Oilfield
I have enough set back in savings to purchase a decent truck, and to cover the obvious operating costs such as fuel, plates, insurance, and the like for the first 90 days. However, I know nothing about OTR trucking. I have been considering hiring on at a one of the carriers for six months to a year, and eating the pay cut to get some knowledge of the business. Then purchasing my own truck and leasing onto one of them as an Owner Operator.
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You have a pretty solid plan.
Your gut is telling you straight, to learn the trade, and gain valuable perspective, that can save your business butt one day.
Tradesmen who can cross over into business, don't do any better, if they don't learn business skills first as well.
These days, I wouldn't venture into business as boldly as I did myself years ago.
I barely made it out alive
… I was a better tradesman.
heh heh
I did learn, it's lonely at the top. I think I worked less hours as an OTR company driver.
...slept better anyway, with the sound of a reefer drowning out those nagging voices in my head. Well, that's another story.