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Originally Posted by driverboy
Hey Edosta, your ahead of most of those on the road as you took the time to get on the internet and do some research, knowledge is king!
You can make an awesome living driving a truck, talk to your friend over a few drinks and ask him to open up on the financial aspects of his operation. If he lies like a rug and says he is not making any money but drives a Ferrari look elsewhere for info as he is hide mode, as many are on this board.
Although I give SSouthlaw some credit, he now states that most will not make a 100K a year, that in itself is a major breakthrough in therapy that perhaps he has not been there and done all that, as no one has. You never stop learning in this industry, moreso than others, not only in skill and proficiency but in profitability (for O/O like your friend and your goals).
Find out how hard he runs his trucks, 500 miles a day might make a few bucks and a 1000 miles a day will make good bucks (multiple drivers). Times that by a few units and you will be back to the business of managing equipment and people, and the financial rewards as well. Sound business principles apply here as much as anywhere else.
Go for it, if you went to this much trouble learning the proverbial ropes, it will gnaw at you if you do not give it a shot!
Its ssoutlaw, and don't put me in the same post with you driverboy! I really don't agree with anything you say to the newbies. I think you ring your own bell and talk about you making 125k a yr but you wont give any info about yourself, or how long you have been in the industry etc, so I think everything you type is just a fantasy you have concocted to make yourself look like the super trucker you would like to be!