I have come to a fork in the road, fellow drivers. I have a chance to own my own rig. No payments...Grandparents want to flat out BUY me a truck. But here is the thing, I've been OTR for 8 years now and don't know a thing about managing my own truck. All I know is, keep fuel in it, change the fluids when they need it, and if it breaks...Fix it now not later. Hell, I'm even reading books on doing routine maintenance, so I wont have to pay someone to change my headlights. LOL
I'm thinking about running intermodal from Nashville to Memphis, if I do this it will probably be with a daycab.
How do I figure the precentages to hold out for each week. For fuel, maintenance fund, insurance, taxes, ect. I guess what I'm getting at is, how do you manage your income. Because if I do this, I don't want screw myself in the long run.
So, would some of you PLEASE tell me how to do this, My family and I would be eternally grateful.