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Originally Posted by rmv42158
Hi folks. Im a newbie here and hope be a third generation trucker. My father owned a small trucking buiness with 3 petes before he passed hauling sand and gravel in North Jersey. Im in the corporate world and hate it. My wife is a nurse with good income. Im studying for my CDL as we speak and hope to have it this year. I want a single truck with a dump trailer and hope to one day get a low boy and flat bed. I hope and wish to do local runs only. Maybe start out only 2 or 3 days a week as my full time job is flexable. Hoping to do it full time after a few years with one driver. Any contructive crisitism is appreciated. Thanks.
Get in contact with some of your dad's old cohorts, even if most have retaired you could still find a gold mine of contact info! Don't rush it and don't jump in and buy a truck you can't afford, get some driving exp on someone else's dime in other words plan on doing some OTR work for a while before getting a truck. BOL it's tougher out here than alot think!