Profile For Rene L.

Good evening everyone, new here so allow me to introduce myself. My name is Rene and I have earned a living behind the wheel since I was 19 years old. I am 34 now but unfortunately I did things the extremely slow way starting with a class C, then on to B and finally A. What that means is that even though I'd like to go into business for myself I can't just yet because insurance providers require me to have 2 years of class A experience to cover me. I'm just a shade under 1.5 years. While I know the easy answer off the bat is to wait out the last half year the truth is I was just terminated from my current employer (low clearance accident, gotta love NY) and would like to move on to the next step in life instead of applying for yet another j-o-b.

I have over 5 years experience with my class B so I was thinking about buying (or renting for the first week or two to test the waters) a straight truck and running LTL or expedited loads in the tri-state area. One problem I'm encountering is how do I calculate rates for LTL loads and would it even be worth it? Also as a veteran I'm wondering if there are any ways around some of the fees of getting MC and DOT numbers or expediting the process.

Any input at all would be appreciated, thank you in advance.