Considering Buying A Truck

I want to own my own truck anybody have any insight as to getting started?? Ive thought about purchasing a dump truck and a tractor cant decide which way to go. Plz help

Dump trucks are seasonal, or at least they are up here in the North unless we get a lot of snow that needs to be hauled off. If you want to haul dirt then a belly dump is the way to go. Even with that it is seasonal.

The biggest thing is not having the funds to wait for the payments. For example, last year we ran for 4 weeks at $125 per hour 10 hour days. Well the boss fought with them for 8 months before getting paid. We had 2 trucks there running and it was a prevailing wage job. This means that for that 8 months the boss had to pay the wages and the fuel. All the while waiting on the 60k he was owed. Do you have enough to keep operating like that?

I'm thinking of buying a tractor and leasing on to a company. I'd like to get something that I can scale up for heavy-haul flatbed if needed. So far I've seen a KW that can be scaled up for that, though trucks like that don't last long when they become available. I know that they are like buying a house too....a house that needs lots of upkeep and fuel, that gets scaled a lot and checked by DOT , etc. I've done the belly dump thing before, and don't care for it much. Myself, would look at flatbed and commodities being that I'm in a major agricultural area that never stops needing loads hauled.

I'm thinking of buying a tractor and leasing on to a company. I'd like to get something that I can scale up for heavy-haul flatbed if needed. So far I've seen a KW that can be scaled up for that, though trucks like that don't last long when they become available. I know that they are like buying a house too....a house that needs lots of upkeep and fuel, that gets scaled a lot and checked by DOT , etc. I've done the belly dump thing before, and don't care for it much. Myself, would look at flatbed and commodities being that I'm in a major agricultural area that never stops needing loads hauled.

I was up at kenworth in Great Falls yesterday. Dropped off a 2013 transfer truck to get a new transmission. I am only about 100 miles south of you. In your neck of the woods, I would look into either flatbed work or grain hauling. Bulk hauling with **** Irving is not a bad gig either. You would need a blower on the truck and he would supply the trailer.

Well I guess the sensors even take out names.... The censored word is the nick name for Richard that starts with a D and ends with a K and has an IC in the middle.... LOL