Financing a Truck and My Experience

[Magard]

My thoughts on the family situation. Not every one is cut out to be a trucker. I mean owner operator. First of all you have to be a mechanic. I'm not the best but to be at the mercy of some shop. I'm sorry but 90% of them suck. Even the good ones charge more than you can afford. It's not there fault they have to make a living. I'm just saying that if I can drink beer work on a truck and make a $100 a hour I'm going to do it. If I'm doing something I'm new at I'll hold off on the drinking cause I don't want to cost myself money in screw ups. I've heard this attitude of it's my time and paying someone to do the work on there truck. Trucking is a 100% time consuming. Your self employed. Own it. Every hour spent fixing your truck is spent on yourself. It's a way of life. If you don't like it get a government job and bitch every day about life. Trucking is awesome if you like working for your self. A $26000 dollar repair is awful high. If I had a repair that high you could bet your ass I would be right in the middle of it trying to midigate the damage and learn how to avoid it in the future. I'm kinda ranting but I just get frustrated with people not taking initiative and becoming successful. Not saying anything bad on your situation particularly because I don't have actual facts just going off of a general assumption and gut feeling. I hope the best for you and yours.