Running Your Own Rig
Going from company driver to owner-operator changes everything—your risk, your paperwork, your profit, and your freedom. This section walks through what that shift actually involves: buying or leasing, finding freight, managing money, staying compliant, and growing a business that’s built to last, not just survive its first year. Straight answers, no sugarcoating what it takes.
Questions to Ask Before Signing a Lease Purchase Trucking Contract
A lease purchase trucking contract can put you behind the wheel of your own truck with little or no money down. It can also lock you into a truck payment you can’t cover, a maintenance bill you didn’t expect, and a carrier that controls where you haul and what you get paid. The difference between those two outcomes usually comes
