psm127_dad
Seasoned Expediter
Hello everyone!
We (my son and I) have been reading and watching these forums for some time now. We are currently acquiring our cdl-b and hope to start on our new career soon. After reading and talking to several folks we decided that it would probably be best to start out driving for someone else for a few months or even long term if it works out.
The problem we are finding is that even though neither one of us has any violations at all for over many years and have not been in any accidents in 17 years, have excelent work histories and no criminal history, my son is 4+ months short of being 23 years old. This disqualifies him for almost all the companies we have talked to. Apparently 23 is the minimum age for most insurance policies...
So, we are thinkinh that maybe we get a truck and become owner/operators. This solves the age problem, but brings in many others. Like just how do you become an o/o? Just by a truck, form a company, get our own insurance & off we go?
Do we register with DOT for our state? (Missouri)
What else might we need?
Starting as drivers would allow us to get to learn the bussiness before making a huge financial commitment, even though we have been reasoning this out for many months and are pretty much committed to making it work. We have both owned our own bussiness before and believe we both are suited for this type of career.
Just what are the steps to becoming an o/o?
Are there other options for us as a driving team even though Travis (son) is just short of 23?
Thank you for any insight!!!
God bless,
Doug Mifflin
We (my son and I) have been reading and watching these forums for some time now. We are currently acquiring our cdl-b and hope to start on our new career soon. After reading and talking to several folks we decided that it would probably be best to start out driving for someone else for a few months or even long term if it works out.
The problem we are finding is that even though neither one of us has any violations at all for over many years and have not been in any accidents in 17 years, have excelent work histories and no criminal history, my son is 4+ months short of being 23 years old. This disqualifies him for almost all the companies we have talked to. Apparently 23 is the minimum age for most insurance policies...
So, we are thinkinh that maybe we get a truck and become owner/operators. This solves the age problem, but brings in many others. Like just how do you become an o/o? Just by a truck, form a company, get our own insurance & off we go?
Do we register with DOT for our state? (Missouri)
What else might we need?
Starting as drivers would allow us to get to learn the bussiness before making a huge financial commitment, even though we have been reasoning this out for many months and are pretty much committed to making it work. We have both owned our own bussiness before and believe we both are suited for this type of career.
Just what are the steps to becoming an o/o?
Are there other options for us as a driving team even though Travis (son) is just short of 23?
Thank you for any insight!!!
God bless,
Doug Mifflin
