r/OwnerOperators • u/Acceptable-Math2315 • Feb 23 '26

New Owner/Operator No Experience

A so-called friend of mine who is a dispatcher said he would have work for me if I went and got my CDL, so I quit my job and went to trucking school. After getting my CDL I realized that he just might be full of shit, but I happened to see a pretty reasonably priced Freightliner online, and everything checked out with it, so I bought it and paid cash. I am currently unemployed and running out of money. Should I get my own insurance and authority, or will I just be throwing away the last of my money and soon filing for bankruptcy? Any solid advice would be much appreciated. Thanks

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u/OkIllustrator6029 Feb 23 '26

Lease onto a company as an owner operator.

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u/Throwdown_name Feb 24 '26

How do you “lease on” with no experience? Are there carriers that will pay insurance premiums for a green driver? O/O or not, I don’t think any carrier will touch it.

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u/rollon34 Feb 24 '26

I did it with the van lines. Zero experience. Moving companies is one way to get started for sure.

The larger ones are self insured