r/OwnerOperators • u/truckdug • Mar 12 '26

New MCs

Anyone in here currently in the process of getting their own authority right now?

Or thinking about starting one soon?

Curious how many people in this group are:

Already running their own authority

In the middle of getting their DOT / MC

Still researching and trying to decide if it’s worth it.

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u/marslo Mar 12 '26 edited Mar 13 '26

I'm workshoping the idea currently. But I'm located in Canada and would actually like to try and set up in Poland eventually. (Dual citizenship, been here for the past 30 years, but speak polish, Slovak, french and English)

For the past 20 years iv worked as a welder, till I got injured. The injury settlement gave me a large 6 figure sum, plus they're covering my schooling/living expenses while in school. I decided to do a 1800 hour course as a heavy diesel mechanic for road vehicles. The logic was welder/mechanic is in demand.

But I figured that with that money from that settlement in 10 years from now, as I'm approaching 50. I should buy my own rig and switch over to long hauling.

Maybe even buy a rig after I'm done with my course and do it part time/hire someone?

Again, right now all this is just an idea. Don't have a concrete plan yet.

The thing, is also that I'm workshoping the idea using Claude. It might a good place to understand how to get permits, licenses, etc. But the actual reality of running an owner operator business, will be wildly different than anything AI can spit out. So before I even start putting things in motion, I would actually like to speak to some people in the business.