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cav551:
I’m probably saving you the family home here. I’m sorry if this is not what you want to hear, but given the information provided this is a recipe for disaster. An Operator’s Licence isn’t a tax disc, it’s a commitment to run a haulage business within the legal framework and a guarantee to the Licensing Authority that the person overseeing operations … You… know what you are doing and fully understand what you have committed to.According to your previous posts, three months after passing your class 1 and just 5 months after starting training for your class 2 and having done your research you reckon that you have gained enough experience to run a haulage business? because that is what becoming an owner driver entails. This confidence based upon not having actually having found a job driving class 1. Frankly it’s a joke, you haven’t learned to crawl let alone walk yet.
Book yourself an Operator’s Certificte of Professional Competence Course which will give you the theoretical knowledge you need: legal requirements ie - financial standing, driver scheduling, maintenance requirements, compliance, rate calculations, operating centre conditions etc.
The haulage business is at the beginning of very serious downturn, not that it was in good shape anyway. Big names will become insolvent, rates are already being slashed by customers and large players are aggressively undercutting rates simply to keep their wheels turning - and they will be targeting your proposed customer.
Let’s cut to the chase. Given the previous post history they’re not interested in running a business or making money, they just want their name on the door and drape it in Kelsa lights, frilly curtain tassles and 300 dream catchers dangling all over the cab, but you probably won’t be able to see them due to half the windscreen being full of banners for countries they’ve never been to and the other half being blocked by the curtain pelmet
. Expect to see it subbing for Maritime at some point in the future with its driver “living the dream”.
Thanks for all replies everyone. All taken on board and am booked in for cpc exams in September.