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    Owner Operator

    Call Bolt, or any carrier, and see if they will accept your model/style/age van. If so, what Blizzard says makes sense. But stick with it. Covid has slowed things down, but loads are slowly picking up. Some companies state they are having their best year ever. A lot depends on their freight...
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    Kinda rough so far

    Some expenses related to orientation are really deductions for items that drivers get at no cost up-front but are still a driver expense advanced by Bolt. No out-of-pocket expense for those items, but they aren't free either. When I was there many moons ago some drivers got their PPE or other...
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    Kinda rough so far

    I think the more common arrangement is that when drivers get 60% they pay fuel and tolls.
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    Trucking School

    U-haul rents large straight moving trucks to anyone with a license, CDL or regular.
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    Trucking School

    And I'd take that "you have to have a school" with a large grain of salt. Call any companies/fleet owners you are curious about and ask. Again, neither I nor my wife needed school for class B expediting. But I'm old and out of date, so ask.
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    Trucking School

    Check with your state DMV for CDL-B requirements. My wife got hers in a van.
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    Bolt Express

    I'm with Bolt now. I think they are as good as any for newbies. Lots of short runs, but sometimes two or three a day and you total good money. Sometimes no loads, long or short, but not often. Slow times and locations like any other company. Stay with them 6-12 months and learn the traffic...
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    Which one

    Welcome. The general advice is to drive for an owner to see if you fit the lifestyle and to learn the ropes without investing any of your own money. Later, after getting experience and information from drivers of all types of vehicles who are leased to many companies, you will be able to...
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    Headed to Panther!!!!

    Good story about your adventures, well written too. I lived in Ft. Laud. in 70's, bass fished the 'glades. Living back here now, just about ready to return to expediting. We'll meet at some time and swap stories.........I'll tell you about the time I had one of those big felines in my van...
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    Headed to Panther!!!!

    That's a great video, Turtle. I've slogged through the S. Florida swamps and everglades many times looking for a panther and never saw one. Guess I should have taken a stroll on the boardwalk. Even the panther likes it easy.
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    Bolt Express not so express

    Listen well to what those above have shared. Don't throw in the towel until you have learned more, from experience, about where to sit and wait and when to move, even on your own dime. I almost always took Laredo loads in a cargo van, but almost always got my sleep after delivery and if no...
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    truck, or van

    Good idea to start saving your money. In the meantime, I think you should drive for an owner and get exposed to the business, talk with drivers in all types of vehicles, and after you are happy with the lifestyle and have an adequate handle on truck types, buy a good used one. As has been...
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