Now to address the line haul routes question alext I will echo what the others have said, you sound like a nice person but you really need to research and think really hard about what you are getting yourself into before spending your money, I don't know what your situation is, if this is a big loan that you got that you have to pay back, or is this hard money that you have in your savings and you are looking to invest it, I can tell you from experience that if it's loaned money you are going to find that it will take a while to pay that loan back, don't let the contractor that you are buying from try to tell you "oh man you will be making so much money that you will have that loan paid back in no time" that's a bunch of malarkey and don't fall for that, now if it is your own hard earned money that you have saved be prepared to spend a lot of it and don't expect a return right away, owning semi trucks is expensive and sometimes they don't put out the return that people expect, if anything trucking businesses are more about putting out steady cash flow as opposed to high returns in profit just ask any owner operator, and if it is done wrong that steady cash flow can turn into steady loss before you know it, your biggest issue is not having any driving experience or experience in the business in general and that could really be bad for you, I am not saying it's impossible but like the others have said you will need some type of manager or what we on the linehaul side call a 'truck boss' , this is the guy who will help you in day to day operations and overlooking the other drivers and equipment, he should have his cdl and be able to cover runs for absent drivers, taking the trucks to the shop to get serviced and or repairs and depending on the size of the linehaul business you buy the truck boss position could be a full time position in itself, the truck boss may not even have time to do a run themselves which means you are paying him strictly for management and he isn't making you any money at all, not saying that's a bad thing and not worth it but understand that his position doesn't make you money, only the guys driving the trucks make you money, also you need to consider the real world reality of how are these guys going to like working for someone who has no experience in their profession, that includes the truck boss, not trying to sound mean alext but this could possibly happen, depending on the attitude of the drivers and the truck boss, they may display absolutely no respect for you at all, and that has to be considered and you will need to address it.