Should I quit trucking at 58 to buy a friend's garage before it's too late?
been driving long haul 22 years now, its all i know how to do besides fix cars on the side my buddy wade (61m) is retiring, he owns a small auto shop back home, three bays, decent equipment, hes offering it to me for 85k since he'd rather sell to someone he trusts than some flipper. i got 40k saved from years of living cheap in truck stops, bank says they'll finance the rest if my credit holds up thing is trucking pays the bills steady, health insurance through the company, no debt right now. opening a shop means i'm the boss but also i eat the risk if it fails, first year could be brutal my daughter amber calls me from ohio sometimes when im on a long stretch and she says i sound tired of the road, she's not wrong. i miss sleeping in my own bed. but a shop failing at my age with a loan hanging over me scares me more than another year hauling freight keep thinking about it every night in the cab, the hum of the engine kind of makes decisions feel bigger than they are... but this ones real
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