Very good advice so far.
Cut throat - oh yeah!
Tough the first couple years, you better believe it!
In the beginning you look at the hourly and how much you can make, but you dont realize, that you are now chasing 'YOUR OWN WORK'. What happens when you are slow, and can't find the work?
You still have to pay your hands, your insurance, your truck payment, your fuel, your rod and disks, your tires and your lunch.........and your Ramen noodles and hotdogs when you get home!
It's rough, and right now Michigan, (have family in Flint, and Alpena), is in a bad way economically.....
"Come west, young man.......................havent you been told...." - Toby Keith