Thanks for all of the replies! I used to just do a few big jobs a year, at which time it was clearly not necessary. Nowadays I find myself doing 2 weeks over here, a week over there, 2 days over here, 6 weeks over there... If I move iron to different jobs once a month and the average job gets 6 pieces thats 72 moves a year. If each move costs around 300 bones, thats 21600.00. I dont own a tractor now, and dont look forward to the fuel/tag/insurance/permit hassle, but I also feel that being nimble, and efficiently so is paramount in tough times like these. I have grown my fleet considerably, but shrunk my staff considerably also... I plan on running the truck myself unless I am too busy in which case I would hire a driver. I also have close friends who are in the contract hauling business, and can buy a dump trailer and put the truck on contract hauling when I am not using it (should I decide to hire a full time driver). My insurance will not be an issue, and I do have access to a pool of decent drivers who are working part time for other contractors, I also feel that having a dump trailer would make the tractor more versitile in terms of hauling rock/dirt/ect. and am thinking that it looks worthwhile.