Skills is how you want to manage your own independent contractor lorry business. Some drivers love high value cargo, hazardous cargo or even long-distance cargo contracts. Most truckers pick long-distance cargo contracts since they do provide more money upon delivering the cargo. The one skill you may want to get first would be Long-Distance so that you can haul and get longer contracts. The last thing to get would be Ecodriving so that you can save money on fuel, although this doesn't come into effect until you actually own a truck so that you can save money. After focusing on valued contracts that can bring in money, it can help you buy a truck from a used truck dealer or pay off a truck from your Bank.