Sometimes the situation you are in (realtively small market size by comparison to others) can prevent you from considering some of the options suggested. You still need to work to support your family & pay bills. Certainly, if you move on (go out on your own or to another company, etc) not all customers will follow for various reasons. There are customers who deal with your company for the their total needs and will stay with your company - long time relationship, service repairs, parts, rentals, allied equipment, new eqipment, used equipment, etc. Going out on your own takes some working captial to buy parts, creat an invoice & wait to get paid. Being your own boss is a nice thing but it also brings on a new set of issues things like liability insurance, busness lisence, service wehicle & equpment, tools to outfit it etc.