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^ Top   #11   07.29.2007

Brickman Trucker Forum STAFF   Member Since: Sep 2006 Location: WY Trucker? EX-7 Years Age: 36 Posts: 15,834 My Trucking Photos: 7 Thanks: 4,414 Thanked: 4,427 Times

Quote: Originally Posted by bullhaulerswife Yeah, that is my thought too. We are doing good money wise, the broker is almost caught up to the three weeks out stage, so thats not really the issue any more. We are trying to bank a percentage of the $$$ for emergencies and maintenance. And that is beginning to build as well. Thanks to this forum and all the great information here, it was pretty easy to figure out how much to set back each week for that. We set some goals for our finances too and I think that he is busy trying to exceed those goals. Which is great, but I don't want it to be the end all beat all, if we can't quite make those goals. Thank goodness we went into this owing very little, so that if he does have to turn down a load or two, he can. He has refused some that he knew he didn't have the hours for, so I know that he is capable of saying no! LOL He may well have to take a "3 day" once a month or every other weekend or what ever he has to do to get the home stuff done. Thats the advantage of being O/O instead of a company slave. You can do that if you need. __________________ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Don't blame me, I didn't vote for the anti American crew.

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^ Top   #12   07.29.2007

bullhaulerswife Trucker Forum STAFF   Member Since: Jul 2007 Location: Midwest Trucker? Trucker Wife Age: 44 Posts: 5,258 My Trucking Photos: 32 Thanks: 1,714 Thanked: 1,857 Times My Truckers Blog : 2

Quote: Originally Posted by Brickman He may well have to take a "3 day" once a month or every other weekend or what ever he has to do to get the home stuff done. Thats the advantage of being O/O instead of a company slave. You can do that if you need. Yup, that was the biggest motivator in buying the truck.

^ Top   #13   07.29.2007

Brickman Trucker Forum STAFF   Member Since: Sep 2006 Location: WY Trucker? EX-7 Years Age: 36 Posts: 15,834 My Trucking Photos: 7 Thanks: 4,414 Thanked: 4,427 Times

I definitely miss that freedom! But being home every night and weekends are nice too. Its a trade off. __________________ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Don't blame me, I didn't vote for the anti American crew.

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