The key to the LP or o/o?

Boils down to a couple things. Freight consistency and self management. But it doesn't matter what the freight looks like. If you can't manage yourself right? It will eventually punch you in the face. Living below your means, holding back during the good weeks preparing for the bad. Personally I put 20% off the top of every settlement into an escrow account for breakdowns, short weeks, tolls the extras I buy for my truck. I cook all my meals in the truck. The #### WILL hit the fan. And I prefer not to have it hit me in the face, when it does. And here's a picture of what I cooked in truck in Connecticut this pass Tuesday. BBQ chicken and homemade red beans and rice.

 

Right on..... Thanks

 

I average 20k+ gross a month. Clearing 2k a week not counting the 2 escrows that I decided to put back. I run what I want, where I want and when I want. I take it easy on my own truck as I did every company truck I was ever in. I have zero debt besides the truck. And that's with having 2 teenagers in the house.

Anyone with any financial sense knows living below your means will keep you from not having any means later. Would I like a $500 CB for example? Sure. But just because I can afford it doesn't mean I should.

It's passed good economics. Is just good old school common sense.

 

And talking about a hamster wheel? We're all running that wheel. Unless your pulling from the government tit.

 

My 20% escrow and my PM escrow I have pulled out has that covered. My wife claims zero on her taxes to help offset the taxes. Plus there's so many tax write offs it's crazy.