Would I have a chance with this Owner Operator plan being local?
Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by Fresh Meat, Aug 11, 2021.
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second the green new deal crap isn’t just targeting Otr/ltl, it is about any and all non-emission trucks, including my dodge 12 valve beater, these nutcases and global warming freaks have the ears of the politicians and going to jam it all up our ******* as fast as possible. Many of us are taking this very serious and I just don’t get you guys blowing it off as not possible when things 20 years ago were said not possible like eld and emissions. -
Agreed, it’s going to get stupid and it’s going to happen relatively quick.Team818 Thanks this. -
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Sounds like a hobby kinda thing. Like a hobby farm, this could be like a hobby trucking company. I say "go go, go for it".
You have the money for a newer truck, but want to restore one it sounds like. Make it a collector then. I would stay close to the house though if possible. Get regional work. The cities really eat your clock up. Good luck.
Why not just do 4 wheelers in your shop. Oil changes, tires, shocks, engines, trannys if you like, and train the youth in your area to do that work.... Just asking.
Your shop will run with the employees's and you can work on your restoration truck.Last edited: Aug 12, 2021
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I will never work as an auto mechanic, there's a reason I went to the truck side. Trucks are (in my honest opinion) easier work, faster turn over, and usually the rate is twice that of an auto shop. The only way I'd cross into this field is with fabrication but I don't want to ruin my hobby like that. At least with running a nice rig I get to take pride in using it and I get to tell the guy at the truck stop how I found this piece of crap in a field with hardly any cab left, and now it drives 100k+ a year like it did in it's day. The only way I could see myself setting up an auto shop is to start a quick lube, which is way to costly for me to get into at the moment, without being a slave to my business for 25+ years.
I've currently got a line on a tanker job. It's salary and local, first hook at 3am and I get home around 4-5 every night. They're willing to work with me to get my hazmat and tanker endorsement so I get to get into a truck for almost no cost to try it out. Best part is I get to keep my current gig, which means I can buy a truck at any time and start putting work into it- if I decide to continue this path.201 Thanks this. -
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