Update on truck buying and becoming independent.

I'm running pretty hard. 60 plus hours a week in 5 days. Every day I'm running close to my limit and that at the limit here in texas which is 12 hours drive time and 3 hours on-duty not driving time so 15 hour days basically.

haha, right but no. thankfully the truck runs well and does not burn any oil. In 5 weeks of running pretty hard, I haven't had to put any oil in it. Purs like a kitten.

 

Yes, It's ridiculous how much prices for trucks have gone up. This same truck went for around 10 grand less 3 months ago.

 

Yes that's pretty much it. I mean up at 4:30am and out till 9pm. Here in texas if you stop and log off duty it does not go against your drive time for the day. Pretty nice but can make for a very long day.

 

I think the guy I'm running under has a couple of company drivers and the rest are O/O's. 7 total they said. Yeah, the only Texas deal seems to be a factor being that the rates are not all that good right now, and as you said flooded with drivers running old 30-year-old trucks with hardly any overhead. Were pulling I-beams, huge light poles, concrete construction platforms/walls, and a lot of 60' rebar of all varying diamaters.

 

Right, I have considered this but it isn't possible in my current situation.