Does Local O/O exist?

Yes local o/o is possible and that 90k as well. However, with containers and intrastate it's a bit of a stretch. However, if his only expenses are fuel maintenance and tolls, also insurance, it is possible. 90k local tank is even a stretch. I think it's a bit too high, unless he is independent with good rates, or runs 24/7.

 

It's entirely possible if you're near a good area for ports or rail. There are tons of local owner operators hauling all sorts of things who are home nightly. Trash, containers, dumps, scrap, fuel, local refrigerated stuff, and so on. I've come across quite a few with daycabs even.

The catch? Lots of local gigs are not advertised, and you'll rarely catch up to a driver who will talk much about it. Why? Because they're home

 

Just because you're an O/O doesn't mean you're working for yourself! If I had to guess, I'd say he's leased on to a company with his truck and makes a relatively high wage (high to us company schmucks at least - he has to fix his truck and possibly fuel out of his own pocket, after all). With containers, my limited understanding of it suggests that most of those guys pretty much haul as many containers as possible from A to B every day and it's often a pretty short range. That's probably what he does for the company that pays him.

 

There's tons of local work for OO's if your willing to work hard and smart. Pulling containers is far from glamorous but it does pay good. I used to pull them but I got tired of fighting the rail yards and those crappy trailers.

 

In Columbus there are a lot of rail container companies that are all O/O. Or Paramount out of Jeffersonville. Theres work there. But you will run all your hours everyday most likely. I did it for nine months with Triple Crown in Sandusky. Terrible people there, but I made 11-1700 take home including truck payment as it was direct deposited from my settlement. Rates have gone up a bit too around 1.10/mi plus accessorials (stop pay, detention etc..)

 

Yes, you can be home every day as an O/O and make that amount. In Columbus area you would want to look at COMTRAK.com. They are one of the better ones here in Pa. The only thing about the good home every day O/O jobs is that they are hard to get in. They have higher standards and don't advertise much. Comtrak is mostly drop and hook and you really don't go farther than 150 mile radius of the rail yard out here. Triple crown is a lot of live unloads but I don't think they have a yard near Columbus. I pull reefers and home everyday so I know they are out there. I run hard though and usually only have exactly 10 hours off before truck starts up again but, home every day and off on weekends.

 

Cardinal Logistics has some o/o home every night jobs and also some company home every night jobs. Some of their company drivers make $50K - $65K.

 

Last year at one of the auto plants near Atlanta I met an O/O pulling into the dock next to us with a 20' container. He lived in Savannah and did a round trip to that same auto plant from the port every day, home in time for dinner. Claimed he was doing over $100K net and has been servicing the same run for years. The dock workers knew him by name and hustled to get him unloaded. Not a bad gig.