Please help me understand!!!

Do you know how some people get suckered into multilevel marketing? It's kinda like that.

 

You buy into a program hoping to get rich (or successful) in the process. Someone up the food chain usually gets a cut off of what little money you make but you are somewhat content because of the perception that you are your own boss. You are motivated by the fantasy that was sold to you that the harder you work the more you'll make. In the end you will burn out and end up with a big pile of debt.

 

You can profit 6 figures. Most likely not your first few years. Just like other careers you need to learn. What, where, when and how. No easy tricks, no shortcuts, just hard knocks and hard work. Good luck.

 

Study the OOIDA.com website for the business end of being an 0/0.

 

If you don't love it, don't do it. As has been said of poker, being an owner operator "is the hardest way to make an easy living."

 

well you don't make wages, that's the first thing to understand. And that may be pretty difficult if you don't have business experience and are used to a paycheck to paycheck lifestyle. your bank account can fluctuate by 30,000 either way fairly regularly depending on payment terms, etc... and when it goes up 30,000 doesn't necessarily mean you are doing well. And when it goes down by 30,000, well that's probably not good, but it could be some expected manageable repairs and moving to some slower paying customers or something. Doesn't necessarily mean bad.

I agree with you though, if you aren't making 150% what you could driving someone elses truck it may not be for you.

 

The biggest thing that attracts me to being a o/O trucker is the time off you can earn by working hard when you want to.

This kind of schedule works for me. I don't need or desire a 6 figure income but I do desire lengthy periods of time off.

I have worked in a similar situation as trucking but in the tourist industry before , where you worked balls to the walls for 3 months 24/7 and than lay low for 3 months and enjoy the fruits of your efforts.

if things start getting a little tight , Fuel up the truck get on the loadboard and go make some money.

 

Its a double edged sword. You have all the status and control as an O/O. The reality is that economically you are not much better off then as a company driver. Except now you have the stress of all the responsibility and added expenses that come with being an O/O. Grass is always greener from the other side sort of thing.

I grossed almost 4x as much as I made as a company driver. I have cash in the bank. But for me I set aside money I need to survive and pay bills. The rest gets split up for expenses, things I want (Future goals) and things I need. This was my first year as an O/O. Future expansion and goals will require more money to be set aside to make those things happen. It means less for me personally now in order to have more later down the road. For me its just business. If you dont have the right mindset you wont survive.

Self discipline, a strong work ethic, and staying focused will help greatly. Its not any easier thats for sure.

Hurst