A journey of a new O/O with celadon

I did research this for about 6 months. When I started at swift, I started with the intentions of going owner operator. When I researched it (my only option being lease purchase at the moment) I found nothing but people bashing lease purchase, however, I kept running the numbers and they kept adding up to be much better than I was making at swift. So I decided to do the lease purchase as long as it would be a walk away contract. I transitioned to celadon because 75 percent of the load revenue seemed like a much better deal than the flat 1.08 you make a mile at swift. So now I'm here. I'm running my ### off. I've covered well over 2k miles in the last 4 days. I think this will work for me if I run this truck as much as possible and turn nothing down. Maybe when I get 20 k in the bank I'll be picky but until then...I'm running this truck until the wheels fall off.

 

What kind of truck?

 

Oklahoma. How's the market there?

 

It's ok fella, I understand

 

I wish! I'm from Florida, and I worked in the oilfield in birthday for a few years. So I'd see my buddies!

 

The money I pay for the truck includes full maintenance coverage for anything that breaks. From tires to the engine, all the way to a wrecker to tow me if needed. The only things that aren't covered are little junk like the cigarette lighter and superficial things

 

They have 48 hours to get me to a replacement truck, or get a replacement to me. Also I'm not taking home time for 6 months at least. So a couple days off would be alright. No kids, no wife. No girlfriend, but I do have a few "gal pals" around the country