Being an Owner Operator
Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by AlexT, Apr 26, 2018.
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Company drivers do not pay for an engine that just puked pistols out the oil pan. Or $3500 for new drive tires. Or $350 for a TA to change engine oil. And owner op or lease op has near 25% income tax or more.
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I made 10 months experience this April. I haul Tankers and Hazmat and I'm hoping to be an Owner Operator in the future. What are some of the things that most drivers don't understand besides the business part itself?
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If it was easy, most truck drivers would be doing it. Running a business of any kind takes some serious skills, and a lot of people jump in thinking it will be easy, then find out the hard way that it isn't and they lose everything. Many of those subjects in school that were boring and you got bad grades in suddenly become important.
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the worry.....if you're a company driver, you worry about little more than if you're going to go home on time. When you're an O/O, you worry about everything 24/7/365
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So what's the average cost for a truck note and insurance with average credit? -
I appreciate the advice. A guy told me today that it wasn't worth it because of taxes but taxes as an owner operator isn't that bad is it?
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