What’s one thing you wish you knew before becoming a o/o

The Biggest Dawg · Jan 14, 2020

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Too much personal and family stress. There’s no stability. You’re at the mercy of the market, and the truck. Truck maintenance and repair have been killing me. You have to be your own mechanic for most things which wears a guy down fast. I’m either in the truck or under it every day. You can have steady customers, and one day they’re not calling for loads anymore. At least while working for someone else if the work dries up you can get unemployment. Right now I’m working as an O/O, and have a part time job with the state just to get through the winter. Life was somewhat miserable working at my last job before the O/O thing, but at least I knew I was getting a pay check every other week.
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So why are you still doing it?

Gumper · Jan 14, 2020

The Biggest Dawg said: ↑

So why are you still doing it?
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Can’t quit until I get other work (that isn’t OTR).

OldeSkool · Jan 14, 2020

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Can’t quit until I get other work (that isn’t OTR).
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I could never do OTR. Talk about family stress, there would be lots of it until I didn't have my family anymore to stress me. Life's too short for that.

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