Local owner operators

Kind of a loaded question depending on what you want to do….

I do a mix of local and road, have to follow the money more then anything

 

Since I have young kids yes it’s worth it.

 

And where you live

In a desert town of 600? Nope
Somewhere around a major city? Better but that will depend to on the trailer

 

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Completely depends on what's in your area, and what you want to do. I haven't been more than 30 miles from my house in months and make good money. But I'm also bored and still don't feel like I see my family as much as when I was out a few nights a week. I'm also in a niche of trucking

 

I do local. Mostly dedicated in the “Infrastructure” industry. I do 100 mile radius but will go out further depending if they pay the rate I need. I work to live and go home every night. I personally enjoy my home life, others my differ and they enjoy the OTR life.

 

A lot of variables

when I lived in Atlanta I did power only local regional , back to the home terminal almost every night .
Made good money .

when we lived in south Mississippi, had to run refrigerated power only fruit deliveries from biloxi to Chicago and West Virginia,
Usually out for two or three days at a time .
Always came back to Biloxi to grab another preloaded trailer of fruit from Central America .
Almost sold my tractor and bought a dump truck
At the time , dumptrucking was the big thing in south miss .
You just follow the money .