Why did you decide to become an owner operator?

On the price of fuel-and this has been said here many times-but I've found that it's often easier to get a better profit margin when fuel prices are up. Part of that may be that fuel prices are sometimes (or often) a reflection of freight volumes, so demand making the price of fuel go up also means that the demand for trucks is higher, making freight rates higher. But the part that I've found that gets me better rates is using the fuel price as a bargaining tool- "Well, fuel's four bucks a gallon right now, I can do it for another $300."

 

BBB your messages are so insightful. I would love to pick your brain some time.