O/O home time

I cannot personally, but I know a few who can/do, but they all have little to no personal bills to speak of.

 

I'm not a week out and a week in usually. But I don't work much more then that. This year I've only been out about 50% of the time. I spend a week to make my truck/trailer and exp. payments. A week for fun money and call it a month it seems. But like said above, my other expenses are pretty much taken care of.

 

For the last couple years I've been taking 5 to 6 months off. While not exactly how your uncle does it it amounts to the same home time. Sometimes i stay out for a while month if the rates are high. But I'm also home for a month at a time when rates are low.

 

Ok, none of us work to hard here I can see, as we are all leased to the same place. LOL.

 

I would say the biggest factor is poor money management. Also a lot of so called OOs are really LP guys at a mega working for .90¢ PM thinking they are going to own the world without saving for a rainy day.

People buy into the LP will make x amount more then a company guy and jump on it. Companies don't talk about failure rates and repair cost. Don't get me wrong, I got my first 2 trucks through a LP with a mega. But I was a 1% er there.

 

I usually go out for 10-14 days, then home for 8-10 days.

Maybe it comes down to the old saying about working smarter, not harder. I also know guys who constantly work and they have nothing to show for it.

 

I live to be a 1%er. Maybe one day I can figure out how to circle back around to the house quickly and join that club. I mean, I still only work half the time I'm out, but I'm out 3 or 4 weeks at a time, then home for a week or two.