Calling All O/O

OO using another company's Operating Authority I would suggest at least 2 years experience coupled with a good working knowledge of your truck systems why and how they work.

OO operating under own authority I would double the above. Then add to this a working knowledge of all the FMCSA and state regulations authority holders have to know.

As a side note I would also add getting your head examined. This business is too wishy washy and almost everyday OOs are getting their equipment repoed. Opinions vary as they should, that is mine!

 

Until you have an idea of what lanes pay what rates as well as all the costs to get the job done, you are not ready. If you determine you need x per mile gross and your operating cost is y per mile and think you will just charge x per mile in all directions you will not win. You will happily be paid x when you ask for it when in reality that lane pays x + 2.00 per mile and when you deliver you will find the next load (if you can find it at all) pays x- 1.00. Now what you gonna do? Eat it is what you're gonna do. Some people figure this out right out of the gate and others never figure it out. I think the biggest reason for saying you should have at least a few years experience is because when you buy your equipment now you are committed to it. It is much more difficult to get out of it than it is to say to an employer "I quit." and walk away.

 

Triple lease before deregulation you trip leased to whoever had the lane you wanted to run. 76 was the truck stop of choice. Before ta.bought them out. All of this was before Google Google it

 

As a young boy I remember the 76 truck stops. I also remember when Petro truckstops were just that! I can't count the times in the past when those resturants really enforced those driver only signs. Somewhere I have a series of photos taken inside Whites 76 on I 81 in virginia. Can't live in the past I know, but I sure would love to sit under the gator again.

 

I don't Google to make your point. Have a good day

 

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