Successful Owner Ops in Canada

Do whatever makes you feel good.....do you really see yourself survivng with ELOGS? We may survive, but thats not why I went into business for myself. The OTA and mega carriers will not stop. The funny part is the carrier I'm working for is a board member of the OTA. They stand firm that ELOGS will improve safety. Yet the owner of the company continues to buy old pre 2000 tractors to circumvent the ELOG rule? So any of you that are in any kind of owner/safety/management position within a bigger company supporting these new rules ultimately know that its complete and utter ########!

 

All I know is for myserlf, I'm getting out. The joke they say a decent wage isn't worth it anymore. And there is no way I'm gonna let a computer tell me I gotta shut down 45 mins from home on a friday night. Theres running legal, and there's stupidity

 

That's hilarious

 

I really liked it at Tenold but left because of their policy of not telling you up front what the loads paid. That was before they were bought out by Mullen though so I don't know how much has changed there. I was also at Mullen for 7 years before that. They're still a good company but nothing like they were prior to going public.

 

That should be your first sign to get the hell out of that company. PERIOD.

 

Oh man what part of central ab.....have land in east central.

If u want the farm acreage lifestyle, get some training in the oil patch head for fracking not cementing. Steady home time well over 100k all the Jazz.

highway numbers not exactly sure, we're forestry and oilfield. Lately all forestry.

Forestry is good but man you gotta beable to fix everything because you will.

Did a transmission last weekend.

So guys on the highway tell me they do about 20k a month figured it out one time to about 7-9k a month left to pay for a truck and maintenance....pretty skinny.

Forestry is more add another 10 but u will break stuff.

Like a forestry guy told me.....the closest thing to an accountant is an owner operator. Their the only ones that survive

Not sure I would think 10-15% on a truck net. Not sure there is a lot of knowledge, and experience on this site things will pop up.

Another guy used to always say ( he now his son ) owns 300 trucks. Either run one truck and make money....or run 100.

I'm not a good listener I run 3. Can be done but tough.

 

That's a tough thing to say with the Alberta economy and his position.

 

what type of owner truck work were you doing? that has a lot to do with it