See the whole reason I wanna be an owner op is to choose my loads so I can get a load somewhere and see like Yosemite Yellowstone all that good stuff on my own time. If my truck is paid off I could take a couple weeks off and fly to the ####ing Maldives and chill. No company telling me I can only take a week or two off a year screw that. I wanna choose when I take vacations and for how long. Yes I need to be successful as an owner op but I have a good idea on where flatbed freight pays the most and stuff. And imma run flatbed since loss generally pay more than those door slamming loads.
What would be the best path?
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The main thing as long as I can pay myself 75k a year gross take home I’d be great anything more is even better. I’d also want that money back for the truck over time.
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I’m also curious can owner operators deduct hotel expenses while on the road? I can’t as a company guy but what about owner ops? Stay in a hotel every weekend to keep my sanity
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Pre def/dpf/egr and a series 60 , n14 or cat is the only way to go given that u can turn wrenches on all the little #### that will break . a c15 will run forever. Or if u have the money get a glider . these new trucks are shop queens , dont buy the hype
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You want to run a successful business you keep rolling more then stopped. you could also job hop yearly or something take a vacation and might I say less headache pay truck insurance, licenses, tolls, and a crap load more. I have my personal truck retrofitted for camping added in APU outside behind the tailgate might consider this even and do odd jobs instead of trucking itself sounds what you want is just do a lot of camping vs work. You can do both sometimes I would work on peoples RVs repairs at the site for the area and they give me free hookups I mean you don't need be a trucker for the life you want if that's where you want to go.D.Tibbitt Thanks this. -
Going to see Yellowstone would be expensive. Somewhat.
Closest you can get a truck would be the montana wyoming border.
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Oh man you need one of those small motorcycles with a ramp for your truck. Now that would be a sweet setup for pulling off the vacationing owner op routine.
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