A day cab or sleeper and the successful o/o mistakes

You need a sleeper even if small. You have no idea how it’s going to work out. You can get jammed by a shipper or receiver. Sure you can now over drive to a safe haven. But if you lease on to a company they may really frown on it. Own authority you will have scraps first 3 to 6 months. I wish you luck.

Be Safe Out There



Captain Dave

 

Everyone has their own point of view, but I don't think a sleeper truck really gives you any more overhead than a day cab.

I don't think day cabs generally are any cheaper than sleeper trucks. I don't think there's really any difference in insurance rates, either.

But a lower mileage day cab would probably have a lot more wear on it than a higher mileage sleeper. Generally the day cabs are local trucks. So they have a lot more stop and go wear and tear.

It's a lot easier on a truck to roll 500 miles to your destination, rather than make 15 stops in a day in stop-and-go traffic.

To me, the whole idea of being an owner operator is so that you can have comfort.

If you were delayed somewhere getting loaded say, 4 or 5 hours, would you really want to put a board between the seats and lay on that or would you rather go stretch out in a nice comfortable bed?

And with the sleeper you also have some privacy if you want to change your clothes or just relax.

That's my opinion anyway.

 

there are (or were) these "extended day cabs", and i wonder if it would be DOT legal as a bunk?

 

If the size meets the dimensions and all of the required equipment is there, yes.

 

I ran local/regional out of nyc and was home daily. Getting something with a sleeper, even a coffin, is worth it just for he extra storage and space. If you ever get hung up at a customer, then it will be a whole more comfortable with the extra space.

 

My daycab was slip seated. 5 years old and 900,000 miles. It had to have been.

I was attracted to it because the ride was 100 times better than the new Mack Pinnacle I was driving. Plus, it had a lot of warranty work. The regen system looked/ and was new.

Plus, it was a grocery hauler. I'm guessing it never pulled more than 60k gross.

I bought it thinking I could run local. Nope. Found the money is in regional.

I miss the dog boxes for storage and that's it. If I had a sleeper, I'd still get a hotel room every night.

My next truck will be a daycab as well.

I might entertain a sleeper when I'm 60 and my daughter is married. It might be nice to go out with my wife.

 

DOT legal doesn't matter if you don't log 8/2 splits.

 

Actually, it does. If you've logged ANY time on line 3, you'd better have a legal sleeper.