Advantages of an O/O

You are going about it right. A couple of years prior with a company is a big plus. I have never been an O/O, always a company man myself. Know a lot of O/O's including a cousin of mine. I would stay away from the lease deals. Some make it look like you are an O/O, but they aren't. Not sure what it will be like in a couple of years, but I don't think now is a good time to go O/O. My cousin has been an O/O for about 30 years and at one time had a half a dozen trucks. He is down to one truck and recently traded it in. The bank told him that if he had not been a O/O for so long that they would not swing it. They told him to many are going belly up.

Hope this helps. I am sure others will come along that are O/O's or have been and offer their advice. Good luck! Keep us posted.

 

O/O'S In 60 days your ability to make a living is going to become a lot harder. You are soon going to be competing against 100 Mexican truck companies. Who knows how many trucks that is going to be. That's just for starters in the first PILOT YEAR. Probably all will be allowed in a couple of years. Good Luck to you all. I doubt in a couple of years if any of you will be left, no way you will be able to compete. Went to being a Co. driver several years ago, best move I ever made. In a little over a year my house and farm is going to bought and paid for, then the Government NAZI'S, Slave owning company CEO's and everybody else can go to #### for all I care.

P.S. SUPPORT INCOMPETENCE REELECT AN INCUMBENT!

 

I'm an O/O 100% independent. One truck company and I'm the only driver. (reefer)
the pros :
I can go anywhere I want within the 48 states.
I can pick and choose my rates.
I can pick and choose what to haul.
I can take my children and /or my wife with me.
I can stop anywhere I want, take a cab and go anywhere I want.
I run about 7,000 miles per month (give or take few hundred miles) and I take a vacation at least 3 weeks out of a year.
basically I decide and plan my trips according to my customer's needs and my family's needs.
money wise.....im not sure if can compete with some guys here but I make enough to take care of my family and my business. for some people money is more important.....for me? I try to balance it. I don't have debts and my house is almost paid. I keep a ittle bit in the bank in case some #### happens. I have a good credit in case I need it to fix my truck. my equipment is almost new.
work hard when the rates are high and rest when the rates are ####ttt. DISCIPLINE!!!!
I WISH YOU THE BEST.