Becoming an o/o

THANKS FOR THE REPLY AND I HAVE PUT A TON OF THOUGHT INTO MY PLAN ...I AM ALWAYS LOOKING INTO THE TRUCK PAPPER AND I DO SEE A LOT OF GREAT BUYS...BUT UNTIL I'M READY TO BUY I;M ONLY WINDOW SHOPPING''....i will look at Universal AmCan or Mason Dixon..and see what they offer...thanks for the advice...when i got seperated i went out on the road and relized i needed to get back into it their were a lot of companys that told me i needed to go to school and tale a refresher class i just laugh at them...after 30 years of driving with no tickets or accidents i dont think i am school material...lol...i also had another company that wanted to hire me but said i would need to go with a trainer for up to 6 weeks...when i asked how mutch experance do you need to be a trainer they told mt their average trainer has 6 months to a year in driving....lol...i told them i have more miles backing up than their trainer has going foward....i havent had trouble finding otr work and i hope i would be hired as an oo..with my experance,,,

 

i have alyays worked with heavy equipment and throwing tarps is part of the job i always ask the forklift driver to place the tarps up on the load and work from their...i think i am still healthy a little hard work is good for you...hell i work as a rigger and work is sometimes demanding like moving a 40 ton plastic press that makes 55 gallon drums from one side of a building to the other ...i think tarps are not a problem but great advice....

 

i was looking at $10-$15k trucks and i found quite a few..but a lot of them were 1995-2003 trucks i know i could rebuild the truck and make it look realy nice but that might limit me on carrier choice a lot of carriers won't lease on an older truck....i would love to have a cummins N14 than an ISX.....but i dont want to spend all my time fixing either...if it aint rolling it is costing you money....

 

do you think their is more profit in my own back yard ...i live 5 miles from sunbird...i did'nt think about themm good call Genesis pulls the same loads as JRC and i ran into an oo who pulls for George Hildebrandt and he seemed happy ..all good leads... thanks who do you pull for and what aeras do you run????

 

the guy at GHI drive that you spoke with was driving a INTERNATIONAL 9900 and i belive he lives around Brockton ma