Closing up shop, or thinking about it?

Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by Midwest Trucker, Aug 28, 2022.

What’s your situation in todays trucking climate?

  1. Still in business and plan to keep going.

    50.7%
  2. Still in business but it’s touch and go, we’ll see.

    9.6%
  3. I sold out, just couldn’t make it work anymore

    4.8%
  4. I’m a company driver, and glad I didn’t make the jump

    15.8%
  5. Owner op for life, ride or die!

    21.2%
  6. Other: Retirement or something else. Explain

    8.9%
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  1. HaulinConestoga

    HaulinConestoga Light Load Member

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    How many hours a day?
     
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  3. JoeyJunk

    JoeyJunk Road Train Member

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    12.5 normally. More during a rig move.
     
  4. HaulinConestoga

    HaulinConestoga Light Load Member

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    More power to ya Buddy sounds like a grind, Hopefully trucking comes back strong in the Spring though we all know the reality.
     
  5. JoeyJunk

    JoeyJunk Road Train Member

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    LOL. I’m used to it. Used to do up to 18 hour days fracking. That sucked.
     
  6. JoeyJunk

    JoeyJunk Road Train Member

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    My first oilfield job I was up for days. 74 hours once. Drove an International 9200 from WV to PA. Don’t remember any of it. Was like a zombie
     
  7. JoeyJunk

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    @Brettj3876 can tell you how the hours were back when all the drilling started. It was wide open.
     
  8. HaulinConestoga

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    Back when I was workin farming sleep was something you took for 30 minutes in between waiting to get loaded for weeks of harvesting.

    Gladly pass that Torch to you young bucks these days
     
  9. JoeyJunk

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    Luckily those insane hours aren’t the norm anymore. I wouldn’t be doing that these days.
     
  10. HaulinConestoga

    HaulinConestoga Light Load Member

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    Age these days ? Family ?
     
  11. JoeyJunk

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    I’ll be 41 end of month. Girlfriend for 9 years ( I tell people she’s still in the probationary period) daughters 15 and 12. Son is 2.
     
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