I have been an O/O for most of the last 10 years (except when I got off the road to go back to college). I am going to expand my little business in the spring with another truck and trailer.
Here's my biggest concern, finding a professional driver. With so many loud-mouth, brain-dead, steering wheel holders around. Where do I look?
Expansion time.
Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by nightgunner, Oct 22, 2017.
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Maybe you could start with a better attitude!
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Lower standards to attract employees? No.
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Find a rookie and train him to drive the way you think he should be trained.
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Yea, you got to raise them. It takes a lot of work and patience and most will leave you. If you can keep 1 out of 4 that's perty good.
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Lease on a truck owner. You don't make as much, both share the business risk.
Less office/paperwork requirements.
When I had both, I used word of mouth.
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As someone else stated I would go the route of bringing on an owner op. Would be nice for us guys that are not ready go own our own to have more options.Last edited: Oct 22, 2017
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Have you not been paying attention? Good drivers are like hen’s teeth. Those who are good generally get stupid and become an o/o. My first choice would be a good o/o. I have to agree with @xsetra. Good luck however you do it.
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