Fed Up......time for a change.

I understand completely. I am 31 and have been at this for gong on 9 years now. I have done just about everything from hoppers to containers to tanks to lowboy to dumps. Just looking for a steady income and home time. I have been OTR for the last 3 years and still manage to find a good woman and getting married in Oct next year so I want to keep this one, even tho she says she does not mind me being gone, I know it is tough on her and myself.

Dump rates up here are not very good, plus it is winter time so everyone is laid off with no work. So that is out of the question for me.

 

Freight around Chicago is good and there are plenty of companies around Chicago hiring O/O but either they are OTR, gone all week or the pay is too low. I called 3 companies earlier I know of in Chicago and 2 only had otr/regional stuff and paid $1.00 mile and the other one had lots of local work but the avg daily pay was about $400-$450 pulling vans. I'd also have to bobtail 120 miles everyday to work which is another $70 out of my pay in fuel cost each day.

I really don't want to do van freight, It all seems like cheap rate stuff and I refuse to be a part of the problem with the rates. I know the local stuff usually gets $3 mile so why would I settle for $1 mile??

 

I appreciate all te comments so keep them coming. I can't really do any research till I get home tomorrow anyways, so all these ideas are coming in handy. Too bad most places are closed on the weekends and I am back on the road Monday morning lol

 

I believe this would require me to have my own authority and also a roll-off flatbed which I do not have either tho it is worth a call. Thank you.