Feeling lost in the trucking career. Should I go O/O?

Today I delivered in a quaint Kansas small town. Tomorrow I load aerospace equipment going to a launch pad on a Florida beach. You can't get that in a dedicated route.

 

To the original poster:

Have you considered a different segment of trucking that's not dependent on freight at all??

I will say that there is a certain amount of freedom in choosing your freight/destinations as an O/O. If that's your cup of tea, roll with. But I've come to find that there are other types of trucking jobs out here that don't depend one iota on any kind of freight whatsoever. Now, they will restrict your freedom to choose where you want to to, so to speak, but you also won't have to worry about shippers, consignees, or the headaches that may come with dealing with either or both.

I'll give you an example: I currently work in mobile medical imaging. Have been doing so the past three years. I get paid hourly (also a rarity in trucking unless you work for a local delivery-type company), and whatever I do really doesn't fit neatly into any type of local/regional/ OTR box. It can be any or a mixture of all of that. But that's just my position within my company (which, by the way, I think we have one more opening for "road runners"). But there's also mobile TV production companies out there, too. NEP out of Pittsburgh PA and Game Creek Video out of New Hampshire are two that immediately come to mind:










Then there's also the piggyback decking delivery companies out there...stuff like this (that you've probably seen out and about before):





I know Auto Truck Transport is one company that does this...I know there are others out there, as well.

Oh and as far as mobile medical imaging goes:







So yeah, this kind of stuff isn't really advertised or even talked about that much, but it does exist out here. If you want a new challenge, it might be worth it to look into something like this!

 

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Find something to throw yourself into... When trucking is easy it gets boring. Im the same way...if ur interested in tbe business then go after it, guys with your mentality will always find a way to make it work. As long as u got the work ethic, and finances to see it through the bad times it'll all work out... I know the feeling of gettin in a company ride and feeling incredibly bored and the work is easy, and the drivers you work with are below average...you aint ever gonna be happy til u do ur own thing and u wont have it any other way when u do it.. and plus it wont ever be easy or boring, theres always an ### to kick somewhere, and plenty of crap to take care of outside of just driving.