First year has been Hell!

Fixed that statement for you. There are plenty of O/O trucks that are well maintained by their owners. You need to realize your way isn't the only way to do things, and be successful.

 

Mine is notorious for comfort, quiet, roominess, fuel mileage, and reliability. It has gone to the shop a couple of times though in 182,000 miles for def issues.

 

I had a local shop that let me have a 5k tab that I paid off in a month. Then next time I go in all work must be paid in full when complete. Thanks for nothing!

 

It really doesn’t, at least not for a team that hauls decent paying freight. We bought a new Volvo with 65K down and had it paid off a year later. We paid ourselves back the 65K 6 months after that. Now its gravy for the next 3 years until the warranty expires.

 

If you paid 65k down for the truck I’m sure that wasn’t your last cent so you must’ve had close to $100k in cash and/or credit.

and after you dropped the 65k, who paid for your $2k plates and $25k insurance and $40k trailer and $10k fuel?

I’m not talking about team O/O’s I’m talking about carriers with their own numbers.

 

Why bother getting your own numbers. Just lease on to a good company and run their freight. That way you don’t need 25K for insurance to run cheap spot freight.