Going to work for an O/O

The way it sounds, Brick is right.

 

Why Run?
There are are big companies that screw folks over every day as a matter of course because to them you are just a math proplem
I myself if givin a choice would choose to work for the little guy every time if you find a good one they will treat you better than big co. x ever will
I have four hands and I treat them like family you will never get that from a big company
The last man to write me a paycheck is my friend and helped me get started with his old gig when he went on to other things I will make just under a milloin this year and it would never have been if I had stuck with my the big buck union job (that sucked) is there risk yes but not that much as it is easy to take a CDL and move on

not speaking of this May gig just my opin on the subject in general

 

All these guys have pretty well said it all,but I'll stick my two cents in anyway cause I'm a loudmouth and can't help it(it's my cross to drag.lol)

During times I didn't have my own truck,I ran setups just like you are describing and have done REAL good at it most times.The only time I've took a deep screwing was from a fairly big company and the rest of the time I've worked for 0/0s with one or two trucks.Here's how I judged things and kind of protected myself.

If you live in a area where everyone knows everyone else,go hang out a bit at the place where the old men hang out.If this dude is no count,trust me,the dead pecker society will be glad to rat him out and tell stories on him.

What is the truck he wants you to run? If it is a nice,well kept truck,your chances are a bit better he is going to pay.If it's a broke down old Volvo,run the other way as fast as you can because who cares if he would pay or not.LOL

If the deal goes looks good and you start working for him,make him stick to what he says to the letter (a lot of these guys if they sense weakness of any kind in you,they will start screwing your eyeballs out of your head) and if he gets one week behind on your pay,get out of the truck and walk away cause it ain't going to get better so don't let him get any deeper into your pockets cause chances are you are then donating labor free gratis.

What Brick said about insurance is right IF you were dealing your cards on top of the table,but,wrong in this situation. A guy that will pay cash and knows how to get around the paper work will easily know how to beat that tiny problem.A lot of you guys know exactly what I'm talking about.

The major benefits to working this way is a $100 dollar bill is a $100 bill,not $70 dollars as you pay taxes to support a bunch of deadbeats in D.C..Also,99% of the time you deal directly with the truck owner,not some douche sitting in an office whose never been in a truck but yet feels he can mouth off to you with impunity and screw your DAC up.In this situation,if the guy jerks you around to bad,you can stomp a mudhole in his ### and go elsewhere knowing the only DAC report he's gonna have is his cell phone which he won't use because he is dirty dealing too.

The MAJOR drawbacks are you have NO protection with your paycheck....no insurance,retirement and maybe not even workmans comp.If he's slick enough,I'll guarantee you won't have it.So the only thing you get out of a deal like this is what you get friday night when you get paid.You also have no protection with your paycheck.If he doesn't pay you,who are you going to cry to? The labor board?Small claims court?DOT? I doubt very seriously you'd want to open THAT can of worms and go down with the ship and he knows that too.


I'm not saying this is a good idea or a bad one and I'm not advocating that you go to work for him or you don't.Just telling you how it could go.GOOD LUCK with whatever you choose.

 

I must have missed that part about you teaming up.....That would REALLY throw a wrench in it for me.NO WAY would I do it,but that's just me.