Good or Bad Idea? Jumping into O/O program at school

It would be expensive as hell to get insurance as a newb and yes, time goes by VERY quickly so long as you are occupied with something to keep you busy

 

Not when you are sitting in some crummy truckstop for the weekend..

 

or along side the freeway waiting on the tow truck

 

at which point the clock goes backwards on you creating a vacuum on your wallet.

 

man aint that the truth

 

i don't understand your question

my truck wont move, and "according to dot law"i am on duty till the tow truck gets here

 

Likr they all said, theres more to it than meets the eye. as for your time out its how you approach it that will tell. There are a lot of drivers that are single, low bills, family responsibilitys, ect.
They can afford more time off in truck stops, eating out, home conveinces in thier trucks, so on and so forth. That said, they still have to make thier runs on time, deliver, pretrips, ect. I have a family, tight budget, and so I live on only what I bring in my fridge, use very little money for my day to day, ect. We all have the same job, and as a driver your time is not yours. Your ten, and your 34 can be spent however you see fit, but you are going to have very little choice as to where you spend them. When your hours are up you stop. Preplaning can make a difference but if you deliver in Chicago and you are ready for a 34, you will have to find a place there. I am actully fairly luckey since I am home every weekend for my restart, that make it easyer to live with out nicer things like tvs, computers, dvds, ect since im not stuck wherever for my 34. There are so many factors that make up the equation as to what you need to have in your truck to live on.
As for being an o/o, if it was easy there would be no large companys, only o/o's. learn what your doing first, there is a lot to learn, get used to what your doing, there is a lot to get used to.
It's not physical like digging ditches but you will be tired at the end of your day. There are runs that i start in windy, run thrue indy, louisville, crashville, chattanoga and finish in hotlanta in a day. 702 miles, 6 citys. The last hour, all i think of is stopping and not having to drive for ten. Runs like that are hard and i dont have to do them all the time, but thats the job. Ther is a lot of good, and some bad just like any job. The point I seem to be having a hard time getting to is there is SO MUCH MORE to this than just sitting and driving, and to be responsible for ALL the cost, maintenence, books, brokering, and a 1000 other things you better be pretty sure of what your doing.
two cents.
be safe,
b