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Message:: [QUOTE="sirjeff, post: 7366800, member: 131149"]I hauled chips for years for one of the bigger companies and loved it. I can say from experience as a lease op that there is very little money hauling chips here in B.C. unless youre loaded both ways and not getting stiffed on the backhaul (which are limited) The big guys have most of the work, and there isn't enough left over working for them to get ahead and expand. It's nice to be home every day but unless you'e on banker start times, it isn't much of a life running 11,12,13,14 on/off around the clock. Plus, a lot of companys want you to double shift the truck - the rates are not worth the headache of having employees and replacing a truck every 2-3 years. I got by for a while owning mine, but the wet lease trucks that Chambers and Arrow push are lucky to net 1000-1500 a month on top of wages, double shifted[/QUOTE]