Having trouble getting my wife on board with being a Owner Operator

Lucky12 · Aug 18, 2021

Last_over_hill said: ↑

For some background I currently work in the LTL field and have since 2012. My first year of driving I was over-the-road. Currently I mostly work overnights starting roughly around 2030 and getting off normally around 0700. We both want me to make a move to a day shift but in the LTL field that could mean starting at 1000 and not get off till 2000 or 2100 at night.

I've been looking into being a Owner Operator and the more I look at the DAT Load Board the more I think it would work really well. We live in the Middle of Missouri so it would be very easy for me to find a load near Columbia going to St. Louis or Kansas City then get the rest of the loads for the week ping-ponging across the state on I-70.

Her concern is that I won't be home at night, that this business could go bankrupt, and that I would be continually be working even when home.

Do any of you have any advice on how I could help calm her fears? We don't have issues with managing our finances. I did create a spreadsheet and my cost of operations would be about $2.60/mile (That's including paying myself $0.73/mile). I got insurance quotes from about 5 different companies thus far and they range in price from $16k/year to $32k/year.

Thanks in advance!
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You may have a lifetime of hearing her utter the phrase "I told you so...."

Old Man · Aug 18, 2021

I don’t see the problem, got married in 1971, started driving in 1974, bought first truck in 1977, still working today an been married to the same lady for 50 years.
Worked local several years and OTR the rest,

JoeTruck · Aug 18, 2021

When you add up tax, unemployment, medical, life insurance, workers compensation, 401k match you better make at least $1.00 a mile.

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