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<p>[QUOTE="Frenzy, post: 2031315, member: 15592"]My 2 cents:</p><p> </p><p>7 1/2 years ago I started driving for Swift. 6 months later I became an o/o leased to Swift. I bought an older, high mileage tractor and haven't had any regets about doing so. I am still at Swift and I still have the same tractor.</p><p> </p><p>The things you need to learn to be a sucessful o/o will not be learned by being a company driver.</p><p> </p><p>Sure, a lot of people, good people, have failed. In most cases it was by getting into a truck they couldn't afford, either because of cost of the truck payment or because of operating costs. They could never build up a reserve to tide them over the rough patches.</p><p> </p><p>As an o/o you have a lot more control over your life, and that may be the most important benefit.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Frenzy, post: 2031315, member: 15592"]My 2 cents: 7 1/2 years ago I started driving for Swift. 6 months later I became an o/o leased to Swift. I bought an older, high mileage tractor and haven't had any regets about doing so. I am still at Swift and I still have the same tractor. The things you need to learn to be a sucessful o/o will not be learned by being a company driver. Sure, a lot of people, good people, have failed. In most cases it was by getting into a truck they couldn't afford, either because of cost of the truck payment or because of operating costs. They could never build up a reserve to tide them over the rough patches. As an o/o you have a lot more control over your life, and that may be the most important benefit.[/QUOTE]
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