Here's a laugh O/O make 20K more than company drivers .

Agreed! Drop & hooks were nice, but I hated playing roulette with the trailer pool wondering what the last guy left me. So nice to have my own trailer...

 

Yeah I hated that more than anything. Drivers would drop trailers with no working lights, flat or blown tires. I don't miss that at all in fact I view drop/hook as a big negative.

 

Totally agree on the bs of trying to get things fixed as a company driver. Had a bad electrical system on a pete once, shop took a look, yep 1 battery of the 3 totally done. Repair? Just replace that one battery. I knew better, having been an o/o 25 years earlier. 6 weeks later, back in the shop with electrical again. This is a frustration you do not have as an o/o. Of course you are also the one paying the bill for all new batteries, but for me I will take managing cash flow, managing my own maintenance and repair, etc. etc. over and above being a company peon. But, again, each to their own. Owning and running a truck does not work for everyone.

 

I've always done better with my own truck than driving for somebody else.

 

If you work for some mega as a company driver making peanuts,20K more would seem like something special.
35K as a company seat
55K running a pathetic mileage rate based kind of gig.
And I mean 55K after all expenses,which with a mega probably isn't even realistic.
I could be wrong,wouldn't be the 1st time.

 

My first year pulling tankers for a mega I made 53k including training pay. Although I agree with the trailers having lots of problems.

 

Specialize that's the way to go straight out of school,Flats or Tank.