How much money do you make? How green is your grass?

Being an owner op for the money aint even worth it . They could pay me a million dollars a year and it still aint worth some of the bs u have to put up with.... U really got to love trucking if ya gonna run ur own truck...

 

I was buying a job with a little more freedom.when you think you rich in this buisness you have a big problem.i can pay my bills and living relax without to much headaches.i work 4 weeks and stay 2 weeks home

 

True, but you're the exception to the rule. I've read all your posts. You brought a larger than usual amount of common sense to this business when you started out.
You asked the right questions and you followed up on good advice when it fit your plans. You didn't have unrealistic expectations about what this business really is. You realized it is a business and you weren't some dreamer just playing trucks.
You made mistakes and you learned from them. And mostly, you just kept on trying. The success you've had is well deserved...and well earned.

 

People forget tax code is completely different for an owner opp then a company driver, 100k a year is going to be about 70 take home, that’s 30k of your hard earned money going to lazy jobless ####s and useless politician salary’s. I’ll spend a dollar on my company before sending $0.30 to the government, a truck is one of the greatest tax write offs you can have

 

Thank you sir. I forgot to add it’s 170 odd pages, but 5-6 years of growth can’t be summed up into a few paragraphs.

 

Yes, as a company puke it sickens me when I look at my paystubs and see 30% going to the gooberment. I do have some things going for me to soften the blow at tax time, but I'm essentially loaning the gooberment money all year long.

Lately I've picked up a little side hustle helping a relative out, and it's been quite lucrative. But I'm running myself ragged doing my normal job and the side hustle. But this only goes through the summer months, then over winter I kick back and chill out for a while.

Personally though, I have next to no desire to own a truck at this point in my life. It sure is nice when I get back to the yard in the morning, shut the truck off and forgetting about it for 12 hours.

 

I think that's the underrated part about having a good company job. Forgetting you have a job until it's time to show up again.

 

That is one of the biggest mistakes people make is not paying themselves .60/mi and then figuring their profit after that. If there is no money left over then your business wasn’t profitable. You owned your own job. If you can’t hire a driver and still make money then your putting yourself at risk. What if you got sick? Hurt? Family tragedy? Your business goes under.