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<p>[QUOTE="Prairie Trucker, post: 12270711, member: 312982"]I have been all three - company driver / O/O and business owner - for any position you need to rate the pros and cons and some of them will vary depending on your situation in life - some things to think about:</p><p><br /></p><p>Home Time</p><p>Family Life</p><p>Love to be on the road</p><p>work / life balance - eg. being an O/O or company owner - you will be working on time off for truck maintenance / accounting / licensing etc.. can never be away from your phone (we go camping only where there is wifii and take our laptoops and printers with us)</p><p>Physical health</p><p>Life goals - (will work for 10 years save money and then get a city job)</p><p><br /></p><p>Honestly at this point in time - O/O are not making money due to cheap freight rates</p><p><br /></p><p>As in any change in life - until you do it you will never know what works for you ... we started our company when we were in our late 40s ... with kids ... and the reason was needed the stability as kids were teens - hope that helps[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Prairie Trucker, post: 12270711, member: 312982"]I have been all three - company driver / O/O and business owner - for any position you need to rate the pros and cons and some of them will vary depending on your situation in life - some things to think about: Home Time Family Life Love to be on the road work / life balance - eg. being an O/O or company owner - you will be working on time off for truck maintenance / accounting / licensing etc.. can never be away from your phone (we go camping only where there is wifii and take our laptoops and printers with us) Physical health Life goals - (will work for 10 years save money and then get a city job) Honestly at this point in time - O/O are not making money due to cheap freight rates As in any change in life - until you do it you will never know what works for you ... we started our company when we were in our late 40s ... with kids ... and the reason was needed the stability as kids were teens - hope that helps[/QUOTE]
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