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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;BigHossVolvo, post: 11567605, member: 191044&quot;]No problem, I’ve been an O/O for a while now, done a few different things. I have a mechanical background, so I work on my truck myself. I do ok, the best I’ve had it, has been scheduled regional LCV.</p><p><br /></p><p>I’ve watched/am watching many good drivers go bankrupt or burnout trying to be O/Os. The whole freedom thing is over and done with. Everything is about lanes and triangles and servicing the shippers now. So even with your own numbers, leased on, ABL power only, doesn’t matter. They tell you where and how to run, or else you can piss off and starve. </p><p><br /></p><p>If I didn’t land this Dedicated/Scheduled LCV job when OTR went bad, I would have already sold my truck and went shunting. </p><p><br /></p><p>If someone is paying you decent money, to drive a nice Daycab you don’t have to share, and you work 5 days a week or less; you’ve made it. You’ve literally achieved the dream, that millions of OTR drivers sleeping in truckstops far from home pray for.</p><p><br /></p><p>Lastly, trucking in Canada is moving toward all teams. Van/Reefer started this trend, but I’m seeing it now with Super B, Decks, Sea Cans and most recently LCV. Even the company I work for, has 2 LCV teams now. Each team truck has 4 guys. 2 go out for 4-5 days, then swap with the other 2 guys. They’re doing 20-24 000 miles a month LCV!!! I can’t even come close to competing with that, so I survive by being scheduled to service the customers, when the trailers are ready; there is nothing else I can do to remain relevant. Unless I want to go back to CAN/US OTR and be in the truck 24-28 days a month.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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