Owner Operators what are your biggest issues now?

Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by DrBigRig, Aug 18, 2022.

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  1. Cat sdp

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    The Cascadia types……
     
    Cat sdp, Aug 18, 2022
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    Big Road Skateboard Road Train Member

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    Ok, a quite literal TEOTWAWKI. We can only pray their wrong.
     
    Big Road Skateboard, Aug 18, 2022
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    No real new problems and just the usual lazy incompetent drivers we are forced to share the road with these days .
     
    bzinger, Aug 18, 2022
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    Man that just can’t be true! Anyone who is someone on this site will tell you an old pre emission engine/truck will only ever make you money and be stupid simple to fix with super available parts! What you speak is heresy!

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    Sharky88 Heavy Load Member

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    And what's wrong with a cascadia?
     
    Sharky88, Aug 18, 2022
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    My biggest issue as an owner operator is other owner operators and how they don’t know how to run their own business…
     
    bonder45, Aug 18, 2022
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    Really? I'm not trying to sound like an ### but I absolutely love it when I see how clueless some people are that get in to this. I don't think I have all the answers by any stretch but foolish people give me hope!
     
    86scotty, Aug 18, 2022
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    bonder45 Road Train Member

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    If I EVER go OTR I have to rely on the load boards, which are a good part in line with how other OOs operate them.

    Im lucky in a sense I have a large portion of local hourly work but when the time comes I still need to fill the gaps with OTR….. and management of rates by certain OOs bring the load board rates down - that’s what I hate.
     
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    An unneeded product such as?
     
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