Hello. I've been driving professional for 5 years now. I have a multitude of experience since starting my career and am looking for some insight from someone who may have ever been in a similar situation as me or just any words of wisdom you might share. I am currently an owner operator with a gas company in Oklahoma. I haul gas/diesel all over the state. I was a company driver with several other companies for the first four years of my trucking career. However, last year I bought my first truck and have been hauling fuel ever since. The fuel industry pays well when everything is running perfectly. In my experience this doesn't seem to be the case hardly ever, if at all. I have a Freightliner day cab for context. All this being said, I'm currently at a crossroads. It's not necessarily that I don't like hauling fuel, I was just made far too many false and overdramatized promises about the actual pay I'd be making. There's so many variables when hauling fuel, none of which were ever explained to me. Owner ops who left a similar position or even went back to company work, where did you go and why? I'd consider selling my truck if there was a company position like OTR where I could net around 2K a week. Is this unreasonably high expectations for company work doing OTR? I've never done any OTR or regional work. Any insight or experience would be greatly appreciated.
Question about staying an owner operator or selling my truck
Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by Beemer345, Aug 31, 2024.
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Do you pull their trailers, or do you own the truck and trailer?
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By chance, are you pulling for WTG?
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Oil is one of the higher paying company gigs.
Whether they're making $2g a week I don't know.
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I know a driver that nets 2k plus as a company driver, but he’s a trainer. Flatbed, same company 9 years. Walmart, OD, Estes, several companies is attainable, but there’s sacrifices. Cameras, corporate BS, etc.
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Check out the LTL forum and the tanker forum to see what you can potentially make and be home daily or weekly.blairandgretchen, The_vett and Beemer345 Thank this.
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