Statistic charts showing it is the WORST time to become an O/O

Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by Kenworth6969, May 8, 2022.

  1. scoobertdoo

    scoobertdoo Road Train Member

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    I don't care about elogs. I care about money. Ditching a 1500 a month payment would be nice, with enough left over for an older rig with a brand new engine if needed.
     
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    It doesn’t matter what the market is

    This just isn’t a business where you can live paycheck to paycheck

    High or low rates you still need to know WTH you’re doing and plan for the unknown but the ones, and who knows. Maybe it will happen to me?
    But the ones who can’t figure it out will not make it no matter who try’s to help them. They just don’t understand business and have no interest in learning

    Many of the millionaires of the world have fallen several times before making it
    I look at any failures in my life as an education better than any school but some just keep getting the same old board to the head time after time and don’t know why
     
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    GYPSY65 Road Train Member

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    Sorta the same here
    I was riding this before I could peddle a bike
    Couldn’t reach the pegs but my dad would get me going and let go. Then catch me when I was done
    Don’t ever remember wiping out?

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    Ha Ha I can remember my first ride. Dad put us in the ball park and let us take off. He didn't think it through to well as I drove next to the home plate area and ran the bike down the fence. Broke the front brake handle off first go around. HA HA After that I caught on real fast. I learned how to ride pretty fast once I got hurt a couple times. And of course we did not wear any protection back then. That is one of my fav times as a child was such a fun time.
     
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    Peter Schiff is one of the few that’s right though.
    The black horse is comming soon
     
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    Sweet. Same age I started riding 4 wheelers, got a Honda 70 4sp auto. About 8 I moved up to a Suzuki 230 and learned to use a clutch
     
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    My friend just bought his 4 year old a 50cc 2 stroke with training wheels
     
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    Negative 15 for me :biggrin_25523:
     
  9. Midwest Trucker

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    Dang, I was negative 4 but you beat us all.

    I agree Kenworth6969 is very doom and gloom but I also think things are getting and going to get much worse then many of you all are thinking it will. Not necessarily in this thread but most of the people I see not knowing their cost and thinking things will be fine, just got start in the last year or 2.

    I’d venture to say there is a lot of learning and soul searching coming for some folks. Yes, over extended and over paid guys will struggle first but the wave coming is big enough that even the low debt to no debt guys will start getting their feet wet. IMO.
     
  10. DUNE-T

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    The millionaires club will probably shrink a little :rolleyes: