What makes us do it?

I could use a straight jacket. I think DOT would be a little concerned when I pulled onto the scale though.

 

Stupidity shouldn't be ruled out. Runs in my family.

 

It's still fun. Can't believe they pay me to do this!!

 

Lmfao hearing that right there makes me want to keep driving lol

 

Yah i thought the same thing rolling through oakland traffic in my rust bucket. ....she heard i was replacing her next month so my mpg tooka big jump go figure

 

Hell of alot cheaper to replace a clutch then a transmission if your buying i would suggest getting to like the manual.
Back on subject
love/hate relationship grew up country(aka raised around farming and trucking) trucking and farming all I know all I have done all my life so keep doing both until I am dead lol wont be rich by no means but not poor either

 

In reply to my first post...

Thanks Rawze,
I had run across this pdf book not long ago, and in fact had saved it to my laptop. I had heard it's probably the best book/info on the "considering being an o/o" subject.
I had previously gotten thru the beginning chapter, and he sure does nail it in regards to most jumping in too soon & totally unprepared. Also on being a victim to the infamous lease-purchase sales pitch from the lowly megacarriers.

I'm smart enough to know I'm not ready yet to take the jump to O/O status. First my pocketbook won't allow me, at present. Second, I really want to know FREIGHT at much higher level. By that, I mean everything associated with it (booking, billing, bookkeeping, contracts/safeguards, etc, etc). All the "what ifs" and the CYA best ways of going about it.
I've always done most mechanical work myself (from Kia to Kenworth, lol) and usually pretty creative at finding a "USDA Grade A jury rig temporary fix", when suddenly caught broken down roadside.

I tip my hat to all the O/O's out there. In the field of moving freight, the ones you have to deal with don't make it easy. That doesn't even include being an occupation/lifestyle with the most severe of Govt control, regulations, and restrictions. Definitely a world of difference from years ago.
But I'm also the type to see and know exactly why being an O/O is "the best and only job" that will satisfy like-minded people.