Who is 100% on their own here?

Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by Mattflat362, Mar 30, 2021.

  1. skallagrime

    skallagrime Road Train Member

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    My 2 cents and im leased on, so according to you im not a real oo or something, my cost (includes taxes amd pay) which i hit being leased on is 1.75 all miles. 2.15 a mile if youre doing everything is too low

    Being home every night and always going home every night after each run, thats setting a huge pile of cash in your backyard and setting it on fire.
     
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  3. Mattflat362

    Mattflat362 Road Train Member

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    @skallagrime Never said that! You are what you are and we are what we are.

    I have no sleeper and I have a young family. I love my house and home and I hate sleeping anywhere else.

    I didn't get into this for money only.

    Why are you leased on with someone? Serious question.
     
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  4. Deere hunter

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    @Mattflat362 even though it’s been quite a while since I was a one truck owner operator doing everything, I applaud your thread very informative and much needed! If I can offer any insight it would be keep everything possible in house and please don’t ever factor.
     
  5. Mattflat362

    Mattflat362 Road Train Member

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    I still for the life of me can't figure out how slimy backbiting insect factoring companies even exist or how they came into existence!
     
  6. Mattflat362

    Mattflat362 Road Train Member

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    I just did some more figuring. I am at 260k new to me miles on my truck and I figure another 200k when I drove for someone else. I'll be a half a million miler soon!

    I am sure that is green around here! LOL.

    Where ya'll at on lifetime truckin' miles?
     
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  7. Oscar the KW

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    I’m probably around 2 million by now. Maybe more, before elogs and age it wasn’t uncommon to hit 170,000 a year.
     
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    Mattflat362 Road Train Member

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  9. Largecar359

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    My tractor just passed the 3 million mark a few months ago. Makes you think about what the trucking world looked like during that first hundred thousand. Naturally you compare it to how things are now. My dashboard looks the same it did on day one, everything else seems pretty different.
     
  10. Mattflat362

    Mattflat362 Road Train Member

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    Wow! I don't think I will make 2 or 3 million miles in my career. I am already 49.
     
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  11. Deere hunter

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    49E32B30-BB58-47A8-A028-6CF8D48EEAEE.jpeg When this one gets to 3 million I may be done. But who knows that’s what I keep telling my wife.
     
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