It sounds good on paper until you consider the facts. Being an owner-operator means you maintain your own truck, find your own loads, and take care of everything related to your business (insurance, licensing, rent, parking, etc).
Just maintaining a truck is crazy stressful. It might be ok for some time until something major breaks on your truck and you’re not working for a week and you’re out an additional $5k for repairs. Just hope you’re not stranded in the middle of nowhere and have to pay thousands to have your truck towed.
It’s also in the top 10 most dangerous jobs. It’s incredibly stressful. And all the latest regulations will put you on edge at all times. When you’re an owner-operator, you are constantly walking the line between pissing off customers and losing your license.
Just maintaining a truck is crazy stressful. It might be ok for some time until something major breaks on your truck and you’re not working for a week and you’re out an additional $5k for repairs. Just hope you’re not stranded in the middle of nowhere and have to pay thousands to have your truck towed.
It’s also in the top 10 most dangerous jobs. It’s incredibly stressful. And all the latest regulations will put you on edge at all times. When you’re an owner-operator, you are constantly walking the line between pissing off customers and losing your license.
It’s such a demanding job nowadays.