solo straight how do you make it work
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We have 4 solos in straights and they do fine, as a matter of fact we have an opening for a solo !!!!!!!
I'm a solo O/O. I do good. You have to remember one thing. Everyone personal life's are different. You mite need to make more money then the next guy because you have a family with kids. Where the next guy mite be single or married the wife works with not kids or vise-vera. Everyone's home life is different. You need to decide what you need to make a week (if you drive for someone) and go from there.
I'm a solo in a straight. I do pretty good for my needs. It might not be enough for you though.
In reality, you don't know until you try it. Go with a fleet owner for a while and see if you make enough. I went about it in a different way. I bought a cheap truck that I paid cash for instead of driving for someone else. The truck paid for itself many times over so it worked for me. But if it wouldn't have worked I wouldn't have gone under. Whatever you do, don't go out and buy a 100k truck and then you figure out that you can't pay the truck payment and the mortgage and the car payment and still have enough left over to put food on the table.
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In reality, you don't know until you try it. Go with a fleet owner for a while and see if you make enough. I went about it in a different way. I bought a cheap truck that I paid cash for instead of driving for someone else. The truck paid for itself many times over so it worked for me. But if it wouldn't have worked I wouldn't have gone under. Whatever you do, don't go out and buy a 100k truck and then you figure out that you can't pay the truck payment and the mortgage and the car payment and still have enough left over to put food on the table.
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Since it is more difficult to get into a straight, not everybody and their mother get into it. As a result, not that many around, more loads, more load opportunities, better money.
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Oh, and I forgot another one. Big sleeper. I love the space.
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The owner I'm driving for is willing to get a b class vehicle, but only if a team drives it, and to that I say, no thanks, If I ever met an owner that would let me solo drive, I would give it a shot.
Don't want to drop 30k right now on a straight as good as the money will be I'll lose my freedom, I'd be most likely driving 24 7 again coast to coast all in. I'm reluctant to become a solo straight fleet owner, just don't know the solo straight fleet owner coaching abilities as well as I do a Sprinter. 