Think twice before becoming an owner operator

[@BarmyBarmy-et6fp]

This is the stuff they dont show on tiktok videos. 🤣

[@easternrebel1061]

Most of those are paid promotions anyway. Never trust someone to be 100% honest when they're being paid to shill something.

[@truckermixtapes]

Now this is the type of owner operator channel that should blow up, I've been looking for a channel like this for a while. Great content

[@higb7]

Thanks

[@censoredeveryday3320]

The only other channel like this one is "Mike B Rollin" and he's also an owner op with a glider. Real owner op channels are rare

[@htsahtsa2063]

I been a owner operator over 25 years its not bad.

[@LiveNowBeFree2]

How can I speak with you

[@djbiga972]

I had to subscribe to this channel. It’s always something in trucking. Shippers & DOT will lose you money

[@bigrigbutters187]

Also, some of those plugs you can stick a pick tool in there and loosen it, then pull it right out the back. Probably able to replace the individual pins easier than the pigtail end itself.

[@adco]

It’s a lot of work running your own show. The awesome job you do with video and editing, I don’t know how you can do it. You are a great storyteller.

[@jeramiekochlefl-bodner5965]

“Went home and grabbed my step deck” Yeah must be nice

[@SteveWilliamsDTM]

Happy Thanksgiving and prayers for safe travels.

[@gregmonhollen4327]

Hope you have a better week

[@antstruckingadventuresOK1812]

I’m a owner operator to it’s a constant cycle of issues. It sucks all of us owner operators struggle, the same way my latest repair was a airbag.

[@higb7]

Yes, it's when you think you got everything perfect and nothing's going to happen, everything happens

[@antstruckingadventuresOK1812]

@ Yep same here a few weeks ago I had a laundry list of repairs I try to fix everything myself even changing tires

[@stevemartz5610]

Same shit happened to me down in Corbin Kentucky. This was on my trailer with auto inflaters. Literally just checked them 15 miles from the Corbin scale. Had air in it but not enough to let me go. Out of service, just like you. Nothing but heartache when I run south. At least in the Midwest the scale houses all close up by 5pm, I’ll let you keep them southern loads driver. Good video sir.

[@mahdiabdoos]

You make your own content!!! love all the editing and information all in one video there is a lot of headache being an owner operator I can’t find me a good paying load worth carrying I think it’s because of thanksgiving week thankfully I’m home and most likely to be here until Monday.

[@higb7]

Yeah, I'm home too. Happy Thanksgiving

[@sammyus2016]

I’ve got in 2 weeks 5 flat trailer tires on the same route LA to TX. I spent 1600$ just to fix everything and keep rolling. Tough time , tough time.

[@earlhudson6913]

Your videos are always very informative Thank you for your transparency and content 😊

[@stephenbrown344]

Good to see another driver out of my area.

[@dougnorton5143]

Me here too! Parked my truck end of May 2018!

[@craigemmett2425]

I stopped driving 15 years ago and i still have dreams (almost nightmares) about backing up and getting stuck turning around in yards, flats, brakes going out, etc. It will probably haunt me for life 🥹

[@Homemade240sxturbo]

Good clean video man. Sorry you had to go through all that!

[@jaminova_1969]

As a new company driver w/ 2yrs experience I very much appreciate hearing about your experiences and learning about the business side of trucking. And I think what I have learned today is that the best way to make money in trucking is either work in tire sales or get a job with the DOT! Seriously though, I have to inspect every trailer I pickup or move and won't hesitate to tagout a safety defect. I guess it's just the cost of doing business, but it can really eat into your profit margin if you are the owner-operator!

[@404Trucking]

First video watched and im already subscribed and automatically liked. Keep up the great content, stay safe driver.

[@JayDoebler]

you do a fantastic job keeping your revenue up running short, fantastic job ❤

[@alangarcia4446]

I hope everyone and their cousin trying to get into trucking watches this. I’m tried out seeing KZbin truckers claiming all the high rate per miles that no ever finds. Finally someone talking sense to the masses. I swear to you when I first started trucking I used to watch hotshot KZbinrs talking about big money! They are all out of business now.

[@garydownes6769]

Di you absolutely swear or are you willing to go to the bighouse?

[@Fightcf2girls]

I always call first when it's a new drop destination. This has saved me tones of trouble

[@rubenmorales5830]

It’s tuff man! Really tuff

[@polodatrucker]

The things we go through as o/o

[@charlesjones3886]

Brother...u got my respect!!!! Lol 🤙🏾💯

[@marcusw86]

You could take a jeweler, screwdriver or dental tool and pop those pins out of the connector house. Clean them up. Then pug them back in out hook them straight into your actuator

[@jaminova_1969]

Probably should use a voltage meter to test as well!

[@JayDoebler]

Oh, so much stuff laying on roads anymore, tires always pick stuff up

[@miketravis4980]

Idk why they put signs up down the road after the fact you're committed to the route

[@adco]

One hundred percent!!

[@JayDoebler]

Great video, 👍

[@bigrigbutters187]

Instead of blurring that column, which you can see thorough if you look hard, just right click on the top the column and click hide. To unhide, highlight the rows on either side of the hidden row, right click, and click unhide.

[@4s152h]

Way way better than working for someone else you could be only bringing home $1500 a month breaking your back for someone else

[@bayboy1967]

I’ve notice.. if you keep stopping on the breakdown lanes or pull on side of road. There is a lot of debris, that’s not cleanup. There where you get a lot of nails and bolts, that’s bounce around on the shoulder of road. I quit pulling off to the side. I would hit up a rest area or ramp.

[@higb7]

Yes, I go to exit ramps or get on ramps

[@taxbuck7014]

I agree. I reserve pulling onto highway shoulders for TRUE emergencies when you really cann’t continue. Main reason for me is you cause a hazard for drivers needing to suddenly move over a lane to give you room, but picking up debris you cann’t see from a distance is a strong 2nd reason.

[@chriswashington5440]

Man,thanks for video. Sounds real,not fake bs

[@albethel3027]

Awesome content. I just discovered your channel and I'm a new subscriber.

[@higb7]

Thanks and welcome. 👍

[@jeffbrown5709]

Rock on !!! Sounds like you are living the dream !!!!

[@higb7]

😂

[@jerrycoleman4970]

Thanks for sharing. Sorry you had so much grief to deal with. Question: why not carry a couple of extra tires on the truck so the truck stops don’t gouge you?

[@higb7]

I do on my step deck because they're 17.5 tires. My tractor's 24.5 My a dry van is 22.5 But honestly I've got 305,000 mi on my truck tires and that's the first time I've had any tire trouble with it. I plan on changing all eight within the next couple of months because they're down to about 5/32

[@JayDoebler]

Not many of you on the the roads anymore ❤🇺🇲♥️💯👍

[@fighter4christ7]

There’s just too many things that can happen while in transit that we can earn CSA points for. DOT & FMCSA need to practice leniency and use their best judgment on weather these are caused by negligence or not. What a crap week, hope next is much better!

[@terrysmith7229]

I've been driving 30 years pulling ltl as a company driver. Thought about becoming o/o because I'm tired of driving every night . But after watching you I think I'm better off staying a company driver. I also just turned 60.

[@higb7]

Yes, I just got home and got $100 ticket waiting in the mailbox for me from that incident. Driving since 98 first time I ever got a ticket at a weigh station

[@earlhudson6913]

I love your record keeping also

[@higb7]

Thanks, I just like to know what I'm doing. My memory don't go back past yesterday 😅

[@ROLLIN-DUB]

** New Subscriber here** Damn brother- I hate to hear crap 💩 like that. Hauling cheap has always been a big NO NO for me, but I understand everyone situation is different. I’ve taken my authority and go direct to shipper (it’s time consuming, but the rewards are much greater in the long run), it’s much better that way. My suggestion for now- power only, pull containers or bull hauler until the rates creep back up (not knowing when that’ll be), but hauling cheap mmmmm nawl

[@rafaelpena5512]

What program do you used to layout everything ! Very good video

[@higb7]

DaVinci.... And OSB

[@budatkins5917]

Damn Breaux Bridge scales.....I know them all too well. They were A holes back in the 80s when I started dealing with them. Im from Louisiana origionally. Although I am retired now I feel your pain. Crap that everybody is going through now is just BS. Eunice is pronounced You-ness btw. 😀

[@higb7]

Thanks, It's nice to know the proper way to say it.

[@arianbrooks2399]

What I don’t understand is why drivers complain but still running loads if the money is not good?

[@shadewoodrome333]

😂 John Deere was waiting for you.. Sounds like they threw them nails in the yard right before you pulled in

[@jaminova_1969]

I see the guy who takes the pallets hammering away breaking pallets and I'm like who's gonna pickup the nails? Obviously, some poor trucker!

[@theallaroundguy2399]

I like that you keep your numbers. If you could see my numbers versus your numbers you would be completely blown away. Make about $300,000 a year. My expenses are usually around 20 something thousand dollars a year. I work five days a weekor less Monday through Friday and I’m usually done anywhere from 2 PM to 5 PM each day. I do what I call America’s best kept secret

[@higb7]

In trucking/transportation ?

[@HaHaHaHoHoHo365]

Ohhh...you're the guy in Federal Reserve minting money! :)

[@linework2oobvl747]

So where are you at to do that.?

[@miketravis4980]

Can I buy your secrets before you retire?

[@theallaroundguy2399]

@@higb7 Home Inspections

[@medsos]

Wow …!that is why I am not an owner operator

[@AndersSedin]

Hi Billy.Seems that you are still struggling to get your company going in the right direction to get some good money.Even if you do reapers on your own it's hard for you to save some money for the future.

[@CForged]

Maybe you caught a bunch of flat tires from that tight yard with all that John Deere equipment. Maneuvering back and forth catching a bunch of punctures in all your tires. What a p.i.t.a.!!! Happy Thanksgiving! Enjoy it

[@hwyman01]

“You-ness” is the pronunciation lol

[@RobertCockfield-e6u]

Great video 😊

[@higb7]

Thanks!

[@mv2873]

Is it even worth it anymore being an owner/operator? If so, would tanker be the way to go?

[@carriekauffman6880]

Could you show just fuel expense and miles per gal. Then add it up in a years expense. The w9 is cool. But pushing a barn door down the road is not cheap for sure.

[@higb7]

I have that on the same spread sheet. It's on a different tab

[@garydownes6769]

Driver need to be paying someone to drivers a truck. Its a priviledge.

[@adriangarza7584]

What about owner operator for a dump truck? Any thoughts ?

[@michaelscordo256]

Put a new actuator on it. The pins are probably corroded. I have replaced a lot of these.

[@higb7]

I already did that. I'm pretty sure it's the pins inside the plug. I was able to find one in Jacksonville though I just got to put it on now

[@zarfx4127]

But what went right ? Your home your safe. Happy Thanksgiving.

[@higb7]

Yes, it was an annoying trip, and happy Thanksgiving to you

[@lifewithderrick5984]

Great video now that'd trucking the internet don't talk about

[@everett8610]

Been there

[@edmundsenterprises9786]

....But, you love your job 🤣🤣🤣

[@adco]

👍good one!

[@edmundsenterprises9786]

@adco should be more like, 'I see the problem here.. You love driving, check..'

[@sword-and-shield]

The goal of the industry is to "drive" you out, better know that going in. Best to just go old school outlaw, ask the broker for the hot loads that pay more and route around the scales. Hot loads probably;y don't pay anymore to cover it, might be able to find specific brokers though.

[@Freight_Up_Trucker]

Sorry, all that happened to you man

[@DzekoTV401]

Don’t think don’t do it ✌️

[@terryhill545]

You don't own the truck it owns you.

[@johnjohnsons9822]

Do you have a download for the excel template?

[@higb7]

No.... It's easy to build.

[@Robbie64]

Dot giving you an out of service is crazy

[@higb7]

Yes, an out of service - but I'm free to go Plus I got $100 fine in the mail 2 weeks later

[@okiefenokee6935]

Why dont the number add up right ? 140+467 = 607 not 602 and 950 + 154 =1,104 not 1,140

[@higb7]

Because 140 is what Google maps says it is. That's what the broker probably saying it is too. But the 602 is taking the ending odometer from the previous ending odometer and auto calculates the 602 The 467 is taking the starting odometer from the previous ending odometer.

[@higb7]

On the next video I'll show you what I'm talking about next time I bring up numbers and my spreadsheets

[@gregoryhebert9401]

Eunice is pronounced unis

[@gregoryhebert9401]

I live few miles from unis

[@shayearl2369]

You’re not adding your empty miles into what you made from the loads.

[@higb7]

Yes, watch again. Empty miles are included in the final average. Also at the beginning I'm showing the weekly without the deadhead and with the deadhead included.... I show it both ways, without the deadhead what's the load paid, then with the dh, that always the most important

[@everett8610]

Wrong title of video.. Get input from successful business people about your trucking business plan. Business is business many people are good at it just because you don’t know what you’re doing doesn’t mean others are the same.

[@brianludwigjr487]

About to be

[@seanburdelik5216]

Do videos on weeks where you didnt make any money at all cause it was all shit paying loads , all owner ops are quick to post videos on good weeks but they never post videos on weeks they made nothing but scraps

[@higb7]

If I don't make any money for a week it's because I didn't work. I can show you 13 years of those spreadsheets. Never getting rich.. It's always a struggle with one truck running the load boards

[@DaveWhoNone]

O/o of five trucks in the 90,s your just stupid to be o/o nowadays, I’m company driver, paid holidays bonus for being out, in a new truck, an paid all empty miles whatever I do…. Work smarter, not harder, 37 years in the industry driving,,, keep your fancy trucks, company says they’re gonna get me one of my choice, lmao, stupid ppl!!!

[@nickdonalds0546]

Let's see Trump make Owner Operator Rates Great Again

[@user-ln7of9gs4s]

Presidents don’t make the rates. The market dictates the rates.

[@nickdonalds0546]

@user-ln7of9gs4s he can possibly execute more regulations and transparency on these greedy brokers

[@TheClemmons352]

Very informative video. Keep pushing your brand forward!💪🏾🫡

[@James-ln7ce]

All them profits have gone to that executive office furniture

[@higb7]

😅 Ha, it's a $499 desk from Costco I bought 5 years ago

[@James-ln7ce]

@higb7 500 bucks 😳

[@DavidSmith-ev1bd]

My trucks make $130 an hour all day local. Find a niche.

[@rickyd.4107]

Why are you deadheading so far for free that's one of your problems

[@higb7]

Well.... It's complicated One of the long deadheads was from Jacksonville to Augusta. There's nothing in Jacksonville and there was nothing in Savannah that day and a guy called me with a great load from here at the house so it just made sense. A few weeks ago I was in Chesapeake and it was Friday at 8:00 p.m. when I delivered. That's also a bad area and there was no loads on the board with my step deck that weekend and nothing showing up for Monday so I just came home 450 mi

[@rce8540]

Hi Billie love your videos. Keep them coming. Yes been owner operator since 1976. Worst I have ever seen. Best of luck. Happy thanksgiving old trucker