Hope everyone’s doing well. Lately I’ve been contemplating wether I should go ahead and get myself an 07 Columbia with a d60 10spd (300k mi on the overhaul) or a 2016 D15 10spd (8xx,xxxmi for 10k) and just lease into my current company who’ll be taking care of most paper work ( ie plates, insurance IFta etc for 10% of my total gross). My question is, as a company driver grossing 40% of total weekly gross on the truck, would u make the switch ? I want to have the freedom being an OO to be able to take home time whenever I want and accept/deny loads without dealing “load rejection fees”. Currently avg 2k-2.8k as 1099 driver.
Long term my main objective is to run under my own authority in reefer div.
Any input is highly appreciated from my fellow drivers.