Pros
plenty of work if you are willing to (follow the work) bounce between west texas, south texas , east texas and Oklahoma, however due to low rates you have to work your cookie off to get close or earn the $200,000 they say owner ops make.
Cons
Most companies provide their owner/ops with a rate confirmation sheet prior to dispatching the drivers on a load however this company doesn't...The company is constantly dropping and changing the amount that the loads pay. The dispatchers will tell you that the load pays one rate however when your settlement comes the amount is lower..
**The drivers end up taking pay cuts as the price of oil plummets while the other parts of the company maintains their pay or receive raises.
** dispatch is unorganized; they'll saturate an area with drivers; have them sitting while leaving another area uncovered then panic and flood that area with drivers ...leaving the other area uncovered.... miles of unnecessary none compensated deadhead
** working as owner ops/or for owner ops there isn't force dispatch however if a driver turns down a load dispatch will call the contractors boss and advise them that the driver is turning down loads (regardless if the driver just got off a load) driver coercion which is illegal.... as well as knowingly have a driver exceed their HOS (that's okay because they run paper logs, right?)
** their insurance only covers your truck if your involved in an incident while LOADED if your'e bob-tailing or empty then you are SOL!!!!