Owner-Operator / motor carrier difference?
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Are there any 'motor carriers' in this Owner-operator section? If the above describes the different characteristics shouldn't a seperate section exist for motor carriers? THX |
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Where on earth did that quote come from ???? As a O/O you are either leased on to a carrier ( Landstar, Schneider, Swift, etc..) and operating under their Authority. Or as I, and most in this section, have their own Authority and we are finding our own freight through established shippers or reputable brokers. Some even have a Broker Authority to broker freight as an additional revenue stream. |
Try typing in "authority." A little broad but it should get ya started.
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THX BigDiesel & RostyC |
try searching again this had been discussed a million times. I defined the terms about a week ago.
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I think that O/O means different things to different people. I was filling out govt forms before and I believe they used the term to refer to a carrier that had no employees (as I recollect). I use the word carrier as often as I can to avoid confusion.
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There are some of us on here who operate under our own authority. If you have your own authority, you are a motor carrier. If you own a truck and lease it to a motor carrier, you are an owner operator. There are some who consider themselves an owner operator, even though they run under their own authority. However, they are actually a carrier. |
(a) The department shall establish a classification of motor carrier of property known as owner-operators. http://law.onecle.com/california/vehicle/34624.html This appears to be a third definition
------------------------------------------------------------------ Example of o/o being used both ways. http://www.owneroperatordirect.com/?...FRUHWAoduBgABQ |
As far as I'm concerned having my own authority, I am an owner/operator. I own my truck and I operate it same as someone who is leased onto a carrier.
Just a bunch of people who wanted to have a classier name. Sort of like the guy who pumps gas is now called a gasoline technician or that trash guy is now a sanitary engineer. |
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I know quite a few single truck carriers who still consider themselves to be owner operators. They are owners of the truck and they do operate it. The odd thing is that every time I get something from the Feds about my authority they always address me as "motor carrier." :? Oh, I get it.....it must be because I have more than one truck. :roll: :wink: What about the guy who owns a single truck and doesn't drive it. He has a driver in it? Would you consider him to be a carrier or owner operator? Maybe he is actually a owner non-operator. :lol:
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I will stick to 'carriers' for those with authority to clearly define between the 'two worlds.' Quote:
I'd rather B more 'specific,' I'd certainlly want to know who I'm dealing with. -My 2 cents, THX for your input. |
....and all these years I thought O/O on the side of the truck meant he was on percentage.
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If you are leased on, you may OWN the truck, but you are OPERATING the truck under that CARRIERS authority, insurance, direction.
Before I got my own authority (interesting word authority), I always thought owner operators were just as the name implied, self employed, and they are, just in more like a franchise form. Just like when a business is franchised, you give up some of your autonomy (authority), for potential increased efficiency and productivity, due to greater purchasing power. Some people like this form of business, and others find it too restrictive. To each his own. jonboy |
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That DOT number as well as the MC number that accompanies it, are what makes you a Motor Carrier. |
I was talking to some guys at a truckstop tonite, and they asked me if I was an owner operator, and I told them I was a carrier, and they said you're a what?
They were a little loaded so I was messing with them a bit.... I told them I was not an owner operator, but a carrier, just like JB Hunt or Swift or whatever. They told me there was no way I could be that. It just cracked me up. :lol: They somehow didn't think it was possible for a regular person to be a carrier, certainly not someone as green as I am, and with only one truck and trailer. It is a bit comical as I think about it. |
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Is there a trucker's website that caters to motor carriers/small fleets? |
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http://www.worthless1000.com/search.jpg http://www.worthless1000.com/search1.jpg Pssst. There's a little button below the search box, that says search any words, or search all words. :wink: |
How do you do that Rev?
I'm guessing here Right click on page to copy image Take it to photoshop Make the marks in red Then what? |
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CTRL + PRTSC paste in a new photoshop document, save as a jpg and upload onto my server. |
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