Saw another mid year post, here's my 28/52 weeks so far (dedicated acc, lease op)

I did lease op for 2.5years and been o/o for about 4 months now. Do your research. There are far too many more predatory lease programs at companies than there are decent ones where you can not only make money but keep it too. There are certain protections you have as a company driver that disappear completely when you make the jump. And (for the most part, there are exceptions) if you’re someone who likes/needs to be home more than once every 5/6 weeks minimum I would strongly recommend not doing it. Every day you’re not working is a day you’re not making money and unlike being a company driver, as a lease op your paycheck CAN go into the negatives. Those expenses come out every week regardless of whether you ran miles or not. Depending on the company you may also be liable to pay for any hotel stays/repairs out of your own pocket if your truck breaks down. You’ll need to find a good accountant that is experienced in doing truckers taxes and save every receipt you can to help towards deductions. Along with also being able to have the willpower to put away 25-30% of every check into savings for taxes. Healthcare is typically more expensive as a 1099 and you can almost forget about workman’s comp if you get injured. Though most companies do offer LTD/STD plans you can pay into. If all that sounds like something you can deal with then I would say go for it. I no longer work for them but Hirschbach has a great Lease Op program that I would recommend to anyone getting into leasing for the first time. But as always, do your own research!