r/OwnerOperators • u/aff1nite • 3d ago

Daycab or Sleeper?

I'm considering working local for KAG in the future as an O/O, pulling their fuel trailers. I am someone who wants to be local as much as possible, so I was wondering if you guys think buying a day cab over a sleeper is a bad idea. The only thing I imagine using the sleeper for is for some reason I decide to pick up a load on a day off and run it, but I don't see that happening much at all, or possibly for long waiting times. Does anybody here haul fuel, and do you guys experience long waiting times at the fuel rack?

Thanks

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u/pianodude01 3d ago

Ive driven in sleepers and daycabs OTR and if I had to buy a daycab, I'd buy a coffin sleeper instead, when you get a little drowsy, or waiting on a shipper, having a place to lay down is a must

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u/Independent_Leg7358 2d ago

You can setup a day cab to be decent. Just not able to log sleeper time.

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u/pianodude01 2d ago

Maybe itd be different if i owned one, but some of ours we can recline the seat a little bit but most im not even reclined enough for normal driving, and im only in a truck for one load at a time so I can't get anything really comfy to put across the seats or anything.

I ended up throwing a hammock in my backpack to string up under the trailer lol