iguana:
albion:
Generally, you won’t earn a whole load more as an o/d but with a load more hassle.Actually I didn’t really need to type all my previous wordage, Albion sums it all up far more succinctly above than I managed.
And hassle’s opposite is the ability you have to decide what you do - be that stay as an OD or take some chances and put some more trucks on the road. And that isn’t quantifiable on a balance sheet.
I’ve had a lot of hassle - as Rob says, driving, then coming back and having to go through some accounts, sort out breakdown, look at the bank account and pray it looks healthy enough to meet the financial standing. But it was worth it because it gave me a freedom of sorts. I maintain as a boss you are never free as your customer is your employer, but it is certainly more liberating than being an employee if that is your mindset.