Hi,
I work for CRST Van Expedited and was considering going thru lead class and doing the lease purchase. What advice would you have for me to be able to make enough money to pay my bills and still build a good savings account for high dollar major repairs while doing this or is it even possible?
What was it like to be a lead and would anyone have any advice for someone who has never trained before so I can be a "good" trainer?
All tips and advice is greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Mike
CRST Lease Operators Please Respond
Discussion in 'CRST' started by bulldog070303, May 12, 2012.
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I wouldnt do a lease with ANY company, but thats my opinion. If I was going to do something like that, I'd get a truck from a dealer, and go in as a O/O. Lease drivers get SCREWED alot from what I've heard/seen with ANY company.
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bulldog070303 Thanks this.
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Thank you for your reply I do apreciate it, but I asked for CRST lease operators to reply to this thread not outsiders who no nothing of CRST's lease purchase program and how it works. -
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I am an O/O, but at one time before I bought my truck and leased on with them, I was considering the Lease Purchase deal. What I did was started pouring over all the CRST Threads and found those that were doing the L/P Deal and started sending them pm and got alot of good info from them on the deal.
It did not sway me to buy instead of leasing as I already had a Daycab and was gonna need to do something with it so decided to trade and go the O/O route.
Again, I know you were looking for L/P people, just wanted to let you know how to find them by reading the CRST Post, alot of them to read but you can find many on them that are L/P. Running Man was one that I even called up and spoke to, super great guy. -
Ok if u lease on with Crst and get one of there trucks until the truck is paid for u are not going to make anymore money than a co driver because u have more bills
Truck payment range 315.00 to 450.00 a week ,truck ins 75.00 a week ,bobtail ins trip pack , Qualcomm ,2000.00 bond ,2000.00 permits,physical damage, and there is 1 or 2 I missed u are going to have most of that if u get a truck at Crst or form someone else
Now here comes the big money grab u get all maintance done at no cost if u get a 3 year lease the last year of lease is ONLY PM stuff brakes ,oil changes ,tiresect.
U have to pay for the major stuff A/C ,turbo,transmission
Then u have to pay .14 cents per mile all miles so if u run team or train and u run 5500 miles a week that is $770.00 hope u got all of that so sample run
816 mile run
Rate 1.53 =1248.48= 70 percent to u 873.94
Fuel surcharge .39= 318.24 = 97% to u 308.69
Total 1182.63
Sounds good and it is now take ou fuel for trip a good starting point is 6.5 mpg
Need 126 gallons at 3.85 = 485.10 in fuel
.14 per mile on lease 114.24
Down to 583.29
O crap I forgot take 250.00 out of that for taxes because u are responsible for federal and state taxes
I paid 7000.00 dollars the first quarter of this year now my truck is paid for so I have no deduction on that u will
Getting back to the .14 cpm if u run 5500 miles a week take that for a month 3080.00 now o can go if u have so so credit to some place like arrow truck sales 4000.00 down and they match up to 4000.00
Now don't buy the first truck u see GET the Spec's on the truck get the print out of the ECM call RIG DIG (car fax for big trucks) truck lots will try to sell u the first truck in line
Research the truck check it out tell them u want to take it to a engine shop not a dealer and engine shop have it put on a dyno and have the blow by checked
This is a start hope this will help
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