Almost ready to jump in

Well - I've really got nothing positive to say here, so I guess I'll shut up.

Not very much room in the sleeper to move around, huh?

Most all of your questions have been answered here before.

Good luck.

 

Why not use your nest egg and buy a used truck?

 

A real good place to start is on youtube. From what I found out if you can avoid a lease purchase with a trucking company you should. I know a few will say they are having no problem but not many.
Look for Jeffery L. on youtube he walks you through what he has done. He even let's you see his cost in a recent video. Lot of good info on you tube.
I'm just starting out too.I pick up my 1st load today.
I went with a full lease for a new truck little more expensive but I don't have to worry about any maintenance its all included. Even if a head light goes out they replace.
I built my business plan based on what Jeffery L shared on you tube. Getting a company to lease me a truck was the hard part. I went in with the business plan plus a letter of intent from the company I intended to hire on with. Plus I had already formed my own LLC company. Hope this help's
John

 

Honestly,

if you think L/O is the next step................

I think you may be misinformed.

And if you did your homework before even considering the "next" step,

you'd already know the answer to all those questions.

But, I still wish you Good Luck

 

You say you have a family to support.
Now you'll have a truck and a family to support.
If you lease a truck the truck comes before your
Family. The truck gets its money first everyweek
And your family gets the leftovers.
If there's no leftovers and there will be plenty of
Times that there aren't your family gets nothing.
Does your wife know this.

All the research in the world ain't gonna help you.
You said you don't have the time to read all the
Threads on here about leasing a truck.
That's a big mistake.

I'm gonna enjoy this crash and burn story just like
500 before you who thought they were smarter than
The million dollar accounts and lawyers at these companies
Who set these lease contracts.

 

Wait. That's my advice . All those questions you listed you should already have a good idea what the answers are.
I'm not saying don't do it.
I'm saying wait until you know what you are getting into .
The grass is only greener because of the excess of crap that is all over there.

 

It's clear the guy doesn't know what he's up against with leasing a truck. He's got stars in his eyes and nothing is gonna stop him. When I first started 9 years ago I did the lease thing and almost went broke. The first check I got was negative, meaning I owed the company. After awhile I left and went as a company driver.

 

Another lease op thread? Sheesh.