THE ADVENTURES MK III - Still doing it my way

It's a move that I'm happy I made. I'm still glad I leased for a year though before getting my own truck. Gave me a chance to get my feet wet.

Knowing that a leasing company cannot "repo" my truck because I broke some stupid safety rule or pissed off someone at SFI/SNI, etc., is a nice feeling. It's also nice knowing that I could switch to pulling for another company or get my own authority at will should I ever desire to do so without the need to get approval from SFI.

Of course my truck is (much) older than the one I leased so I spend more on maintenance and there's always little things that need to be fixed. But the way I look at it is that at some point I can go through this truck and put in a whole new engine and driveline and rears and it will be good to go for (at the current rate) at least another 1.3 million miles and yet it still won't have any of the finnicky BS that you have to deal with on the new trucks. I haven't had one check engine light, one emissions problem, etc. It's just so much simpler.

It's not for everyone and I understand why some are totally happy with leasing. Obviously many have and will continue to make it work doing either. I'm glad I've had a chance to experience both.

Sunroof still leaks though.

 

Man I let this thread get 3 pages back since I haven't made a post here in so long...

Some personal reasons have recently and will probably continue to keep me off of the road for a bit. Nothing's changed other than I just haven't been trucking... talk about something I miss more and more each day. Hopefully it won't be too much longer until I am back at it. SNI doesn't care... just the occasional e-mail from my ICA to check in. Otherwise not a peep.

I know I have let some texts, phone messages, and PMs go unanswered lately, and I apologize for that. You're all good people here and I feel bad for not making the time to keep in touch like I should, unfortunately some other things have taken priority.

Hope everyone has a nice holiday weekend whether you're taking some time off or working through it. I will say, being home on the 4th sure beats my experience from 2 years ago, spending the day at the NJ welcome center after crossing over the George Washington headed south...