He used have a truck leased on with swift about 6 years ago he had a very large payment around $2400 a mouth. The reason I ask whats the bottom line is because he is always asking me or someone else
to cosign for another truck.this truck however, will cost about $14,000. He often will make a promise of a large return upward of $1500 a mouth until the truck is paid off. I personally dont think he should get another truck because he has other problems but, I just wanted to know how can he make such an offer with the market being so bad.
whats the bottom line?
Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by latoya thurmond, Aug 23, 2009.
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alot of o/o's have payments that are much, much larger than $1500/month
but if he's buyin a $14,000 truck he's gonna need a lot to keep it running just in maintenance
the return is possible, given the right circumstances and a propensity to work......but i wouldnt do it
sad fact is a $14k truck is gonna nickle and dime him, and the newer ones aint much betterbullhaulerswife Thanks this. -
HA! that's about the I'd love to see the rationale behind that promise. The margins are SOOO tight in this business right now that you have to know exactly what you are doing, work yourself to death and have a pocket full of good luck just to make a decent living.
3 or 4 years ago people were making money hand over fist. it's a whole different world nowbroncrider, bullhaulerswife and Rocks Thank this. -
Something sound fishy he want you to co sign for a truck so he will have truck payment HIGH maintenance cost and pay you $1500 a month not including all the other expenses. Unless he gets very very and I mean very very very lucky a 14k truck will be behind a tow truck with major problems with in 6 months to a year now there go a $500+ tow bill out of work for a week or more because I am assuming he wont be able to lease a truck while his is being repaired that if he will have saved up enough to get it repaired and what about that load he was hooked to when it broke down and he has other problems what happen to the truck he was making $2400 a mouth payments on This sound like a disaster in the making
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By the time your are notified by most lenders that the primary borrower is going in default, your credit is already damaged. It is a situation that I deal with regularly, perfect credit except for that cosigned loan, with lates, repo, or foreclosure.Rocks Thanks this. -
If he wants to run a $14,000 truck, he should be running local, maybe limited regional work, where the exposure is much lower, and he should already have the work lined up before he (and you) ever signs that note.
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He had to sale the truck because he was off work for a mouth due to a death in the family.
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