Dart Lease Purchase

Discussion in 'Dart' started by chevyman85, Apr 7, 2015.

  1. mydogIzzy

    mydogIzzy Bobtail Member

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    Fuel surcharge is garbage now but with the discounts in fuel no complaints with that.
    Never coming down to walmart Brookhaven MS again,told them to make a note of it sitting here two days now for an empty.
    I didn't realize that you had to sit here and watch them put a trailer against the dock and then go sit in front of it like you're claiming property. ########.
    Not only that I sat for 21 hours on a dispatched load that came here and it wasn't even ready and they're only going to pay me 11 hours detention. They said they're going to pay me for my time here but I doubt it.
    Trucks are castrated at 65 but after six months and an average of 10000 miles, you can bump it up to 67.
    Even at 65 mph my average is 6.3 miles per gallon. 2016 Freightliner dd13 ####s all over itself up a hill even with an empty trailer. I won't even get into the "on guard" crash avoidance system it's garbage.
    Very few light loads everything seems to be 40000 + heaviest one I pulled, load of beer 48000 + including dunnage.
    Anything I pulled out of GP has been 44000, big rolls of paper no paper cups or paper plates. P&G has lighter loads
    I can go home and stay as long as I want but when you leave the house you don't get paid empty miles.
    If you stay too long and don't save settlements to pay for your "rental" during your home time, when you leave out you will haul freight for free until you catch up.
    Maybe dedicated is ok but I've spoke with several them and they're not doing much better. They have lost accounts.
    Maybe things will get better if the freight picks up but with fuel prices as low as they are, not anytime soon.
     
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  3. Tenn I See Trucker

    Tenn I See Trucker Medium Load Member

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    That's funny been on dedicated for 10 years and we still have the same accounts,oh well to each his own.
     
  4. mydogIzzy

    mydogIzzy Bobtail Member

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    Driver on dedicated route for 16 years told me that,your idiom "to each his own" is used incorrectly, it was not my personal opinion.
     
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  5. Tenn I See Trucker

    Tenn I See Trucker Medium Load Member

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    Accounts come and go its just the nature of the business, but you probably already knew that super trucker
     
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  6. mydogIzzy

    mydogIzzy Bobtail Member

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  7. Bigdaddy00

    Bigdaddy00 Light Load Member

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    First Problem is western only pays around $1.15 per mile
     
  8. OStreet

    OStreet Bobtail Member

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    Do you drivers run all 48 or subjected to only certain zones/states?
     
  9. OStreet

    OStreet Bobtail Member

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  10. shurenough

    shurenough Light Load Member

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    I heard you need a truck payment of around $700 a month to make it there, because a truck payment over a $1000 A MONTH people go belly up
     
  11. Tenn I See Trucker

    Tenn I See Trucker Medium Load Member

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    I disagree,my truck payment is 2000.00 here is the proof,if you work hard,watch your fuel and buy it right you can make money at Dart,I will post my settlement summary for the last 30 days, I have a 2016 Kenworth T680,the number don't lie,theven numbers are what we're direct deposited to my account
     

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