Prime's lease deal. The math gets done.

I guess the point I was trying to make is that you shouldn't put all of your eggs in one basket. You truck payment, insurance, maintenance, dispatching, and everything else being handled by one company may seem easy and nice, but its not what it looks like.

 

My father was a trucker. Died at 53 of colon cancer. Would very much like to try his life. I'm also very interested in the business side of it and seeing what can be accomplished.

There is some more to the story, but that's all we're going to get for now lol. But suffice it to say some things have disenchanted me from that industry, and vice-versa.

 

Just a reply to some earlier posts...

A "brick and mortar" franchise business leasing property, is no comparison to a trucking lease business.

This is a common argument used by those in defense of many lease purchase programs, and it's non-sequitur.

This is why...

The building owner pays for most repairs and maintenance, trucking companies do not.

A brick and mortar business can solicit business from anyone, lease op's can only run for the lessor company.

A franchise business has complete control over the rates they charge, and the customer's they acquire.

Lease operators are "told" what they earn per mile by the company.

The company dispatcher/FM/DM decides when the LO gets a customer or load, what they are hauling, where they are going.... and IF?

Lets try to not "over simplify" the analogy.

With these glaring differences in mind, maybe one can make a wiser decision as to joining a company lease program.

Just my 2

 

find an owner op who'll let u run the truck like its yours without the bills of course

pick your loads get him to sit down with you when you get back

let him point things out to u about being more profitable here or where not to go

be a good way to figure if owning is right for you

 

Mr,...I would give my left,&^% to be able to go back to school and have a real career,......Making any kind of living in this industry is almost impossible....


Better living through chemistry....

 

You got it....But these ''new ones'' have this ''fantasy'' they have to see for themselves.It does wear off after there 4th trip..lmao...

I need at least 1.80 a mile to make 50 cents a mile for my labor.Load board shows today,48 loads 100 mile radius of kansas city.The best one is 1.69 a mile going into the dead zone(texas)...

ohhhhhhhh but i am an owner op and i make the ''big money''...ROLMFAO

 

That "fantasy" applies to every industry that deals with a "recruiter". Just remember 1 thing and 1 thing only when sitting down with or talking on the phone with ANY RECRUITER...

THEY ARE SALESMAN GETTING PAID TO PUT A BUTT IN THE SEAT

I have talked to kids, ~20 somethings, getting ready to start tech schools (ITT for one) for a network administrator and where told they could make $60k the 1st year.... I have a degree and certifications and can tell you first hand the day of the $60k network administrator is dead, very dead, those jobs are very few and very far in between and require many years of experience. I recently applied for 1 for a bank that wanted 15 years to make $45k... 15 YEARS!!!

So remember at least these 2 things;

THEY ARE SALESMAN GETTING PAID TO PUT A BUTT IN THE SEAT

and;

IF IT IS NOT IN THE PAPERWORK YOU SIGN, IT WAS NEVER SAID AND NEVER HAPPENED

 

Yep I was an IT specialist in the 90's. One year experience I was doing 50k. By 1999 with almost 10 years it was DSL tech support for $8/hr. That's why I went back to grad school.

 

Everything has cycles. Trucking will come around, even though it will take years and I'm sure IT specialists will be in high demand in the future. There are just to many people getting into both fields cause they think they will have a job and plenty of pay.

 

Of course it will cycle back around,.....Only the next time ALL the IT people will be in INDIA,...And the truck seats will be filled with MEXICANS,.....

And the pay will be even lower than it is now,.....That's the sad reality,...