FCC--Fremont Contract Carriers

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  1. ncmickey

    ncmickey Road Train Member

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    I can fit 28 pallets in our trailers… as long as they ‘pinwheel’ the pallets . One in straight, one sideways, alternating all the way out. At least I can with these pharmaceutical pallets.
     
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  3. rokue

    rokue Heavy Load Member

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    I won't get a glider but will maybe get a 2009 w900 possibly. At least the dream anyway.
     
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  4. MidWest_MacDaddy

    MidWest_MacDaddy Road Train Member

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    Two thoughts…

    first… Do you have a down payment? If you do, start talking to a few banks and see what finance options you can work out. That’s the direction I think I’d go if I ever buy my own truck. Then if something goes sideways, I can just move the truck to another company without issues of who owns the truck etc. (but I’m fairly happy as a Company Driver)

    second… weekly vs monthly isn’t much different. If making a single monthly payment is important to you, simply fund the first four weekly payments up front and then let them take the weekly out of it before making your next monthly payment. It’s an extra step but might accomplish what you want done.

    Or maybe just sign on as a Company Driver and see how it works and save up a down payment. Might like not having the headache of O/O.
     
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  5. MidWest_MacDaddy

    MidWest_MacDaddy Road Train Member

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    Something doesn’t feel right.
     
  6. rokue

    rokue Heavy Load Member

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    Ah the snapped airlines
     
  7. rokue

    rokue Heavy Load Member

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    I already am a company driver here since may just looking for a way to make an extra $1k a month.
     
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  8. zodiacflyer

    zodiacflyer Heavy Load Member

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    That's not exactly how it works. If you have not owned a truck before I would suggest NOT starting with a W900.
     
  9. runningman0661

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    These weren’t your standardized pallets, some were wider etc, plus he was working only with a pallet jack.
     
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  10. 1catfish

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    i'd go with a w900 too, i wouldnt care if it was my first truck or last truck.your makin the payments.
     
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    runningman0661 Road Train Member

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    Let me preface these comments, I’m not in anyway trying to pick on you, if anything I’m trying to educate you and help you from making a mistake. Wanting to make an extra $1k a month is the wrong reason to want to buy or lease a truck.

    You now have a truck payment, multiple insurance deductions liability, bobtail, cargo, etc. You have to start a maintenance account, put money away quarterly taxes, a truck WILL breakdown. There is a technician shortage, and a parts shortage. So when the truck breaks down you could be without income for weeks or even months. Could you pay your bills if this happens?

    Being an O/O or L/P driver isn’t easy in the good times, and in our current economy with high inflation and equipment prices it’s hard AF right now.

    One final point, as a first time buyer right now in this current market, getting financed will be next to impossible without a huge down payment. Lending institutions don’t like to finance class 8 trucks, and record number of companies and individuals are failing right now. So unless you pay cash for a truck you aren’t getting financing.
     
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