Should I lease after my 1 year is up?

My nephew made $35k his first year as a company driver .
In year 4 he made $98k, he gets paid 20% of the gross to the truck , and averages 88 cents a mile driving the company’s brand new W-900 and home every weekend and took off almost 8 weeks ,


and the truck payment insurance maintenance permits etc etc etc are all someone else’s problems

company he worked for pays $550 a week when they don’t have any work ,
And some weeks they don’t , because the company does regional heavy haul and gets paid $x per mile or they don’t crank the truck . And they don’t work off of load boards and the company will deadhead empty for free before they use a broker .
They never use a broker .
They do direct freight for their niche customers and come back home .



get all the endorsements
Doubles triples hazmat tanker and twic

and keep your MVR clean
No tickets no accidents

there are companies that pay good money and have top notch trucks .

Once you have a year or two of experience you can land a good job at a good company and make $100k

 

You might do well as an evangelical preacher.
Or any of those self-help and self-affirming types.

(Note to self, and to Frank. Yes, I do see the sarcasm...)

 

Don't get him started.....