FCC--Fremont Contract Carriers

I'm at the pomps at Ottawa getting my steers replaced with Bridgestone. Yeah Illinois probably will tell them not to enforce it because it's Democrat controlled same as California.

 

So after speaking with Mike and others over the past few weeks, running numbers and all that jazz, I've decided for sure that I'm going into a lease purchase with FCC. I know I've been going back and forth forever it seemed like but after speaking with Mike at length about everything and clearing up confusions, this seemed like the right thing for me.

I'll be getting out of my red truck and into a white one. 4165 to be exact (the shop hasn't thrown on the new numbers yet). Has 265k and a couple minor issues i will have the shop fix when I do my walk through with Travis in the morning. Has new Bridgestone tires all the way around and both inside and out looks like it was taken care of very well by the previous driver(s), and it drives great, even better than the one I'm getting out of. APU engine has more hours on it then the truck engine does so that's a plus. I believe when I looked this only had about 5400 engine hours or so, and the APU has 6800 on it. I'm by no means a fan of these Carrier APU's, and hopefully this one is more reliable then the other pieces of crap I've had the pleasure of experiencing

Overall im very excited

 

Have you had the the opportunity to look at the maintenance history so as to get a real picture of that truck and for your record so you know what’s been done as far as any major things and such..

 

New tires

 

Can you take the wheel covers off as a lease op?

 

I have not but I will ask in the morning. I do know it has new shocks on it. We have one of the best maintenance programs in the industry from what I've seen so I have no doubts that it was maintained properly. They take exceptional care of their equipment

 

I believe so. I've seen other lease drivers running without them

 

Truck is set at 70 but you won't see me running that speed unless I'm empty and going home. Probably be sticking around 63-65 mostly. Most of the running I've done in my company truck the past few months has been at 65. I find that a lot less stressful than 68

 

I found that out as well. 70 is stressful, having to worry about ppl going 65 on a constant basis. As soon as I slowed down to 65-67, the tension disappeared.

 

65-68 for most situations but in my truck I can run 75 if I need to get around others. Mostly to get around prime.