used to driver for ta myself if you have any experience they force you to lease if you have no experience you can then go company. i had to lease they didnt tell me this untill after i left the other company and set through orientation. anyway when you first start they will run you alota loaded miles then it changes to alota empty miles which you pay for the fuel anyway. good luck and be safe.
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lydialonghaul Thanks this.
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how about crst tell me about it
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Hey panhandle Im done my training and Im thinking about leasing ...?? I only 21yrs old, I have no kids, no bills and I dont have a home to go to I will be driving alll the time if I do take time off to get out the truck it will be only for like 2 days if i stay at a hotel.. So I think a im goin to do it ... I was told company driver reallly dont get alot of miles ...and only make like 600-700 a wk.....?
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Well they lied to you about the miles. I usually get good miles. Right now, its kind of sucking tho. ^00 to 700 $ a week is about right for a company driver. L/O's won't make much more tho after all the expenses are taken out, plus you'll have a lot of weeks that you go into the hole.
Have you ever run a business before? Do you know things like doing quarterly taxes? What you can deduct etc.? Have you learned what our freight lanes are, where you might end up sitting if you accept a load there?
What I'm trying to say, is there are a lot of things you ought to check out and know before considering such a move. Don't want to see you come on here in 6 months, getting out of driving cause your not making a living.
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Drive Company for a while and then you will know for sure if you should lease. Congrats on completing training. -
Calalan, go companey off the bat, I was in your shoes back in August and said almost every thing you have been saying and I didnt listen to the drivers out there, and now im back home because I couldnt make enought to pay the bills while on the road. If I would have gone companey I would have pulled at least 600 a week and still be out there. Listen to the old addage if it sounds to good to be true it probllbly is. you can alway lease later. dont be suprized if they tell you you can lease and if you dont like it you can go back to companey, thats what they told me and I fell for it.
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Well I Did it I went LEASE My first run 1600 miles olathe to carlisle pa with 4 stop 2 in pa 1 MD and 1 in VA I dont have no plans on going home cause i dont have anywhere to call home so I living in my 10 t660 that I got its ok imma make it happen and stay positive , my first night I tryed to back in this small loves off I70e and made a mess i left their and slept at a rest stop ...lol but i backed niice at my first 2 stops today yeahhhhh
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