Which Truck To Lease??

No...that's not what I'm saying....Sometimes freight is pretty weird on what's moving in certain areas of the country and if you feel comfortable with your avg miles/wk...Go for it. I don't know what you have to pay for on the truck or if Swift helps out with repairs if needed...I'm sure there's discounts from them on certain things...right?

 

Now calculate your hometime when truck payment still must be paid.

 

to help with the calculation, I normally go home on a Monday and stay until Friday. Payment is made and I receive a check. Come out Friday and have 5-6 days to run for the next payment. Now calculate, depending on your terminal, you are a company driver and you are going home for 3-4 days, and you have to give up your truck. Then wait for another one when time to come out. There are times that I have heard that a driver has had to wait almost 2 weeks for a available truck. Now where is your revenue.

Yes, as a L/O, you have a little more control, like for example, I have never had to wait for a load on a Friday comming out of Laredo or El Paso or Fontana. I have a little more control of where to go. I avoid any freight going near certain terminals on a Friday afternoon, like PHX, Gary and Columbus. I use MAC 30 alot, and usually get some good choices, like once, Laredo to NC, and this load came out on a Friday. I run 2800/wk because that is what I want. It is not hard to get and I do not burn myself out, and never run out of hours. there are weeks that I will run hard, but when I run over 11,000/mo and I see that .09/mi going back to IEL, then I am back to my 2800.

 

What terminal are you out of?

 

I've heard that about Phoenix.
They are the tightest of all the terminals when it comes to home time.

I guess your only choice is to take 2 days every 2 weeks.

 

Thank god I live 300 miles from closest terminal, take 3 to 4 days off and truck stays home. 50k between oil changes with no bypass oil on it. Wow and they wonder why crap brakes on the engine. I would do oil samples at 15k good luck