swift and the lease purchase

Guys,
I've been reading on some of these threads about some l/o's being broke and hav ing to train to make their truck payment, and even trying to borrow money from their students. This brought up a question. See, a lot of things in life are based on patterns, meaning those who are succesful usually do the same things and have the same habits as others who are sucesful like them. The same thing goes for those who tend to fail. So based on what your experiences in this spesific business, what do you think are patterns and bad habits that are causing these l/o's to fail?

 

Sure wish that I could give you a answer to that question. I have been with the program almost 20 months now, and never once have I starved out here. I have talked to more mentors that are starving for some reason and can not figure out why.

 

I can guess?...opposite of me tho....lazy...cant manage there money very well...refuse preplans....expect "perfect load" everytime...so not very flexible...having mental or emotional problems(and i been there too)....spend to much time on ttr?...inside truckstop or terminnal?...complain to much?....list could go on and on.....etc,etc,,,blah,blah,blah....

 

Yep FR8, you are here alot

 

Simple answer ... they don't know what they're doing. This is a cash flow business. You got to know what cash is yours and what cash belongs to the business. When you start stealing cash from the business for yourself, you are on your way out of business.

 

haha....u too

 

http://www.thetruckersreport.com/tr...10845-new-lease-operator-update-1st-post.html

 

Do you still drive for Swift? How is your lease going. I'm a current driver for Swift and I was thinking about going into the l/p program myself.

 

Uhhhhhhh....yeah she still drives for Swift, is very happy with her dedicated Walmart out of Grandview run. She is still driving Girlie and doing well moneywise....but she can't tell you that on this board anymore since she has been banned from here. She posts regularly on that other board on the darkside.

 

Any upfront cost?