Having your own authority, leasing on pros cons

Either I am confused or you are.
The "carry the fuel bills" means like a creditcard, a bill comes every week or month to you and they want paid NOW. By the time you get paid for that load you've already paid the fuel bill that hauled it 30 days ago. Now you've got a BIG bill that you have to pay and you ain't been paid yet. The fuels gone, the load is hauled & your waiting on money for hauling the load.

The FSC is calculated by the Feds every week. It's designed to compensate for the national average price for fuel. It fluctuates with prices at the pump.
It's YOUR money! No one, not a broker or company ought to get a dime of that! Last time I checked it was .51 cpm.

Did this help or did I completely miss what you meant?

 

Yes!

With my lease, I can get 200 bucks a week advance off my comdata card. I can buy fuel any time I want to, wether I'm under a load or not! If I wanna deadhead 1700 miles home,,,I fill the tanks and go home. That fuel cost will come out of my next settlement but at no time, will I have to write a check for fuel. A good lease will do alot for an o/o. A bad lease will putcha outa business.