Thoughts on Prime owner/lease?

I would like to see some proof on the $88000 new truck

 

here is from my lease agreement. I drove the truck those 13k miles before buying it. I also paid it off more than a year early, cutting them a check for roughly 54k. Total, even with the interest was still just under 100k. If I had been able to cut them a check for the $88k at the time, I could have purchased the truck for exactly that amount... Is it something this company regularly does for its L/p operators?,..well,..not really, because they prefer to sell only their used trucks. Myself, and one other driver talked them out of a new one at the time, showing them a clear record of expense, costs, and also the fact that I was not BROKE, with the promise of buying the truck and keeping it no matter what.



My point is not to argue about how cheap someone can buy a truck for,...My point is that MANY of the L/p carriers, make a BIG profit on the truck, BEFORE you even haul freight with it..I can see them making profit on sold trucks,..but really,...Profiting from their OWN DRIVERS,...Does the freight not make enough for them?,...Are they in buisness to sell truck,..? or to haul freight?

My point is BOTH Valid AND Credible. There are companies that will L/p a truck for what they have in it, because they already make their revenue on the freight, and try not to burden their drivers with more cost then necessary. Others will jack the price by $10k,$20k,$30k,...or even more, socking that profit directly into the L/p.

Learn all you can before signing a L/p agreement. Know what you are paying for,...Look for the better deals out there,...Open your eyes to that 'Hidden' world of trucking the Mega's do not want you to see. You will be wiser for it in the end.