Husband buying truck for Fedex contract

I doubt a 600 is low enough to keep him out of fed ex. I bought my house with not much more then a 600. Right now I'd kill for a 600 so don't get me started on credit scores.
What Brick was meaning by age limit at all times is this, They require a 2003 or newer truck right now, next year will it be a 2004 truck or newer? Get it? Most companies with age limits say 5 years old or newer so you wouldn't want to get into a truck that they wouldn't let you run next year.

 

wow, I'm slow tonight

 

Are you financially prepared for fuel expenses, any maintenence expenses, insurance expenses, Fedex expenses etc... Do you have money set aside for living expenses until checks start coming in ??? And if you " can't wait until credit is better " you may want to re-think that thought process.

 

there is no doubt. them fed ex contract are nice if you can get them.

Aren't they all team runs though?

 

Nope, not all teams, I know a guy who runs VA to, Hagerstown to Snow Shoe PA every night. This is a dangerous game to play, I'd reccommend $18,000 in the bank and buy anew truck. We trade ours at 400,000 and let some one have them rather than do the repairs after that. Get's more and more to maintain one after 400K and the downtime can be costly as well. I've tried for years to get people to think about it but ends up on blind ears. Buy a new one, write it off over 4 yrs and trade it in on a new one. Big write off, good ride and no problems. Form a LLC so they can't take your home away. Go with the long mileage synthetics and save money, carry your lunch, don't buy truckstop food on overnight runs. Use every trick you can dream of !