top 5 companies to lease to?

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  1. Lowa3468

    Lowa3468 Heavy Load Member

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    I will have my truck paid for by mid july, or sooner if I can find financing to move sooner.

    I am doing my homework as to where the best place for me to put my truck, soon as it's paid I'm out of where I am at now.

    Here is what I was thinking
    1)landstar (but need hazmat)
    2)roadone
    3)roadway
    4)mercer
    5)Melton

    Looking to do dry van any thoughts as each has pro's and con's. Just looking for the best rates.
     
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  3. 6 Speed

    6 Speed Heavy Load Member

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    Ford,GM,Toyota,Honda,KIa.....Low monthly payments and turn it back in at the end of your lease. Trucking leases are nothing like this...LOL
     
  4. Chinatown

    Chinatown Road Train Member

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    Check these also:

    Farm2Fleet
    Cardinal Logistics
     
  5. Lowa3468

    Lowa3468 Heavy Load Member

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    Maybe I wasn't clear my truck will be paid off by mid july 2014. Looking for a new company to move my truck to. Since I am going to be title holder and don't have own authority that I will need to lease it on with a new company. Does this help
     
  6. 6 Speed

    6 Speed Heavy Load Member

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    I was just being a smarta$$.Congratulations if you complete your lease,you certainly beat the odds.
     
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  7. Lowa3468

    Lowa3468 Heavy Load Member

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    Well made it this far family willing to live out of the back of a p/u if needed. Only 4 months to go been starving since jan. But I'm not about to just hand it back.

    Like I said there's a number of companies to choose from and like the option of being able to use a load board kinda why I am leaning towards landstar. Figure other oo would have a better idea and experience on this subject.
    It takes about 30 days I am thinking from start of process to move that leaves me 3 months to make a decision.
     
  8. 6 Speed

    6 Speed Heavy Load Member

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    You are doing it the right way.I am a firm believer that a company constantly running ads for drivers is having a retention problem.I have worked out of only 4 barns in my 30 years of trucking and never saw and ad for hiring by any of them.Word of mouth is all a good company needs.
     
  9. Flightline

    Flightline Road Train Member

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    Load board at Mercer also to choose your own loads.
    Only difference is at Mercer you have a coodinator to help watch the load board and take care of calls to get the loads.

    Landstar is bigger, so has larger freight base but also more trucks to compete with so probably same percentage.

    Mercer is begging for O/O with calif. compliant trucks but Landstar probably is also.
     
  10. Lowa3468

    Lowa3468 Heavy Load Member

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    Landstar was 65% of load 100% fuel surcharge and no rental of trailers.

    Does mercer rent trailers?

    I have heard some companies charge just about for everything.

    And cali compliant well don't fall under that category 2007 freight century s/t with c 15 accert cat engine 13 speed.

    If you have your own list that helps too as these are ones been considering
     
  11. Mr&MrsPete

    Mr&MrsPete Medium Load Member

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    Do you have to have haz mat at landstar?
     
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