Anyways thanks to everyone for their opinions and advice. Most likely I will just go company and get experience first before jumping the gun.
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Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by JojoTheTruckDriver, Mar 20, 2016.
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Never worked there. Started with Boyd Bros in the mid 90's. They started a l/p program based on Prime's but without the big payment at the end. I would avoid a lease with a balloon payment.
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Take some time to read through Doubleyellow and Blairandgretchen threads in the O/O forum. You'll pick up a much better understanding of what it takes to run a business.
Although some folks do become successful leasing a truck from the company that they are leased on with, the lease cost is far more expensive than if you could lease a truck from an independent company or purchase your own truck.
"Don't buy a job." - this was sage advice from a SCORE executive at the SBA.
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The only reason he's "killing" it is because he's basically running a team operation and getting paid all your miles. At least that's what I'm assuming and I could be wrong.
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