Lease purchase

Forget the Teamsters. There are plenty of good paying jobs to use as a baseline that have nothing to do with the Teamsters. Or any other union. I think it's very fair to compare ltl or local to otr. Its about the money on your check plus decent benefits. After all as a business owner you should be getting those same benefits, the only difference is you write the check for them.

 

Some people don't live in an area that it feasible to get those jobs,so your benchmark argument is invalid....

 

Dude I live in freaking florida. Doesn't get much worse than that for trucking. And if it does. Move! You are not chained to a location. Put your house on the market and buy another one somewhere else. Relocating is a fact of life for every profession.

Staying put in a dead end no opportunity location is a deliberate choice to have no opportunities to thrive.

 

Been thinking about it. Easier said than done though.

 

Common problems I see in the l/p game are

Lack of work ethic, if you are not successful at a company job more than likely you will not be at a l/p

Not having a plan. Its not as easy as picking a truck and hitting the road. You need to have goals and a timeframe to achieve said goals.

Not being willing to self educate. If you cant teach yourself via tools that are openly available then you will not make it in a l/p or as an o/o for that matter

Lack of efficiency. They go get the newest kw with a big ars condo sleeper, have it set on 500+hp and run around at 70mph. Nevermind the fact that they are shelling out $2500+ in truck payments a month and getting 4mpg.

I understand that companies are in it to profit.....if you own a company and your not in it for profit you fail, simple as that. The key is to as a driver, o/o, l/p guy/girl is to attempt to maintain a good workable business relationship with said company. If that cant happen then it will not work and trust me be it a mega, a small fleet, or shippers/recievers you can 98% of the time manage a mutual respect and good business relationship. Just gotta play the game right

 

Dude, I was born and lived in that God forsaken hell hole for 30 years,I moved to a better freight market and cleared better than $70,000 last year,doing a lease...so to each his own,some people might have deep roots in an area,or have family obligations and can't leave,so sir your point is still invalid

 

Well said....I see it all the time where I lease

 

Prime example,we have 2 fuel stops in Rochelle,Il,Petro is .09 cents per gallon of fuel price,the Circle K across the street is .34 cents a gallon fiscount,I see lease drivers from my company filling up at the Petro all the time...where is the business sense in that? They just spent an extra $25.00 on a 100 gallon fill up

 

I think most drivers would be more than happy with $70,000.00 a year. Even some of the so called "benchmark jobs".

 

As a company driver yes, 70 would be good. As a business owner...nope. I went into business to make more money, not the same money.