TennMan and beyond !

For the sake of this arguement. The main difference between being under your own authority and being permanently leased is whose dot number is on the side of the truck.

 

You are free to go out, get your own authority, and trip lease to yourself all day long.....

You can't put your DOT numbers on the truck and lease it from SFI....

Roll on....

 

OKAY...so like I said you can't run under your own authority/dot number.. When I think of authority I think paper logs , drug program , dot number, trailer, insurance,etc all on you. Idk maybe I'm mistaken

 

Sorry to intrude in y'all's forum, but thought you might be interested in something a "friend" of a few of yours posted about the carrier I'm leased to..... @freightwipper @drvrtech77 @TennMan

mercer transportation

 

You must cover up the Schneider numbers when you run your own authority that's one of the rules in there trip lease. I am thru SFI and have an email and approval letter to do so. Maybe the mass confusion is this the few trips I have done on my own were trips around Denver. I made it very clear in my approach to both SFI and my ICA that I wasn't leaving just that Denver can suck leaving. In fact I am close to a deal with a local Denver Company to pull there trailer to the Midwest and then run the Schneider load board. Perhaps if you are going to do what @redoctober83 is doing SFIwould say no because you have no relationship with Schneider. Also while an IC you can not pull Power Plus and bounce back to the load board it's one or the other.

Be Safe Out There

Captain Dave

 

I used to work there what he said was 80% true.. He's an idiot but he was dead on with that info

 

That may be so. I just can't stand his "all knowing" attitude, especially when his info is supplied by "some people I've talked to".....He's just a big douchebag, IMHO.
I also feel he's an embarrassment to the Marines he constantly brags to be one of. Also just MHO.

 

Since I've never leased from SFI, I have no clue what there lease looks like. SFI might have it worded so you can't or the reps are trained to just flat out day no when asked until someone really pushes the subject with them. That's exactly what I did. I used the lease contract I am in against them. I don't care how many pieces of paper they threw at me, if it wasn't in the original contract of the lease or referenced as an addendum or appendix, they couldn't use them. The lease contract is the gospel to what you can or cannot do. You all need to stop this cr@p of "calling and asking" and spend the time truly reading your #### contract. How many of you actually read it and understood it before you signed it or even since you signed it?

So, if anyone of you want to email me a copy of your contact, I'll gladly review it and see what clause or clauses will allow or prohibit you from getting your own authority while still under that contract.

My guess is sfi just says no as there knee jerk response because they know if same yahoo's they let lease a truck that only last 2 months and leave, they'll have a heck of a time getting that truck back. Can you imagine if the majority of these drivers tried that and the cluster frack it would be for SFI?

Anyways, I'm willing to review a copy of sfi's lease if someone is willing to send one to me.

 

Duddie, have you taken the time to actually read the trip lease sections of your operating agreement? It is pretty detailed in what the steps are fir the truck, trailer if you rent one from sni, logs, insurance and everything else.

There are 2 or 3 sections in the operating agreement plus the back page that has the sample trip lease document.

 

Hey Tennman I found you a trailer!