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No you're right available payment means the more miles you run the more you pay which means more money out of the settlement so he's absolutely wrong

 

You can also make more money by going to college, earning a masters degree, and getting an actual job....so what's your point? JCT, nor anyone who has ever driven for JCT will ever tell you it's the highest paying driving position out there. Yes, you can make more money as a company driver...I've made more money as a company driver...but again, if you have a goal to own a truck and learn how to run your own business, JCT offers one of many different ways to accomplish that goal. And as far as a high mileage truck at lease end, please explain the difference between a L/P and purchasing through a finance company. If you finance through a bank, are you not driving the truck? At the end of your payoff period, does the truck also not have high mileage? That's a rhetorical question by the way...

I'm happy for you that you think that leasing a truck leads to a lifetime of failure, shame, and mockery. I would argue however, that the lease purchase program at JCT is one way to become a successful business owner. If you get a warm and fuzzy by criticizing an avenue to success for some drivers, well..more power to you.

 

But. Let's use the numbers.

.90 x 2500 miles = $2250 - .23 mile variable lease ($575) = $1675

.90 x 3500 miles = $3150 - .23 mile variable lease ($805) = $2345

 

Not correct. It is possible to bring home more money on less miles. I do it every almost every week. I don't run hard in the least. I'm probably one of, if not the laziest drivers we have.
There are drivers working hard to run 3200 miles in a week to bring home 1k. It can be done with 2400-2800 miles.

I have mentored probably 100 or more drivers in all my years here (i know that number is correct as i just got a new phone went thru the process of cleaning up my contacts this past week). As I explain how that happens, drivers are shocked that you don't have to run hard to make more. The biggest problem drivers have is controlling their largest expense..... fuel, both in purchase and consumption.
Most drivers are getting (consistently) around 7.3 -7.5 MPG. Whereas that is decent economy, its not great by any means. The average driver spends waaaay to much on fuel in terms of price.

Now, if you're goal is to pay off truck, then i don't advocate running short miles as it would take longer to do.
If you have no desire to pay off the truck and are content to just "use " the truck to generate revenue, then don't kill yourself as your income to work ratio drop. I personally like to smell the roses across the country and try not to work too hard.
Honestly, I'm not getting any younger and health issues and stamina are not what they were 10 years ago. I can casually move across the country, not stress, drive longer than I'd like to, etc.

JCT will not get 700+ miles in a day out of me even tho i can run more miles than almost all drivers here because i can drive faster than most as I'm grandfathered in on the max speed. 600 miles is a good day for me, unless the load is tight, but even then, i will not drive faster to make up someone else's miscalculations on time & distance.

Too many solo drivers think they have to hammer down for 11 hours. Son, you ain't no company driver. JCT doesn't tell me what i have to do, where i have to go, where to buy my fuel, nor how to run my business. Granted, they don't do any of those things, but i won't sacrifice a penny's profit for anyone except at my choosing.

So, to recap, yes, JCT is a good company. Yes, they have wonderful office/ support staff. Yes, they offer a fair program. Yes, you can make money here. Yes, you can take at least 7-10 days/ month off and still be profitable. Yes, it takes more than 2 minutes to plan your trips to maximize the money you keep from a .90 base.
No, they don't pay the best. No, you will not save thousands of dollars a month here. No, it's not always easy. No, they aren't the only option out there.

But to each his own.