Grossing $5k Per Week

I should have read more into the post before responding.

As a lease purchase operator,.. You learn very little in regards to what being an independant owner operator is about.

You say you dont want to be micro-managed. Someone correct me if I am wrong,.. But evdryone I have talked to thats done it or is doing it, say all you are is a company driver with a truck payment. Your pulling company loads, chasing company miles. Your entire livelihood depends on them.

In my humble opinion,.. The only thing your learning/doing is buying a truck. Once done, you have not learned how to be in business, book your own loads with your own customers. None of it.

I wish you luck.

Hurst

 

How much does it usually cost?

 

The only lease that's going to work is something like ic choice,where you choose your freight.
I'd run low miles that pay well so they don't gouge me on my maintenance account.
Running a lease with a company dispatcher is suicide..you'll just make enough to make the payments..and don't expect to go home.

 

Do you see the load rate on multiple loads and have the ability to pick one from the bunch with an in house load board? That is the only way you can start to learn which freight lanes are profitable. At least as it pertains to leading to a carrier.

 

Leases purchase with the mega of your choice.
They do 6 grand a week easily.

 

joking right

 

IDK maybe it's time to take a few steps back & reassess - sounds like OP is in a bit deep here.

But for my own edification, I know many experienced drivers absolutely detest L/P programs so is it better to do a few years as a company driver & figure these many details out to the best of your ability while making good friends with some successful O/Os & then taking the dive? It strikes me that the O/O, with quite a bit of risk, can make 2 or 3 times, NET, what the company driver can - is this true?