Lease purchase, trainers, and the wormhole of YouTube.

Actually you're wrong ... The overhead cost on my trucks were the same. There's no discount for taking over a previously leased truck. And the weekly charge on purchased used truck was $35 more per week then my lease. People simply don't know what they're doing when they lease ... It's a business and you have to know how to run a business.

I met a lot of solo drivers that were doing fine. I met a lot of mentors who were clueless and mentoring wasn't going to save them.

Company drivers would ask me from time to time about leasing. Everyone I talked to I told them not to do it. Not because leasing is bad idea. But after asking them few questions I could tell they didn't have ability to run a business.

Common theme among them was they didn't know how to get their miles and felt if they leased that miles would be gifted to them. Uhhh, no!

Same with mentoring. If you know what you're doing solo, mentoring is only going to add about 5% extra to your bottom line ... It's not worth it for the extra work you have to put in.

The only thing you're right about is the drivers who don't know what they're doing when they lease, will resort to mentoring to try solving the problem that they don't understand.

 

Another one.."stronger by the mile." He had a new 389 mayby a year. Seems like a nice guy. But just shed of the 389 a week or so ago. Its tough not being home, and making large payments. Purchase or lease.

 

I think it's a combo of things I'm sure some failed for sure Some were told to stop by their company. I think the biggest thing is the videos can take a long time to put together AND they think they're gonna make some good money off youtube. When it doesnt happen its bot worth the time they used to make the videos

 

Well for one if they begin to make money and are not on the 'on duty' line for another employer (another stupid out of date rule) or the company frowns on it .. Bye bye.

Also app revenue is notorious for just suspending or freezing accounts (Uber for example) and not publically explaining themselves (to avoid law suits) resulting in the nostalgia of the good old days where they were mailed checks.