About to become a new O/O..need some advice

Good luck to you in your O/O position

 

If you're buying this through swift and it was a swift fleet truck & they're refusing to show you the maintenance history...that's a major red flag....it shows that they could possibly trying to hide a serious previous issue with the truck..my advice is becareful...also you can run the Vin # on rigdig.com...it will pull all the dot inspection history and violations with that truck as well as any dot reportable accident .

 

Fist you need to get your title clear, sorry but your operation is not an "owner op." It is a lease operator.

 

If you are going to be responsible for a truck, you need to be responsible for keeping yourself rolling. Get on with Schneider Choice or Landstar. If a dispatcher is controlling your income, you will just feel like a company driver with more stress and responsibilities.

 

Why is it against swift policy to see what repairs that have been done? Because must would probably walk away, 1st year drivers have a higher percentage for accidents, if you can't see the record, you should walk away

 

It seems to me that in order to own a 2011 780 with those miles in 15 months, your payments will have to be in the $3,000 to $4,000 per month range. If they're promising you it will be paid off in 15 months, unless you're putting a huge down payment on it, you need to be very wary.
Check the listings for a similar tractor, and you'll see what I mean. If you are putting a huge down payment on the truck, then you may want to check around. Not getting the maintenance info on the truck is a really big red fleg.

 

^Good choice on walking away.

 

The only people keeping secrets are the people with something to hide. Just my $0.02...