Back on the road. Lease purchase with JB Hunt

I mean like recently. Can you qualify for Landstar? I'll buy another truck and you can come here. You'll never see the northeast again.
I'll dispatch you, or you can yourself if you're comfortable with it.
I'm serious as a heart attack.

There are lemon trucks, that truck having 300K should have lasted longer with less issues. You also don't have anyone to help with repairs, that hurts, I think you're paying three or four thousand for what I might pay a thousand for.

I'll get a truck exactly like mine and put it on if you can qualify. You can buy the truck from me if you want, or just save your money until you can get one.

No collision management. Not governed.

Like I said, I'm serious as a heart attack. PM me if you're interested.

 

I'm not obvective here, I bought a dt12 with my ( borrowed) money as I reckoned it would save money. I wouldn't change back to a manual, neither would most people who have enough driving experience to judge and who have driven one a few months. It may or may not be a costly boat anchor when the warranty expires but you're getting out of it in 4 years so it won't apply to you anyway. There are also 4 times as many Freightliner dealers to Kenworths, and my local one is good and treats me well.
Never mind about hills, your driving a 450hp fleet spec truck with the ecu tuned for economy, neither has more pulling power in the real world, and if they did it would cost dollars in fuel to release it. Just get to the top of the hill 20 seconds later with 50c in your purse, then do it again on every hill on your trip. You'll be a few miles behind the fast boys at the end of the day but you'll have a heavy rattly handbag.

 

What will your weekly payment be on a new truck?

 

Indeed that's a no brainer. I read your whole thread and will be following and rooting for you.

What do you like about being a L/O versus a company driver?

 

Dont forget the extra insurance cost. Not trying to tell you not to do it, just pointing out its gonna cost more than simply an extra 100 bucks in payment. Make sure you factor that extra cost in. Take whatever you are paying for physical damage now, and extrapolate it out for the difference in truck value. So say the current truck had a book value of 50k and the new one is valued at 150k, insurance will cost you 3 times as much.