Don't do ats

Guess nobody ever told you that lease purchase deals usually only benefit the leasing company.

 

Leasing is almost always a terrible idea. That said, I have spoken with ATS guys who were hauling the exact same loads that I was and looked at what they were making for that particular load and also looked at their settlements for several weeks(I never question trucker stories unless they are about money, then I call ######## without seeing the settlements being consistent over time)...

They were making, to a man, 60% more than Swift was paying me for the same loads. And coming out of that area freight was terrible, but they all had turn and burn loads back out of there to the east coast with like 30 stops for Walmart on them. They were hauling van loads, not specialized or OD flatbed loads. And they were running less or the same miles I was, to make 60% more than I was. None of them had any sense of urgency to haul ### and stack up a ton of money. They weren't even particularly chasing miles at all.

I would never sign another lease, but at the same time, I'd find it hard to believe that a person wasn't successful leasing at ATS unless it was at least partially if not entirely their own fault.

 

It's a 12 month lease, not 13. I don't even get offered the #### loads I hauled as a company driver with them. The turnover rate you quote is false (ATS has one of lowest in industry).
Their shop is crooked, but shop managers have gotten fired. My last time through was not painful like it used to be.
My solution is to go through the dealership in town. Will spec out for you and ATS shop never touches it (even decals/Qualcomm install are done at dealer).

 

Treated like company driver? I'm calling bs on that as well.

 

Is ATS owned by Schnieder now?

 

No. ATS is privately owned by the Anderson's