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I was told by an instructor that KLLM has a good lease to own program...have to have 2 yrs experience and at the end of the lease, you buy the title for $10. Was also told that some of the pros of leasing is that it is usually under warranty throughout the lease and the payments you make are a tax right off. I'm new to all this so Im just taking whatever good advice I can get. All the drivers I've talked to that lease say they really do enjoy making the money. Just something I'm gonna take a year or so to think about.

 

Its all going good Pank. Just got my trainer's name and phone number yesterday. He'll be here in Salt Lake sometime Friday night. So for now, just hanging out at the hotel just chillin. You'll like it here. Its fast paced so you're really finished before you know it. Hopefully you'll make good friends with your class like I did. 8 of us came from Conley and all 8 of us passed. I think I'm going to be the last one heading out with a trainer buts thats ok. 3 of us are stuck here til tomorrow so no biggie. Good luck to ya!

 

Pank, I was told that if you live within I think 200 miles of terminal you have to leave your truck there. I do know that they said if you live out of state you can take your truck with you. Both terminals I have been to, some drivers have personal vehicles in the parking lot so they can just leave their trucks there and take their POV's home. Besides, you're responsible for your truck if anything happens to it while its parked at your home/city and you're not around. I didn't see too many CRS trucks on the east coast either. I remember while on the bus on I-80, I counted more than a dozen in just a few hours!

 

Ok good to know I just was not over thinking it cause I see just about ever truck company besides CRS. ....maybe I didn't read all your post but how long where you in Atl prior to shipping off to UTah. And once you upgrade since you live on the east coast does that mean you will run between utah and the east coast or all 48?

 

Pank as far as I know, everyone will be doing 48 unless they get a dedicated run. Some people like the dedicated runs b/c they know exactly how much time and when they will be off for hometime/personal time to do things they need to do away from CRS. I'm not sure exactly how the dedicated runs work but from what I understand, some pay more than others with less miles. I've realized that trucking is kinda like the military...hurry up and wait. lol This is my 2nd full day off that I just get to sit around and go over my trainee manual until my trainer gets here sometime this evening. What I like is that nobody is riding you b/c you're sitting here not doing anything other than talking to other drivers waiting also.

 

That's cool. Besides going to Japan I have not been out of the south so I don't mind beeing on the road. Has that 450wk kicked in yet?

 

Hello all. first an aplolgy in advanced i am typing on my phone and we all know how fun that is.

So far I have been out for 2 days and it has been a lot of hurry up and wait, but that is ok because i get along well with my trainer.

So far we have gone from slc to twinfalls id back to slc and now we are sitting in stockton ca waiting on a trailer. apparrently the trailer we were going to pick up is sitting under a truck whos driver is on home time.
so far I have only driven about 10hrs but i have already done more than 10 back ups and have most of the book done. my trainer says after i have been with him for 5 days i will start driving 8+ hrs a day and once i reach 150hrs ill be pulling 10s this kind of makes since but I would like to get moving and finish up soon. oh well what to do im still having a blast.

 

pank you get $100 as soon as you are seated on your trainers truck. then you will get a prorated chek on the 2nd wed for however many days you are out. then you get the $450 each wed until you are done. if you need the cash you can get a $200 advance and they will deduct $50/week for 4 weeks. hope that helps.
good luck bragg
nice to hear you are almost done bigg rig, keep intouch after we upgrade