fuel question

Like the others said have to watch how much you fuel on the ending of the pay week.

But what gets me is the trolls on this like stink on sh=%. I understand why they hate ( strongly dislike) lease, but why do they not try to help out a little and say it could be because this or that. Most likey "some" of the above posters would watch a swift truck or any trucking company for that matter. Try to get in a tight spot in a truck stop instead of helping, just sit in there truck and watch and laugh and take pictures if they did hit anything.....ok sorry for rant been off my meds....carry on

 

Buy to much fuel this week. And you carry it into next week, it all comes out in the wash.

Buying by Price ,location and quality I get that. Buying fuel by the load I don't get.....

 

fueling can be an issue, like finishing a load on the last day of pay period, and filling his tanks on same day, that money will come out of his check, if this is the case, he should only have gotten enough to get through the day, then fill the following

 

Knowing lease deals are geared for the company, doesn't make someone a troll, you can make money as a lease, just not much better than a company driver, plus not end up with a truck, after completing the lease, unless you pay that huge ballon payment, then you just way over paid for a truck, but before I saw your post, I mentioned about fueling on the last day of a pay period, some what you said on the fueling, so we agree on that part, I'm just to smart to fall for the "lease deal", as I have been a real O/O, no you are not a O/O,

 

I still feel as though there is some missing info here. Fueling shouldn't be an issue on a 3,200 mile week with no lease payment. He still shouldn't have gone in the negative. Unless as squeak mentioned he had a previous negative settlement from the first week if he started the lease in the middle of the pay week. All deductions without the lease payment should only add up to about $500-$600 or so, so even if he payed for a full 200 gal at the end of the week it wouldn't put him into the negative. I'm thinking maybe he thought he ran 3,200 miles but didn't quite deliver before close of pay week and had less miles on his current pay week.

 

Broc is right something is amiss here ... if he cleared 2K last week and ran 3200 miles this pay period, there is no way he should be negative, especially without a payment yet.

But here's the real kicker, what's his model telling him ... he shouldn't have gone into business without a model, bouncing his statement against his model should tell him where he is awry. Basic business analysis is essential. If he can't read his statement and understand what's happening, he is destined to fail.

 

Giving some poor schmuck "you're screwed only Dumb A's lease" is a troll. How do any of those comments help the original poster? He is in the lease, why make him feel bad? Didn't they learn if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all? Trolls abound on this forum and have no problem pointing out the rotten company, horrible lease etc. other drivers are in. They don't help, offer advice or solutions. Just negative feedback. Makes me think their life sucks and the only way they can feel good about themselves is to jump on here and put others down, point and laugh and think glad that's not me...

In the real world these guys are being honest and upfront asking for help knowing that when they do they can learn and succeed. It is hard admitting failure to your peers, but they do it anyways. Many men here are successful whether they are company drivers, L/O or O/O. They learned from trial and error, and from others on this board who were willing to share from their own experiences. And Success for some is more then money.

Glad your so smart that you didn't fall for one of those lease deals. A lease has other benfits besides more money, it has freedoms that a company driver just doesn't get, and that some are willing to pay for. Just like being an Owner comes with huge pitfalls and deficits that some don't want to deal with, like the holier than thou attitude.

 

What Witchy said so true. I would not want to be a O/O an have all of those headaches, especially if the truck has a serious breakdown and out for some time. At least here if a serious breakdown I can get a loaner and not have to go and rent a truck to keep moving.