gettin my cdl thru cr england

The problem is when you lease, you lose the ability to get on any dedicated runs, and they try and pick the heavy fuel intensive routes for you so they can save money on thier company trucks..... By all means go and make it work, but leaseing is just not the best way forward for anyone.

 

First problem ... CRE is phasing out leased operaters from dedicated routes ... so you need to readjust your expectation from that standpoint.

What do you mean do ALL the paperwork ... do you mean your business plan? If you have one - if not you better do one - share it here. Then you can get some legitimate advice.

How bad is/was you injury? How young are you? ... I understand wanting to take care of your wife and family. But quite frankly if you're eligible, you would make more money, provide better benifits for your family and see them more often if you joined the military.

 

After Christmas the freight for CRE is going to slow down plus the affects of winter just add to the bad miles. The only dedicated fleet that will take IC's is the container division. Most of the team/training drivers I talk to in the container fleet are always complaining about the average miles they are getting (4500/week).

If you are leasing a truck that might be about $500 net a week if you don't take any home time.

 

I am no expert, but it seems very obvious that if you want to make any money leasing at CRE, you better train, or run team. If they would look at theirweb site, and crunch some numbers they would see that with the 14% variable mleage deduction it is almost impossible to make money as a solo lease operater.

 

I am probably the wrong person to comment , but I think starting out the 14% is a sure thing. Maybe Dewey, or others who work there would give you better advise about this

 

Open your eyes man. There are tons of people who have tried this same thing and failed. The odds are against you. There are other ways to "proof" yourself and get into the industry besides making negative checks and going broke.

Were trying to show whats best, we will not support an idea that has a very high chance of failure. Sorry.

You came on here to get people to back you up, cause your mind was already made up. Were trying to HELP you.

 

It's 14 cents variable mile fee. It is mandatory for depreciation on the truck or they (CRE) might refer to it as a broker fee. So its not 90 cents per mile starting its 76 cents.

Your reserve fund is a mandatory 7 cents per mile. If you are a phase 2 trainer that will cost you an additional 12 cents per like also.

The only accounts you can control what you put into them are your downtime fund, quarterly tax and truck investment fund.

 

Go to CRE and get trained, then hire on as a company driver to pay off your school ... a lot less risk for you that way.

But if you go full steam ahead on the lease thing, you need a plan. What you've presented so far is nothing more than some pie in the sky hopes and quite frankly you are the poster child of a CRE failure in the making. But enough of that.

Just one question, exactly why do you have your mind so set that you need or want to lease? Is simply the money, if so, how much is that you believe or "heard" - since you seem to be big on basing your life decisions on things you've "heard" - that you expect to be taking home?