How d I get a truck?

The op is getting some good advice from everyone. I myself have always been curious about becoming an o/o. I have 3 years as a company driver and have finally found a good company to do a lease truck with. I have worked for them for the last year and will try to get into their lease department this summer. My decision to wait until this summer is based on two factors. First I have to wait until they have a truck available or they get a new truck for me. Second I want to wait until this summer so that I don't have to worry about the weather shutting me down. Waiting until the summer will give me the opportunity to run as much as possible and get some Capital built up to help with the Slowdown due to winter weather here in the West. My advice to the OP would be to do a bunch of research and try to find a good company with a lease program that would work for his situation. If you're willing to work for a company that you're interested in leasing on to for a few months that will give you a good idea of what Lanes they run and their customer base. This will give you a better chance at being successful with that company.

 

LRM leasing

 

And know how to wrench, or not be afraid to learn. Tools help.

 

I second that...the truckstops on the road
have incompetent techs and your at their mercy. You have to go over their work or make them fix it right by standing over them.

 

Don't lease a truck, go find a used truck, if it has to have emissions, go find a fresh in framed Cummins CM-871 and fix it, Rawze.com

Put a few bucks down and find an outfit to lease that truck on to. Your payment will be less, and you will not be a 100% slave to the truck and the lease outfit. The rest of the truck, make the repairs as you earn money going down the road. You will be much happier, and in no time have real ownership, a clear title. Ain't nothing better than having a clear title. Trust me on that, and you can do it.

 

Truck stops are for the minor things, and I agree, stand over them. But, you better be educated on these trucks and especially the emissions. If you are not, these dealers and independent shops will bend you over like Bruce Willis in Pulp Fiction. Been there and done that, I learnt my lesson.

 

That one fender looks wore out to me,

Buy a pre egr truck, Egr trucks suck money. I have seen many go under with a used fleet truck with egr
Make good plans for getting the truck on the road without losing 30 days switching over. Downtime is you number one enemy, it is very easy to piss off a week before you realize it and start digging a hole you can't get out of, fixed expenses don't stop for anything.

One very bad mistake made by truck owners is to take it to a shop and say "fix it" you will get screwed and they might not even fix your problem.

 

That one fender looks wore out to me,

Buy a pre egr truck, Egr trucks suck money. I have seen many go under with a used fleet truck with egr
Make good plans for getting the truck on the road without losing 30 days switching over. Downtime is you number one enemy, it is very easy to piss off a week before you realize it and start digging a hole you can't get out of, fixed expenses don't stop for anything.

One very bad mistake made by truck owners is to take it to a shop and say "fix it" you will get screwed and they might not even fix your problem.