How to get out of Swift lease contract?

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  1. Crazytrucker77

    Crazytrucker77 Heavy Load Member

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    Just turn in the truck in good shape and ready for the next driver. If they take you to court over any issues then look up the case they just lost for the Miss classification of lease drivers last year. Take that in the court with you and you will walk away scot-free
     
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  3. Crazytrucker77

    Crazytrucker77 Heavy Load Member

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    Also don't forget to take pictures of everything so if they try and say you damage the equipment your butt is covered unless you actually did
     
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  4. Antinomian

    Antinomian Road Train Member

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    When I was at Swift everyone I knew who leased a truck had to take on students in order to make their payments.
     
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  5. Mike250rs

    Mike250rs Heavy Load Member

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    I have taken turn in trucks to dealerships for turn in inspections prior to dropping it off.

    When they start the "we have to inspect it " song & dance, hand them a copy of the inspection.
     
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  6. blairandgretchen

    blairandgretchen Road Train Member

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    Thanks for being honest.
     
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  7. TruckingSince21

    TruckingSince21 Bobtail Member

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    Sh**y loads and no miles. I only drove about 1800 miles this past week between two loads, it’s ridiculous!
     
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  8. TruckingSince21

    TruckingSince21 Bobtail Member

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    Yeah, #### taking on students to tear the #### already wore out truck up even more!
     
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  9. Linte_Loco

    Linte_Loco Road Train Member

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    You could just turn it in and avoid losing anymore money. Not against the law. But they will ding your credit and if for any reason in the future you decide to try this lease thing again anywhere else, this episode will follow you. Somebody may offer you a deal, but the big companies sure won’t
     
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  10. Western flyer

    Western flyer Road Train Member

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    Your the 10,000 driver to go broke leasing
    With swift. They go through this everyday.
    Raise the white flag and take the truck back
    To the terminal where you hopefully have a
    Vehicle of your own parked there.

    Clean it all up and turn everything in.
    If you do another lease somewhere else and go
    Broke again,then you deserve it.
    It's called a fleece for a reason.

    swift hasn't lost one penny while your
    Starving to death.
     
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  11. bryan21384

    bryan21384 Road Train Member

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    Do what everyone else said. Just be a company driver. If it dings your credit, it's no big deal. It's for your own good. It keeps you from doing anything stupid going forward. Its shame in being a company driver. You'll make more money doing that than you will leasing. The only shot you have to make it leasing, especially if you're barely getting paid a dollar and change a mile is run lots of miles....probably teams. If it's a solo, its going to be extremely difficult to make any money.
     
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