I have a few choices..

Look at all the threads here dealing with leasing. No, No, No, No, No!!!!

Why is it everyone comes here, says they've researched the threads and still ask if they should lease/purchase. AAAAAGGGGGHHHHH!!!!

 

Guess what, you need to get your blinders checked. This is NOT the computer industry nor does running a lease/purchase truck bear any resemblance to leasing a piece of #### office equipment.

But hey.... since you are so much smarter than we folks who have been in the trucking industry for many many years and have watched smart people after smart people get ruined by this "plan", you go right ahead.

And don't ask for Con responses when all you want is someone to agree with you.

 

How do you know it's 90%? I've been part of the industry since 1991, and I don't know that. Yet I hear it/read it all the time. I hear "They failed because they didn't read their lease." Maybe that's true, maybe it isn't.

How do you think your business experience will help you?

Have you asked yourself why you want to lease or consider becoming an owner-operator?

 

I'm a total newbie myself (haven't started school yet) but I know if I had a family member or good friend to drive team with I would do that. As long as you and your son get along great together, and you are sure you would be able to team with him once you were hired, it seems that should be your clear choice. If you decide not to team with your son, all my research has led me to Central Ref as the place to go.

 

Why? (serious question, not a poke in the ribs)

 

"I know how to run a business. I did for years before the current state of the economy killed it "

I would say you might not know how to run a business , many survived the economic downturn.

Leasing a truck to generate income is a bit different than leasing a computer as Kittyfoot noted.

 

How do you DEPRECIATE a piece of EQUIPMENT you do not own ?

I know how its done , just want to see your BIZ experience.