Leased on Maintenance Requirments

Monthly maintenance report is all I have to do for my company . Annual inspection of course per fed regs . My truck my job to keep it maintained .

 

I don't pay a lease fee . I own my truck . I thought you were asking about leaseing on to a company with your own truck . There is a bond of 2500 that covers things I damage . I have never used it in the 23 years I have been here at this company.

 

Monthly maintanence report with receipts. DOT inspection on truck and trailer quarterly. It is their trailer, they pay for the inspection. They actually send out a mobile unit to do that inspection so that we are not bothered with waiting at a shop.

 

I have to ask this, are you not talking to the company you are leased with?

Or are you asking because you want to lease trucks to your authority?

 

I am with landstar and we get a dot inspection every 4 months and a maintenance record but they have no requirement for funds to save. that's on you. sounds like your interested in a fleece deal landstar doesn't own any trucks or lease any ... do provide trailers for 7 % of the revenue ....... I get 65 % of the gross revenue of the load using there trailer ...... but 90 % sounds better .... was at a shipper recently for a load that paid 1300 and was talking to another driver who was doing the same load working under someone else authority at 90% but landstar was paying 850.00 to approved carriers for this load ... so do the math ..... could get your own authority and get 100% of the 850.00 .... except that load would have not made it that far down the food chain

 

When I service the truck I'll have them do an inspection. TA or Speedco. Sometimes the guys doing the trailer have time and can do my tractor at the same time. Cost is around $50.

Actually, I prefer doing it at the time of service, especially at the TA. The truck is over the pit for the service... These techs at the TA are trained to up sell you, as they don't actually make any monies on these PM services. By up sell, they are told to look for other repairs that may be needed or make suggestions on things they see or think need addressing. Sometimes they are spot on, other times they are ripping you off on unneeded services.

But, I don't mind that technique, as it is always good to have a second set of eyes and ears on the truck. They sometimes see things I have totally missed. I am far from perfect, even though I have pretty much rebuilt this entire truck in my driveway, including in framing my own ISX at my buddies house in his driveway. You get used to looking at something over time, and just miss things. That, and this job is now a job, the thrill is gone.