Leasing onto a Carrier

What kind of freight/equipment are you looking to pull? What is your expierence?

 

If you have no experience, nobody will hire you to lease on with them. Too many people think buying a truck is the fast route to getting to work, but it isn't. You still need experience.
There are some good companies to lease on to with experience, such as Landstar and Mercer, but you need several years experience and a safe driving record to get on with one of them. You need to keep in mind that they have a ton of legal liability if something were to happen and their name is on the truck along with yours. The liability reaches far past the insurance coverage limits, and the courts, and jurors look at trucks as blank checks when bad things happen. Thank God for the invention of reasonably priced dash cams. At least now we have a witness.
Good luck with your search. If you are a wannabe, I suggest you get at least two to three years experience before you even consider buying a truck.

 

Think I am gonna sit right here and see where this goes. I see a train wreck on the way.

 

No one is trashing due to start from the bottom, that is what each and every one of us does. The problem I and others see is this:

How many years experience does your father have OWNING and MANAGING trucks and DRIVERS? Please give me a solid number answer (I have an idea of what it will be, but I want to verify my suspicion).

How many MONTHS of working capitol does he have on hand? I don't care about the $$$ amount, but unless you have a minimum of 3 months ready to burn, don't proceed.

How much per mile does each truck have to earn in order to break even? I can tell you from my own personal experience as an O/O with a single truck and no drivers, the first 5-6 weeks of each quarter went to cover the FIXED expenses, Fuel, personal payroll, and Taxes took up the next 5. That left me with 2 weeks per quarter as actual profit.

Answer these honestly with actual numbers and we can discuss this further.

 

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Lmao....ha ha ha ba ha u guys r hilarious....I'm waiting hear that answer also.....probably none...
Everybody wanna go buy a truck and become a O/O. With out knowing a thing...forget the part about making money for a second let's put that all to the side.Do you know what brands of trucks u want,automatic or manual,9 speed or 13,what about your rears what gears will serve you best.will you Run Flat ground or in the mountains,what kind of freight is the truck rigged up to run.Do you need PTO kit or a extra axle?will you be running in the ports ..will you be running in california with all these new pre egr/def emission rules,are you running Interstate or interstate? ...its alot of things you have know 1st right out the door DRIVER, just knowing some of these very very small details make a big difference as to know how much you need to run just to brake even DRIVER...Dont eeeeeven get me started about motors and trans....you need to know of ...besides just who pay more money...IN THIS INDUSTRY,YOU WILL MAKE MONEY AND LOOSE ALOT IF YOU DONT KNOW WHAT YOUR DOING... WISH U DA BEST!

 

I'm 10 years in as a company driver and TENTATIVELY making steps toward owner operator. There's good advice here, just keep your powder dry . .