Mercer Trailer Lease – What Happened After They Took My Trailer Back

I’ve been hesitant to post this, but after everything I’ve experienced, I feel like other drivers need to hear what happened — especially anyone considering a lease with Mercer.

A few years ago, I entered into a lease-purchase agreement for a flatbed trailer through Mercer Transportation. I hauled under their authority for several years and made consistent lease payments. Toward the end of the lease term, Mercer suddenly terminated my contract. They then refused to accept further payments, demanded I return the trailer, and eventually repossessed it.

I thought that would be the end of it. But instead, Mercer sued me — not just for the supposed remaining balance, but for the full trailer value, plus over $60,000 in alleged attorney’s fees, even though they had already repossessed the trailer.

To make it worse, they filed a judgment abstract in a Texas county where I didn’t even live, using a handwritten dollar amount that was never awarded by any court. I’ve been tied up in legal battles ever since.

I’m not sharing this to complain — I have the court records, the lease agreement, and all the documents to back this up. I’ve now filed a lawsuit of my own, challenging how Mercer handled all of this — not just the repossession, but the inflated judgment and what I believe were fraudulent and abusive tactics.

Recently, I did a search of online court records in Texas, and I found other cases where Mercer has sued drivers under very similar circumstances. This looks more and more like a pattern of abuse tied to their lease program, and I’m now trying to find others who may have been affected.

Has anyone else been through something like this with Mercer?

• Contract terminated near the end of your lease?
  
  
• Trailer repossessed after consistent payments?
  
  
• Hit with a massive lawsuit afterward?

If so, I’d really like to hear your story. You can post here or message me directly. We might be able to help each other, compare notes, or just figure out what’s really going on.

I’m organizing my documentation now and may start posting the full timeline and legal filings soon.

If Mercer has done this to others, drivers need to know. This may not be an isolated case.

 

Thanks for that — I’ll definitely look up that old thread and see if I can find the posts you’re talking about. If another driver was able to keep the trailer or take it elsewhere, that’s really interesting and could be important for what I’m working on.

If anyone remembers who that was or what happened, feel free to drop a link or tag them here. I’m not just trying to win a legal fight — I want to understand the bigger picture of how these lease agreements are being used and what other drivers have gone through.

Appreciate you pointing me in the right direction.