PGT Trucking Owner Operator/Lease Purchase questions

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  1. Hitch Hiker

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    Hello all. First Post here. Currently interested in an LP or IC position at PGT. I am a former company driver there and know all there is to know there. But, I'm curious if anybody could give me insights to how PGT conducts business on the LP/IC end of things. I have the ability to buy a 2005 Kenworth W900(no not a long nose) with a C15 and 13speed trans. I am also approved for any truck they have to offer for an LP. I'd love to be able to buy the KW and be free of payments to PGT, but I'm not sure if they have an age limit on tractor's for their IC's. Anybody out there have some insights for me? Thanks in advance.
     
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  3. Gunner75

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    Look at the owner op fleet, I'm fairly certain they don't have an age limit , then again, after that owner op fiasco outside the Gary yard in 2015, i had heard that they were cracking down on the owner ops as well.
     
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    And if you want to know about the lease purchase side, call operations and ask them to have the driver Bottener call you or ask for his number, he completed a truck and trailer purchase through them andis still driving local dedicated runs, he can give you a run down on how it is.
     
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  5. Hitch Hiker

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    I don't recall what happened over in Gary. Were those guys running paper logs and fudging it up?
     
  6. Gunner75

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    There was an owner op running on the m72 fleet or running dedicated coil runs, come out of Gary and was pulled over just past the yard by indiana dot. I was told when it was all over they impounded his truck, arrested him, and he managed to rack up over 300 points in violations. I was on tge vesuvius fleet and Brett told us about it. Said he had 8 coils on the trailer and only one chain per coil, plus he was running on an expired blanket permit, along with a whole bunch of violations on his truck.
     
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  7. Hitch Hiker

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    That's worse than I thought you'd say! The KW I'm looking at has 1.2mil miles overall and 300,000 since the overhaul. Any idea if they have a mileage limit on owner operator tractors?
     
  8. Gunner75

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    I'm not sure honestly. When my buddy jesse was over there he said that after that fiasco i mentioned above that operations started cracking down on their owner ops, but if you look at a lot of their owner op fleet, youll see many of their trucks are well over a million miles
     
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  9. Hitch Hiker

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    I'm pretty sure I know the Jesse you're talking about. He's a good dude. Thanks for the info
     
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    Only one jesse that worked out of Gary on the specialized fleet. Very good dude, sucks he's out of the truck now. Went to work for Dana tank leasing as a trailer mechanic
     
  11. Last Time Around

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    PGT should have already answered those concerns if you are approved for the LP side. Can't you just ask PGT about tractor age limits?
     
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