Team Driving a Lease Truck

There have been successful lease operators, but it takes careful consideration what company you lease with and good business management skills. Injun is one, although I don't think she posts on here anymore. She's leased with several companies, never aspired to buy the truck at the end of the lease... you can shoot her a PM for her advice on this, if she'll get a notification in her email and reply.
I think that, for someone recklessly intent on committing to a truck financially (such as you seemed to be) without the sort of experience one really should get before they make such a commitment, lease can be a good way to start off. You'll learn about maintenance costs, you'll learn how your business management skills are, and, if it doesn't work for you, it leaves you a way out. I think such programs are good for people who have their head in the clouds and need to get a bit more grounded in reality.
You're not ready to own a truck. Let's not beat around the bush here. And I think you're not unaware of this, but you're trying (at least to some extent) to ignore it. Which is why I recommended going the lease route rather than buying a truck outright - you'll have a warranty with your lease truck, you'll begin to understand maintenance costs and how important it is to set money aside for them, you'll learn the importance of learning how systems such as the air brake system work, and you have an option to back out and keep your credit intact as opposed to buying a truck and having it repossessed.
A bunch of us have told you this already, but I'm going to reiterate that you're better off to get some time under your belt as a company driver, then go back and revisit your ideas once you have experience and can make a better informed decision as to whether or not to pursue this route. What you choose to do is your decision - as the adage goes, you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink.

 

When you own a truck you are a business man.....There is no room for "Fun" being a business man or you wont be a business man long.

 

Sam Walton was having fun

 

I had a partner a few years ago and paid him the same rate he would get as a company driver. It worked well for us but I agree with these other guys their are all kinds of things to be considered.

 

Lease means you pay to use it. I would run away from that so fast! You got a bomb! Don't do this. You will loose your friend, no truck is worth that.

 

Crst has that. You pay the student Like 6cent a mile sinve you are leasebpurchase trainer. And get around 5500 miles a week. Theres money to be made with there l/p but you can't choose your truck. They just give you whatever. Thats why the real sucessful ones get there own truck then bring it to crst. Cheaper truck payment. Don't get raped on maintanece escrow. And so on an so fou trh

 

As a team i think you will make way more on company side double the miles mean double the exposure to major colamity..,,,just think you drop a valve your down a week and your buddy with hungry kids staring at you ....company teams at good companies are like royalty truck hickups oh come by the yard we got a new one for u just my opinion and if you can get a premium rate close to 50 cpm with benes you wont even be able to touch that number on a fixed cpm lease that you mention

 

Can 2 people be on a lease purchase agreement?

 

^^^^^ Be careful of this guy.
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