Warning...DO NOT lease with PRIME

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  1. ironpony

    ironpony Road Train Member

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    No doubt owning your own metal has advantages... like no truck payment, and disadvantages. OTOH, my lease payment is a deduction on my taxes, and the truck is under warranty for the life of the lease. Lost my turbo late last year - outside of lost revenue (less breakdown pay,) it cost me a total of $133.

    ...there are advantages to leasing (at the right carrier) too.
     
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  3. ronin

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    The point or subject is irrelevant - I'm asking who put you in charge?
     
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    If a thread is started,

    by somebody that doesn't really exist (anymore)...........

    and the opening statement vanishes............

    does said thread deserve to live ????







    things like this, make my head hurt....
     
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  5. Big_Al

    Big_Al Medium Load Member

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    Part of the problem is that a lot of guys THINK they are doing well because they don't know what well is. They think that if they have $ 1000 a week after expenses and before taxes they are doing well.
     
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  6. ironpony

    ironpony Road Train Member

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    Its all relative to what you think "well" is. Your "well" might just be quite a bit more shallow and run into bedrock without hitting water - while my "well" might be a gusher!

    Hmmm.... that's about $800 maybe - after taxes. That "well" don't hunt!
     
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  7. Big_Al

    Big_Al Medium Load Member

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    Exactly! $800 after taxes isn't well. You can do better than that driving someone else's truck.
     
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  9. BlackCat

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    No one Fstick, that is why I couldn't close it myself. DUH!


    Who put you in charge of questioning me?
     
  10. BlackCat

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    BTW, leard to read and comprehend. "Please" indicates an asking, not "telling" a mod to do anything.
     
  11. ironpony

    ironpony Road Train Member

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    If I ever start doing that "well" - I have a standing offer to go back to the company side. My fleet manager on the company board I was on would love to have me back.
     
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