Week one at crst

I tried training for the Highway Patrol trainer a few new trainees drove me but. I mean driving wise and everything. That was only in 12 hour shifts.

Just can't imagine teaming or training for truck.

 

Every company pays their teams differently but where I work I get paid half the mileage rate for every mile that the truck is moving.

So at $.25 that would be 12 1/2 cents for every mile that the truck moves to each driver. But some companies pay you based on your experience so if one driver makes $.25 per mile they get 12 1/2 cents and the other driver gets paid $.30 a mile they get $.15 per mile. But the mileage is the same if it's 5000 miles a week each driver gets paid on 5000 miles.

 

Lease purchase sucks for people who don't know what they're doing.

That's why no one should lease purchase fresh out of school.

 

Here, sir.

I'm a bit lazy from the holidays.

 

FIFY

 

I may be a complete ####ing idiot, but agreeing to pay all the expenses related to a truck for a company, still being treated as a company employee and taking home less than what a company driver makes seems like the most moronic thing anyone could agree to.

 

Ever done a lease purchase before?

 

Never. Like I said agreeing to pay the expenses on a truck for a company just seems like a bad idea. If I want a truck, I'll go out and write a check.

 

@sassy_southern_trucker On the issue of lease purchase, CRST will let you do it after 6 months, but that's probably not enough experience.

My advice is to drive for at least a year before considering it. During that year, not only should you be learning the manual skill of driving the truck, but you should also be thinking about the business aspect of trucking.

Even as a rookie company driver, you will be able to pick up what areas suck for freight and what areas are good. This is invaluable knowledge to have if you eventually decide to do a lease purchase.

As a company driver, you will be told when and where to fuel. Even so, you should pay attention to fuel prices in different areas and how much fuel would be necessary to get to a cheaper fuel area and how much fuel is necessary to complete a trip.

If you follow CRST's fuel solution as a lease operator you will fail. All your pay for that trip will be sitting in your tank instead of in your pocket.

Fuel management will make or break you in a lease purchase.

These are just a couple of potential pitfalls you can encounter. Don't rule out the lease altogether, but make sure you take time to think about and learn these issues (especially fuel) before you consider the lease.

 

No I had it correct, don't change my words to fit your meaning.