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My First Time Leasing A Truck – The Adventure Begins

Posted on June 7, 2011 by Corporal Clegg

I signed the lease agreement and headed out onto the highway for the first time as a lease driver. The mileage I was getting was hit and miss, and I wound up in a small wreck on top of that. Tough start. Continue reading →

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Getting Ready To Lease A Truck

Posted on May 13, 2011 by Corporal Clegg

After much thought I’ve decided to try leasing a truck from my company. Here’s an intro to who I am and some of my initial thoughts before my lease begins. Continue reading →

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Made It Through Your First Year As A Driver? Great! Now What?

Posted on March 23, 2010 by Guyjax

What comes after the first year of driving? If you keep your safety record and license clean you now have a lot more option on where you can go, including becoming a lease driver or owner operator. Continue reading →

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So You’re Thinking About Becoming An Owner-Operator?

Posted on December 4, 2008 by Brett Aquila

You want to become an owner-operator, huh? Have you lost your mind? Well, maybe not. Maybe you’re just wondering about it because you don’t understand the trucking industry or you’re looking for a new challenge. Maybe owning your own business sounds perfect to you. Maybe the romantic idea of cruisin the American highways in your own big, beautiful, shiny rig just sounds so damn cool you can’t take it anymore! Well then do it! But wait…wait…wait…..come back here a second. Get out your wallet. Give me all your money. No I’m not robbing you! You’re a giver! You’ve decided that having money isn’t important to you anymore so you’re going to buy a truck so that you can throw it all away! Well, I need it! So if you’re gonna lose it all anyhow you outta just give it to someone who needs it – like me! You don’t understand what on Earth i’m talking about? Well then you betterkeep reading. There must be a lot you don’t understand.

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