Trucker Warren, From The Begining

Well, I am finally finished with the Q-Fleet. I asked for some home time this coming week so I can take a couple of days off to relax and reflect back on the last 3 months. I have a big decision to make and I have received counsel from both sides of the fence. I am leery to lease as all the responsibility lies in my lap. I just think the whole thing seems a little risky. If I get sick or my wife needs me home for some emergency, I’ll get the days off, but as a friend said to me, the truck payment doesn’t take a day off just because you do. If the turck is down for any reason, I'm not making money. As another friend put it, "If you don't have enough money in the bank to cover 4 months of expenses, don't do it". I’ve talked to countless lease drivers and I get a 50/50 mix in response to how they feel about the lease program. Even my trainer said that he became a trainer because he tried everything else to make the lease work and that training was the only way.
There’s no way I would ever train, I value my life and there is only one person I trust. But the other side of the coin is that there are people out there that are on their 3rd and 4th lease that seem to be doing well. This really bums me out, I was really looking forward to doing the lease program, but my gut tells me NO, and every time I go against my gut I lose. The thing that worries me is the fact that a company solo drive is at the bottom of the list when it comes to runs. The company is Pro-Lease, so where does that leave me.
I’ve allot of things I want to report on but it’ll have to wait until after I get done with this phase of the process. I just can’t be my creative self when bogged down like this. Thank you everybody that has talked to me on this subject.
Let me know your thoughts on the subject. Is there anyone out there that has had any experience with a lease program?
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Warren

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