if you have a plan when you lease then it's not a scam its a starting point.. especially if you do not have the capital. Use them for business exp then finance your own truck. At prime especially team lease trucks are the ideal move to make
I didn’t do it based on the miles. 66 is super low. I just didn’t feel it was the truck for me. And with the wY things turned out after, I don’t regret the decision 😉
That truck has a lot of upgrades like the leather seats someone spec that out left the company I would have jumped on that you're going to end up with a bare Bones truck if you wait for a new truck that the company ordered
Someone spent some money on that truck. Emergency sleeper door on driver side is about $700.00 and they brown interior is another $400.00 option. The visitor price above the window I forgot how much that is. The painted color matched front bumper and black grill is about $345.00. The passenger side access under the bunk is about $600.00
Great question! I am new to trucking, so lease is going to be a brand new thing for me. If you can keep track of your expenses and save money, Leasing should go smooth for you. The things that may be an issue for you are using a Qualcomm and submitting paperwork. The Qualcomm is no necessary hard to use, but it requires patience. Submitting paperwork is easy as well, it’s all done through the Prime app, but I would recommend for you to feel comfortable with those two things before jumping into lease. I want to make a video that explains lease vs company. But I really can’t be loud and obnoxious in my room. So I will be making it when I jump in the truck😉.
@@sweetchocolate5637 it's easy with experience. I did it four years ago. You can get a new truck right after orientation if they have one available. Or a good used one. You'll be paying for everything minus warranty issues so just keep income high and expenses to a minimum and you will be ok.
@@sweetchocolate5637 if they're still bringing in exp drivers the way they did with me, you have ur own orientation in the same bldg as the newbies and some of the same classes but separate from the new students. A four day orientation then go to success leasing to check on truck availability. Orientation and success leasing are in bldgs about a mile and a half apart so they have a company shuttle van to help move everyone around that runs from 5 or 6am till midnight I believe.
Treat it as a pretrip to begin with. When starting the truck pay attention to how long it takes cranking before it starts. Request the repair history on the truck and examine it to see what has been done to it. Double check repairs on the truck. Inspect the interior and exterior for smells and signs of damage. Make sure you notate all the imperfections so they don’t charge you for them later. If you are going to go lease I’d recommend you try to get the newest truck you can get. It may cost a bit more but you might like the peace of mind that comes with it😉. If you are planning to do lease purchase soon, maybe a truck that it’s nearing its contract is more convenient for you. But you are taking a gamble on reliability if it’s high mileage. Hope this helps
Lease purchase, make sure you are aware they can will and have cancel the contract at any point , it’s in the contract read it brief yourself on past drivers issues..
66k miles? Not even broke in yet. The important part is can you save money on the price compared to a brand new one? Do the upgrades on this one outweigh a newer one? In the end yes it's a personal choice. I'd definitely consider saving money in the long run though. Good luck young man. Hope you fulfill your dreams.
Dont listen to thoe nay sayers i bought a 2015 cascadia and paid it off and it wasn't even new, the lease program works if you work and the newer trucks are way better than the older ones cuz they get way better gas mileage, plus if u get a new 1 you get a warranty so take my advice and put 20 cents per mile in your maintenance account and you will have 50 grand in there by the time your warranty is up, and get a freightliner the dd15 is by far the best motor right now and when things bring down on a freightliner its well past the life expectancy of the part.
I understand ur being picky and cautious but the point is to find a good truck, get dispatched and get out of there and start getting pd. Make sure the basics are good and operate properly. Tires, coolant, ac, oil level, all lights. Make sure the idle shutdown keeps the truck running for the summer. Drive it around make sure it doesn't pull left or right. 66k miles is low miles for the truck. Don't be too picky. Small details you don't like can be fixed later. Especially if they only have a few trucks and a handful of people looking at the same time. The best thing you can do is look at all the trucks available at the same time not just the one they give you. Find ur top two or three and let them know you'll take it if someone passes on it. Be proactive. They gave me four trucks to look at. I parked them next to each other and ran each one thru my checklist at the same time. I ended up taking a 19 international bc it had the best drive tires by far and the idle shutdown was turned off. All three had roughly 300k miles. And the internationals were on sale bc no one wanted them. I still have it. Good luck.
@@RattmanPerkins There’s a new sucker every day I’m a company driver making 120 130 a year almost 40 pto days and home same days each week been driving 26 years well over 3 million miles I wish I knew why people even work for all these company’s.
No truck at prime is good. They play you. You make the payment on their truck. You pay for the maintenance on their truck. You put tires on their truck. You don't even get the rate con. They just tell you what the load pays. ... you are being ripped off. You are paying for something that you will never own. Don't do it.
Sometimes if they sit a while they start like that, I have a truck that if I don't drive for a while it sometimes does that, and most times it starts right up.
If you think you're going to be in ANY way successful at Prime , you're SADLY mistaken.. and you obviously aren't experienced enough to know that . You're in for a rude awakening friend
I drive for Prime. I make 4300+ per week. It's how you drive to make money. Not the company. Been driving for over 35 years. Been with a lot of companies.
I've been at it since 1979 and I'm happy hauling my carpet and chicken west and NW and produce back to ATL and FL .. I make 2K a round ( 5-6 days) running single and driving pre ELD and DEF hotrods...
@@danor6812 good deal... I've been at it since 1979 hauling carpet and chicken west and NW and produce back to Atlanta and FL.... I make 2 K for a 5-6 day round and I run by myself in an old pre ELD and DEF hotrod.. Companies and lease-purchase trucking is fine if it works for you but I'd rather be the way I am because it works for me Be safe
@@SRTGrizz yea but prime don't educate you much on how to run a business. most people in the lease game don't have a dime in the bank to cover break downs. Or have money to cover the house hold bills while your truck is not making money
Prime is one of the worst places to lease a truck. They tried every trick in the book to get me off the company side in 08' but I wouldn't budge. They cut my truck down from 65 to 58 due to declining fuel mileage then 2 weeks later brought me in and turned it down to 55. A week of that then went home. On home time I made up my mind and cleaned it out. Called them up first thing Monday morning and told them to either get me a load directly back to Springfield or I was gonna deadhead back up there to drop the truck off. Was there 10 months and was never charged for CDL training since I didn't fulfill a full year on the contract. That was back when we ran paper and manuals. Not this garbage. My step dad leased a FLD120 there in 01' and that damn thing kept breaking down in the couple months he was there. Finish out what ya need to and run away as fast as you can. Robert Low is a crook. You can pay monthly what he charges in a week and a half to two weeks lease payments. By the time you're done paying on that truck, you will have paid nearly double what its worth. Wonder if they still make the lease drivers pay for reefer fuel.
So you are basing your opinion on what happened back in 08? That was a long time ago. Prime has not once convinced me to go lease and I started out as a company driver. I did company for 5 months before I jumped into a lease and glad I did. It helped me learn the business side of things. It sounds like from your statement that you couldn't manage your fuel costs and that is why prime did what they did. It has nothing to do with prime at all. Their is a reason prime has you governed. I lease now and do very well with prime. I don't care to own the truck as I don't want the responsibility of owning a truck. It will cost just as much as a house to own a truck and trailer and be able to fork out the cost for all the permits and licenses needed to get started. Not everyone has the credit or the funding to be able to do this. Everyone who discredits prime because they think it's primes fault for their failure doesn't want to take the blame for their own mistakes. They just want to blame it on prime.
I heard leasing is bad just work until you can buy your own used truck after you get experience and money saved....but I'm no trucker but thinking about it
@@colbybailey1983 it depends on you.. you don't make quite as much but it's a good start.. anyone that says it's a scam is lying. Yeah sure there's more to make everywhere but there is definitely some upsides and it helps to have a carrier that will also help you succeed.
@@WallyMinaya Than you have no business buying a truck! You need experience to learn the industry.You need your own money!Starting any business going into debt is a recipe for failure!! I retired after 43 years of trucking and I owned 4 trucks during my career and I've seen many lease purchase drivers fail!
@@johnkempter8162 trucking business isn’t rocket science. Its business. Just like any other. And if u look at lease purchase is because mostly they don’t want to run so they fail. They don’t make it to the end Of the lease. So they never get the chance of running without a truck payment. But to each is own I only want one truck. I don’t want to be in this business long term I respect it but i personally have my hands on another industry.
1st of all it seems to me you're not a very well educated truck driver because you drive for prime 1st of all 2nd Paul 2nd I've seen somebody else's comments says you have a lot to learn yes you do
prime...garbage, slowest trucks on the road, rolling road blocks why would anyone go work for them? u finaly pay off your truck and its got 800, 000 miles on it and u need a new one...u are stuck there, why do that to yourself?
if you have a plan when you lease then it's not a scam its a starting point.. especially if you do not have the capital. Use them for business exp then finance your own truck.
At prime especially team lease trucks are the ideal move to make
if you're making a decision based on the amount of miles on a truck, you have a lot to learn bro!
Facts I feel like that’s what he did and he is wrong for that…
I didn’t do it based on the miles. 66 is super low. I just didn’t feel it was the truck for me. And with the wY things turned out after, I don’t regret the decision 😉
@@Peruviantrucker Your life, your decision. Good luck young man
You are the one who will have to live with it. Therefore, it is your decision. We wish you the best in the future.! Scott's M&D👍
That truck has a lot of upgrades like the leather seats someone spec that out left the company I would have jumped on that you're going to end up with a bare Bones truck if you wait for a new truck that the company ordered
You are right! It was really nice. I still like the one I got because it’s newer and green, but that brown interior is missing🫠
Yeah that was a custom order truck that someone walked away from. Mine has a bunch of upgrades like that too
Guys, make sure to take a blacklight in with you to see how much nut is in that truck (along w/ urine stains from animals, lot lizards, etc).
🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
Hey what do you think of hauling produce out of WinterHaven out five days?
Someone spent some money on that truck. Emergency sleeper door on driver side is about $700.00 and they brown interior is another $400.00 option. The visitor price above the window I forgot how much that is. The painted color matched front bumper and black grill is about $345.00. The passenger side access under the bunk is about $600.00
You don't need to explain...you went with your gut feeling... everyone has their own reasons
Got any tips on coming in as a experienced driver and starting Lease straight out the gate
Great question! I am new to trucking, so lease is going to be a brand new thing for me. If you can keep track of your expenses and save money, Leasing should go smooth for you.
The things that may be an issue for you are using a Qualcomm and submitting paperwork. The Qualcomm is no necessary hard to use, but it requires patience. Submitting paperwork is easy as well, it’s all done through the Prime app, but I would recommend for you to feel comfortable with those two things before jumping into lease.
I want to make a video that explains lease vs company. But I really can’t be loud and obnoxious in my room. So I will be making it when I jump in the truck😉.
@@Peruviantrucker ok I’ll be waiting interested to learn all I can from the system I’m use to using
@@sweetchocolate5637 it's easy with experience. I did it four years ago. You can get a new truck right after orientation if they have one available. Or a good used one. You'll be paying for everything minus warranty issues so just keep income high and expenses to a minimum and you will be ok.
@@thetexastrucker7934 ok thanks g
@@sweetchocolate5637 if they're still bringing in exp drivers the way they did with me, you have ur own orientation in the same bldg as the newbies and some of the same classes but separate from the new students. A four day orientation then go to success leasing to check on truck availability. Orientation and success leasing are in bldgs about a mile and a half apart so they have a company shuttle van to help move everyone around that runs from 5 or 6am till midnight I believe.
Tips for how you go about inspecting
Treat it as a pretrip to begin with. When starting the truck pay attention to how long it takes cranking before it starts. Request the repair history on the truck and examine it to see what has been done to it. Double check repairs on the truck. Inspect the interior and exterior for smells and signs of damage. Make sure you notate all the imperfections so they don’t charge you for them later.
If you are going to go lease I’d recommend you try to get the newest truck you can get. It may cost a bit more but you might like the peace of mind that comes with it😉. If you are planning to do lease purchase soon, maybe a truck that it’s nearing its contract is more convenient for you. But you are taking a gamble on reliability if it’s high mileage.
Hope this helps
"Less miles" ? 🤣 🤣
Blessings... 🙏
Prime paying that well where you can afford to lease and still stack money?
It really depends on your personal expenses. For me, at this time in my life, definitely enough to at least be comfortable.
Lease purchase, make sure you are aware they can will and have cancel the contract at any point , it’s in the contract read it brief yourself on past drivers issues..
TRUCK TAKE KINDA LONG TO START FOR 2022...MY 2018 PETER BUILT 579 3 TURN START RIGHT UP
No manual trucks
I thought u said 6600 miles at first! Lol
Nah, 66k miles
66k miles? Not even broke in yet. The important part is can you save money on the price compared to a brand new one? Do the upgrades on this one outweigh a newer one? In the end yes it's a personal choice. I'd definitely consider saving money in the long run though. Good luck young man. Hope you fulfill your dreams.
I honestly liked the interior on this one better, my gut wasn’t in on it though🤷🏻♂️
Hey what’s up bro how are you
66,000 miles on a Freightliner... Don't pass up a great opportunity.
Dont listen to thoe nay sayers i bought a 2015 cascadia and paid it off and it wasn't even new, the lease program works if you work and the newer trucks are way better than the older ones cuz they get way better gas mileage, plus if u get a new 1 you get a warranty so take my advice and put 20 cents per mile in your maintenance account and you will have 50 grand in there by the time your warranty is up, and get a freightliner the dd15 is by far the best motor right now and when things bring down on a freightliner its well past the life expectancy of the part.
Bruh why did u pass on that truck
It's a huge deal for sure... I'm not in the business anymore. Good luck 🤞🤞
Always trust your gut
needed some numbers how much less would this would have been
Under $150 less a week. Cant remember the exact number
@@Peruviantrucker ok...definitely nice to have a new one!
Shit man don’t blame you it ain’t got a long hood or a gear shifter. It’s a pos
🤣😂 good luck with that
They will stop paying you if you pass on too many
😬😬😬
I understand ur being picky and cautious but the point is to find a good truck, get dispatched and get out of there and start getting pd. Make sure the basics are good and operate properly. Tires, coolant, ac, oil level, all lights. Make sure the idle shutdown keeps the truck running for the summer. Drive it around make sure it doesn't pull left or right. 66k miles is low miles for the truck. Don't be too picky. Small details you don't like can be fixed later. Especially if they only have a few trucks and a handful of people looking at the same time. The best thing you can do is look at all the trucks available at the same time not just the one they give you. Find ur top two or three and let them know you'll take it if someone passes on it. Be proactive. They gave me four trucks to look at. I parked them next to each other and ran each one thru my checklist at the same time. I ended up taking a 19 international bc it had the best drive tires by far and the idle shutdown was turned off. All three had roughly 300k miles. And the internationals were on sale bc no one wanted them. I still have it. Good luck.
@@thetexastrucker7934 u picked a truck to buy because it had the best drive tires lmao
@@RattmanPerkins There’s a new sucker every day I’m a company driver making 120 130 a year almost 40 pto days and home same days each week been driving 26 years well over 3 million miles I wish I knew why people even work for all these company’s.
@@RattmanPerkins 😂😂
No truck at prime is good. They play you. You make the payment on their truck. You pay for the maintenance on their truck. You put tires on their truck. You don't even get the rate con. They just tell you what the load pays. ... you are being ripped off. You are paying for something that you will never own. Don't do it.
Lies I own my truck
@@Jevon876 not if you work for prime
I do work for prime
Did u?
@@Jevon876 hell no. I own my truck and trailer unlike you. You work for prime. That truck is not yours
@@Jevon876 you'll never own it
Love that truck but the start up for it was already a no 💀
Sometimes if they sit a while they start like that, I have a truck that if I don't drive for a while it sometimes does that, and most times
it starts right up.
It was sitting for a while and u can tell it’s low on fuel the light came on immediately
Hii bro love from India❤️
Yeah you got that right good truck. Watch you end up with a truck that causes you a lot of problems and issues.
If you think you're going to be in ANY way successful at Prime , you're SADLY mistaken.. and you obviously aren't experienced enough to know that . You're in for a rude awakening friend
I drive for Prime. I make 4300+ per week. It's how you drive to make money. Not the company. Been driving for over 35 years. Been with a lot of companies.
Kudos to you then
I've been at it since 1979 and I'm happy hauling my carpet and chicken west and NW and produce back to ATL and FL .. I make 2K a round ( 5-6 days) running single and driving pre ELD and DEF hotrods...
@@danor6812 good deal... I've been at it since 1979 hauling carpet and chicken west and NW and produce back to Atlanta and FL.... I make 2 K for a 5-6 day round and I run by myself in an old pre ELD and DEF hotrod.. Companies and lease-purchase trucking is fine if it works for you but I'd rather be the way I am because it works for me
Be safe
People need to look in a dictionary and look up lease purchase..it says you are renting a truck you will never own
@@SRTGrizz that's false news. I am a company driver working local and close to making $120k this year and I don't pay fuel or truck payment
@@SRTGrizz yea but prime don't educate you much on how to run a business. most people in the lease game don't have a dime in the bank to cover break downs. Or have money to cover the house hold bills while your truck is not making money
@@SRTGrizz balloon payment is $100.00
@@SRTGrizz currently at prime, yes, lease purchase isn’t available the the moment. Standard lease is. What other info would you like?
Prime is one of the worst places to lease a truck. They tried every trick in the book to get me off the company side in 08' but I wouldn't budge. They cut my truck down from 65 to 58 due to declining fuel mileage then 2 weeks later brought me in and turned it down to 55. A week of that then went home. On home time I made up my mind and cleaned it out. Called them up first thing Monday morning and told them to either get me a load directly back to Springfield or I was gonna deadhead back up there to drop the truck off. Was there 10 months and was never charged for CDL training since I didn't fulfill a full year on the contract. That was back when we ran paper and manuals. Not this garbage. My step dad leased a FLD120 there in 01' and that damn thing kept breaking down in the couple months he was there. Finish out what ya need to and run away as fast as you can. Robert Low is a crook. You can pay monthly what he charges in a week and a half to two weeks lease payments. By the time you're done paying on that truck, you will have paid nearly double what its worth. Wonder if they still make the lease drivers pay for reefer fuel.
So you are basing your opinion on what happened back in 08? That was a long time ago. Prime has not once convinced me to go lease and I started out as a company driver. I did company for 5 months before I jumped into a lease and glad I did. It helped me learn the business side of things. It sounds like from your statement that you couldn't manage your fuel costs and that is why prime did what they did. It has nothing to do with prime at all. Their is a reason prime has you governed. I lease now and do very well with prime. I don't care to own the truck as I don't want the responsibility of owning a truck. It will cost just as much as a house to own a truck and trailer and be able to fork out the cost for all the permits and licenses needed to get started. Not everyone has the credit or the funding to be able to do this. Everyone who discredits prime because they think it's primes fault for their failure doesn't want to take the blame for their own mistakes. They just want to blame it on prime.
Prime leasing is a complete scam
I heard leasing is bad just work until you can buy your own used truck after you get experience and money saved....but I'm no trucker but thinking about it
@@colbybailey1983 it depends on you.. you don't make quite as much but it's a good start.. anyone that says it's a scam is lying. Yeah sure there's more to make everywhere but there is definitely some upsides and it helps to have a carrier that will also help you succeed.
Less miles that has no miles
It only has 66,000 miles on it because that's all the previous driver put on it before they realized they were screwed! NEVER LEASE PURCHASE!!!!!
@@johnkempter8162 if u don’t have alot money or to cash out on a fairly new truck hard to get finance with a 6 month old cdl and 2 day old llc
@@WallyMinaya Than you have no business buying a truck! You need experience to learn the industry.You need your own money!Starting any business going into debt is a recipe for failure!! I retired after 43 years of trucking and I owned 4 trucks during my career and I've seen many lease purchase drivers fail!
@@johnkempter8162 trucking business isn’t rocket science. Its business. Just like any other. And if u look at lease purchase is because mostly they don’t want to run so they fail. They don’t make it to the end Of the lease. So they never get the chance of running without a truck payment. But to each is own I only want one truck. I don’t want to be in this business long term I respect it but i personally have my hands on another industry.
1st of all it seems to me you're not a very well educated truck driver because you drive for prime 1st of all 2nd Paul 2nd I've seen somebody else's comments says you have a lot to learn yes you do
They bout to trap u up, go out and buy a truck on your own, don't fall into that, anything made past 07 is trash also
prime...garbage, slowest trucks on the road, rolling road blocks why would anyone go work for them? u finaly pay off your truck and its got 800, 000 miles on it and u need a new one...u are stuck there, why do that to yourself?
I sure your rich parents will bail you out.
You flatter me😊
you lost me when you said you had to call your dad....
Whats wrong with getting a second opinion or asking for advice?
You have to go with your gut.
No, the dumbest part is leasing at all.
Major rip-off
you will never own that truck