lease/purch with CENTRAL REF?
#1
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anybody work for these guys before? im quiting PAM transport this monday. thinking about buying a truck and running for central refrigerated. just wondering if anybody has any idea what the operations are like over there. also considering MELTON. for any new b's i wouldnt recommend PAM to my worst enemy.
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Let's see.
You can work for someone as a company driver and get paid for it or You can get set up in a lease purchase deal and pay the company to work for them. Must be nice to be so independantly wealthy and bored that you can afford to pay companies to put you to work. :roll: :roll:
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#3
Originally Posted by barriomusic
anybody work for these guys before? im quiting PAM transport this monday. thinking about buying a truck and running for central refrigerated. just wondering if anybody has any idea what the operations are like over there. also considering MELTON. for any new b's i wouldnt recommend PAM to my worst enemy.
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Originally Posted by barriomusic
anybody work for these guys before? im quiting PAM transport this monday. thinking about buying a truck and running for central refrigerated. just wondering if anybody has any idea what the operations are like over there. also considering MELTON. for any new b's i wouldnt recommend PAM to my worst enemy.
capone http://www.myspace.com/caponesite Stay away from any Fleece Purchase program; they are monetary vacuum cleaners. Melton is a top notch flatbed company.
#5
Originally Posted by barriomusic
anybody work for these guys before? im quiting PAM transport this monday. thinking about buying a truck and running for central refrigerated. just wondering if anybody has any idea what the operations are like over there. also considering MELTON. for any new b's i wouldnt recommend PAM to my worst enemy.
capone http://www.myspace.com/caponesite
#7
I wouldnt mind leasing MY OWN TRUCK to Central, they do have alot of freight. But no way would I lease one from them....nope, nada, nichts, never happen.
I have some friends who are a married team driving a leased T2000 from Central and only because both of them drive did they do it.
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ok maybe i should explain myself better. i was going to sign on to central and buy a truck from them and also work for them. basically im trying to just buy a truck, run for them till its payed off. i talked to 2 drivers who are making it work for them at central and 1 driver who said he was throwing in the towel. so basically its a gamble. my main goal is to pretty much work towards buying a truck, then using that truck as collateral to buy another, then another, put my sister thru broker licensing and bid my own jobs. so bottom line is, has anyone actually made it with central? or is it a bad and lost cause to even try to lease purchase with them?
#9
Originally Posted by barriomusic
ok maybe i should explain myself better. i was going to sign on to central and buy a truck from them and also work for them. basically im trying to just buy a truck, run for them till its payed off. i talked to 2 drivers who are making it work for them at central and 1 driver who said he was throwing in the towel. so basically its a gamble
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