What in the world?
#31
12-05-2008, 07:56 PM
I don't think this is the right time to be getting into a truck. Especially a Lease Purchase. The economy stinks and is only going to get worse. I will be surprised if it turns before June. Hopefully it will turn in March...but don't hold your breath.
Prayers are in order.
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#32
12-08-2008, 03:48 PM
What specifically was wrong with the Columbia. I've never been in one, but how bad could it be?
#33
12-08-2008, 04:04 PM
They kinda/sorta suck. I spent a cumulative 5-6 months in one. one with 148K, and one with 15K miles. They will make you money though! I was hitting 7-8mpg pullung HHG, compared to 4.9-6.5 in my KW pulling the same commoditiy/trailer, but at a slightly high rate of speed!
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#37
02-08-2009, 12:02 PM
Thx
Well, I did it, and regret it. It didn't take me long, either. There are so many reasons it didn't work out, like a greatest hits of the warnings people gave me in this thread.
-The "Market adjusted" fuel surcharge was bad. Yes, adjusted. The wrong direction. -Cheap, cheap freight. -There was never any OD loads that I was promised. -Truck kept breaking down -The available freight was well below the "1.05" min. that I was promised. Anyway, working 11-20 hrs. a day 7 days a week got me about 25 cents per hour haha. So I payed the $1k to get out of the lease, and now my otherwise perfect DAC has a small black eye. Oh well, I'd rather be sitting at home looking for a new job for free than busting my hump for that quarter an hour. "Maybe, if I work real hard today, and sleep without heat I can afford a slim jim tonight!! And let us pray..." In case anyone was still wondering, it was Anderson Trucking Service I signed up for. Last edited by Fillupsherman; 02-08-2009 at 12:06 PM.
#38
02-08-2009, 02:22 PM
Well, I did it, and regret it. It didn't take me long, either. There are so many reasons it didn't work out, like a greatest hits of the warnings people gave me in this thread.
-The "Market adjusted" fuel surcharge was bad. Yes, adjusted. The wrong direction. -Cheap, cheap freight. -There was never any OD loads that I was promised. -Truck kept breaking down -The available freight was well below the "1.05" min. that I was promised. Anyway, working 11-20 hrs. a day 7 days a week got me about 25 cents per hour haha. So I payed the $1k to get out of the lease, and now my otherwise perfect DAC has a small black eye. Oh well, I'd rather be sitting at home looking for a new job for free than busting my hump for that quarter an hour. "Maybe, if I work real hard today, and sleep without heat I can afford a slim jim tonight!! And let us pray..." In case anyone was still wondering, it was Anderson Trucking Service I signed up for.
#40
02-08-2009, 08:01 PM
Thanks for coming back and letting us know how it worked out. Hopefully someone will learn from your experience.
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