CRST Flatbed Lease Purchase Program, How to succeed Simplified 

[@codyhart9610]

Been watching your channel for a while since I’ve been at crst. I’m lease purchase my weekly deduction is $1050. You hit the nail on the head. Only other advice I’d say for new guys, 1. STAY OUT OF FLORIDA! I live there and I can tell you first hand it’s a nightmare getting decent pay coming in, and almost impossible getting anything coming out, 2. If you plan to stay out over weekends, get you a decent haul for your weekend load and use that to get your reset in. 3. Like stated in the video short hauls are better, (500-700 miles) I run for 3 weeks then come home for 9 days, I do one long run over the weekend, then Monday thru Friday I run my short hops. It has worked for me living in a terrible place for our market, and I’ve easily pocketed $2500-$3500 on average, every week since I started in may of 2022. My highest week was $5000 in pocket but the starts just aligned perfectly for me that week.

[@gregpramuka4239]

How's the Cleveland Ohio area for loads? That's where I live and I hear it's a good area?

[@codyhart9610]

It’s decent, I’ve run a adairsville to Cleveland many times and usually my go to is a load of shingles out of Medina.

[@gregpramuka4239]

@@codyhart9610 nice I can't tell you how many times my current company has sent me to Medina to get shingles. Usually headed to North Carolina or Virginia, went to KC and St. Louis as well. That place is 45 minutes from my house.

[@Diezel529]

Appreciate you buddy.

[@Diezel529]

Do you have a new or used truck?

[@hurrikaneskyhigh]

It can be done‼️I wish I would’ve found your page 2 years ago with my LP. Tomorrow I pay my ballon payment with CRST Flatbed and it’s been a ride. Everything you said is POINT ON. You got a follower and hopefully I see you on the road. Truck on

[@henryjohnson7822]

CRST Specialized in the house on my 3rd lease and have no complaints.

[@genusmagnus]

Great video. Sometimes as humans we have the ability to over complicate things. This is a very common sense approach. Never really understood individuals that want to drive trucks and take it easy at the same time. If you are going to invest that much time and energy into something you should be trying to run it up and maximize. Thank you for your content and your insight. Be safe out there on the road.🕶🙏👍

[@rce8540]

It’s nice to take the time to help people out. And some people. You can’t fix stupid. Take care Matt. Great show. Sounds like me good advice to me.

[@Invictus13666]

Sometimes the end verse puzzles me and sometimes it makes me chuckle. People don’t know what they don’t know...but when they won’t listen-oh boy.

[@sturgelltruckingllc4074]

You’d be shocked, I’ve told guys do this this and this and you’ll be fine only to have them do the complete opposite and then ask me why it didn’t work💁

[@rickysons6362]

You better off not to do a lease purchase go get a loan and get you a good used truck come better than you can go anywhere you want iam lease on to mercer he's doing good job on his videos

[@thomashalvorsen2948]

Thanks bro tht was a very informative. 👍

[@wej200]

Hell yeah, if it was meant to be easy everyone would be doing it!

[@gregpramuka4239]

I don't think I'd do it if it didn't live in northeast Ohio. Midwest is, from what I've heard, a great place for steel and flatbed loads.

[@wej200]

@@gregpramuka4239 yeah it is pretty easy to find steel loads going through the midwest. That is where I stay now, I am from West Virginia though close to PA and there are loads around there too just not as many

[@monkmoto1887]

@@gregpramuka4239 i live in chicago, so many machine shops and steel mills. work as a machinist and seeing the guys hit the dock everyday to get unloaded indoors with our little crane making knowing they make 2-3x the money i do take home has me dreaming and scheming something big time!

[@mrhighlifemusic]

I don't know why people can't make money here. Only time I haven't made any money was when my truck went down.

[@johnfrederick8476]

Very good advice for those guys

[@gregpramuka4239]

4 grand seems really low lol. 7 to 10 I think is more the norm. I don't know tho lol. I'm starting orientation the 20th. Good info. I was thinking $1200 for truck and trailer and everything else and I use $1500 to $2000 for fuel a week as a company flatbed driver right now. So at least 3k was what I was thinking every week in expenses before I even get paid. Hey can you do a video for lease guys on the difference for someone who has a corporation and that tax benefit compared to someone who gets paid the other way? Thanks.

[@sturgelltruckingllc4074]

I don’t do Tax videos because they’re too complicated of a subject, but there are several on KZbin, most are bad, which is why I don’t even attempt them, contact a good CPA not a KZbinr lolll And yes $3000 per week will be your expenses when it’s all said and done, so for you to make anything your minimum should be $4000

[@gregpramuka4239]

@@sturgelltruckingllc4074 or 7 to 10k? I realize things vary week to week. Save your money, incorporate for tax reasons don't buy a hellcat lol. I get it.

[@sturgelltruckingllc4074]

@@gregpramuka4239 your not likely to pull $7k-$10k a week every week, $6k is a more realistic number to try and average

[@johnfrederick8476]

The lease purchase program works I completed it with crst

[@gregpramuka4239]

@@sturgelltruckingllc4074 on average we get it. Also there's no truck payment the first 2 weeks. But I also heard there may be problems getting a truck idk. Steve Harvey and Denzel will let you know lol. Crazy how I found you man.

[@robertcussen8039]

Those poor uber drivers. I knew it was over when they were hauling the loads I haul with those high priced trucks. IMO In a bad or high cost market it pays to have a paid-off truck, thank God that's the route I took.

[@robertcameron5364]

good sound of advise but does this apply to the van loads as well ??

[@sturgelltruckingllc4074]

@@robertcameron5364 no dry-van Freight is a completely different world

[@taureanbuford4107]

Thanks a lot

[@taureanbuford4107]

I know this is an old video. But do you book more than one load at a time on the board?

[@sturgelltruckingllc4074]

@@taureanbuford4107 you can book as far out as you want, but be careful because things happen and if you start canceling loads, the agents will no longer let you book multiple loads and if you do it often enough, no one will book a load in advance with you and will make you wait till you call them empty

[@luckyjackson6973]

Can you check the load board for Allentown pa? Thanx

[@eazyjay3200]

🤔 I may go get my CDLs somehow

[@jeffeck9934]

So where do u pick truck up and are they in good shape when u do?

[@sturgelltruckingllc4074]

I don’t have details on that. I’ve never done the lease purchase program. Call Tonya in recruiting 334-991-0675

[@TheDriver977]

I’m trying to get over there

[@bambambino23]

Im new to ur channel. Your title says crst lease purchase but u said ur NOT an LP guy. So which is it? Lol.

[@sturgelltruckingllc4074]

I’m not a lease purchase guy I am an actual owner operator leased on to CRST, but I get a lot of calls from the lease purchase guys here at CRST so I do videos to help them ….I also don’t normally recommend lease purchase programs, but in this truck market, it’s actually become a really good deal and the one here at CRST is as good as you’re going to find

[@uptownfragrance6148]

How is the dry van division

[@sturgelltruckingllc4074]

The guys I’ve talked to are happy I don’t know much about it personally other than that

[@VictoriaRamos-i2c]

🙏🏼

[@Luckyducky9222]

When he said some are Uber drivers 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@sturgelltruckingllc4074]

We’ll one is now, at least for the Time being, I’m not sure why because he’s making a fortune off KZbin, He’s built a huge channel by parading his wife around half naked for his viewers💁

[@melvinkeller1466]

People call you because you sound like John Goodman lol

[@sturgelltruckingllc4074]

😂😂

[@rce8540]

Got a xtra me in there.

[@dnicree4456]

Hey how fast do trucks go ?

[@sturgelltruckingllc4074]

I don’t really know I’m not a lease purchase driver. I think 70 for lease trucks but you should call a recruiter to find out that information

[@walkerinmotionllc8618]

68mph

[@chadjoseph9220]

Are these numbers still accurate over there. Im an owner op

[@sturgelltruckingllc4074]

Well this video was to help the Lease Purchase guys but what Numbers are you asking about Sir.?

[@chadjoseph9220]

1000 to 2000 a day. For those of us that can run a clock out lol. Also i spoke with a recruiter a while back last year and they were doing per mile still doing per mile is ther percentage pay new?

[@sturgelltruckingllc4074]

@@chadjoseph9220 been % for many many years, mileage pay is for the door swingers only

[@breannathompson-pg2tb]

How much can I make as a owner op flatbed I’m coming there next month

[@Thomas-ef2fl]

How does the FS figure in sir?

[@sturgelltruckingllc4074]

I assume you’re asking about the fuel surcharge, you get 100% of that and that would be included in the $4000 a week minimum that I am talking about, it’s in the load total

[@Thomas-ef2fl]

Thanks for the reply sir.

[@bennaylor3658]

Might want to understand inflation

[@sturgelltruckingllc4074]

What’s that? I’m pretty sure I have a grasp on the trucking industry after 3 1/2 decades but if you have something to add I’m all ears, let’s hear it buddy

[@bennaylor3658]

@sturgelltruckingllc4074 inflation? The cost of everything you but your comparing 2018 money to 2023 money but inflation over those 5 years is over 21% if you made 2 bucks a mile in 2018 you need 2.40 just to be even not counting fuel that's all I'm saying this isn't a trucking industry issue but it still applies and onestly the parts and labor has probably inflated more then 21% for trucking that just a general inflation number for normal people your dollar is worth 21% less then it was 5 years ago if your not profiting more then 21% then your losing money 11% of that was 2021 alone

[@sturgelltruckingllc4074]

@@bennaylor3658 that all sounds good and I’m sure those numbers are from some official website somewhere but I disagree with them. The only thing that is inflated terribly is equipment which nobody should be buying (which would drive the prices down to where they should be) everything else is pretty status quo. Things may have gone up a little bit but not 21%, unless you pay dealership prices, you have to shop around , and fuel is covered by the fuel surcharge, it goes up and down so that’s not really an issue, in fact, I laugh everybody’s complaining about rates right now, but they seem to forget when the rates were sky high fuel went up to 5 & 6 dollars a gallon but now it’s under 4 dollars a gallon. They always leave that part out…… there’s always guys making excuses and giving reasons why they can’t make it while I continue to profit year after year after year, I guess your either a cup half empty or a cup half full kinda guy, trucking has good years and bad years. You can deal with it and keep moving forward or complain about it and quit. It’s really that simple Brother. Best of luck to ya

[@bennaylor3658]

@sturgelltruckingllc4074 do you own research you will see inflation is higher then the 21% reported by the federal government

[@godsok1]

I feel sorry for lease purchase drivers! Go be a company driver and make more money or go buy a truck.

[@CookiethetruckerCat]

Company drivers taking home 700$ a week

[@devoywilliams3956]

Company drivers won’t own a truck after it all said and done even if they made the same pay.