Leasing owner-operators is one of the quickest ways a trucking company can increase the fleet’s capacity. However, there are several pitfalls with using leased owner-operators, for both the company ...

In a damning report, the Truck Leasing Task Force assembled by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration recommended that Congress should ban motor carrier lease-purchase agreements with truck ...

This story is the first in an occasional series examining different owner-operator-heavy fleets' leasing opportunities and structures. Is your leasing fleet exceptional in one way or another? Send ...

I’ve recently had a few conversions with other truck owners who, like myself, have their own operating authority. Each conversation took me back 25 years to my earliest experiences and challenges with ...

[Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] A specially appointed U.S. Department of Transportation leasing task force has begun examining maintenance provisions in lease-purchase ...

A yearlong study by a U.S. government financial consumer group has concluded that there is widespread risk for truckers being rushed into signing so-called predatory lease-purchase agreements that ...