Great amount of information! Thank you for putting this out there! The 3 years of basically no time off is a hard pill to swallow but maaaan does it sound nice to have that extra 4Gs per month after.
Outstanding information! Zeke Dawg, lease operator, now we want to see the numbers........ All the hard work...... what's the reward...... monthly settlement, 💵 💵 💵 💵..... ??
Hey, I'm starting a new career at 65. Going to be driving with my daughter running teams after solo period. Not with Prime though. She didn't have enough experience for them. But we're going to do this.
Zeke Dog, been watching your youtube videos. I drove for Prime many years ago. I wanted to congratulate you on your youtube channel. Very well done, I can tell you're a good human being. great content, you keep it real. When I drove for Prime (2008) I drove the reefer division, I trained with a flatbed trainer but decided to go to refer division. I drove a Mach truck, I loved the inside of the cab but the motor by Mack was no good and broke down quite a few times. I am a Director of Quality for commercial Airlines these days. But I can still hear the call of the open road l might just run into you with my Prime truckling me. I guess once you have been out there (OTR) it gets into your blood. Who knows one of these days I might meet you. I can tell you love what you are doing (flatbed) If I returned/drove for anyone it would definitely Be Prime Inc. Take care of yourself you are an outstanding individual, and oh yes you would make an excellent trainer for Prime. Take care, may God protect you out on the Road.
They will convert reefers to flatbed if they’re peterbilt or freightliner, but not the other way. Tanker trucks must be ordered as tanker due to the need for PTO.
Leasing through the company is like being a bad credit person who buys their cars through, buy here pay here dealerships they sell the same car 4 or 5 times for 3x tge value and what the payment should be. Work on your credit and get a truck yourself through the dealership, paying $1200 a month instead of a week.
They NEVER mention the main thing we AAAAAAALL wanna know. How much money per Mo for the lease to own truck? How much MORE you make from Co to Lease? Thanks fkr telling us how much the lease to own down payment is. & the deposit.✌🏾
As a hardworking trainee that runs my clock, leasing is for me. I like to stay busy. It helps with my anxiety from the military. Did trucking in the military and loved! But! The 33k a year isn't worth the effort I gave out and the way how we enlistments were treated. I have goals and getting a big house is one of them. My biggest problem is that I'm going to be a regional tanker.
I don't think 14,000 gets you a vehicle damn lot of vehicles are as much as a used truck depending on the year of the truck. Actually I think trucks are more affordable for lease owner or owner operator. Have seen how much regular vehicles cost now days? 1 of these days it would be better to a truck because at least you can sleep in the truck.
ZEKE DAWG... Say Man I really do appreciate the knowledge that you are putting out. It puts a lot of options on your mind as begin my journey. I'm just starting but this gives me a better understanding of what I'm looking for. Thanks for the insight and as you say "Keep it trucking" be safe.
This was kinda a waste.. Like where the pay information?? Pay split? How much monthly are the payments?? Do you have to have your own insurance or are you under their authority?? Half the video was about the truck not the lease
Currently leasing a 2023 freightliner cascadia thru prime my lease payment is about $1200 a week..you are on there insurance and that 1200 does not include insurance and ifta you also pay a $75 fee for the apu... plus they give you a list of supplies to get which they tac on to your settlement as a payment plan... you will also need to get your llc and pay the CPA or get your own ...they also have a navigation system that is another fee of like $10.50 a week... so that's about 1.3-1.4k a week plus the cost of fuel and tolls
@@trueheaven6549 damn your out 6k a month with fuel and everything your better off just buying your own truck outside of there and leasing with the company
@Data Corrupt I'm in the reefer division ... it's not that bad. I'm just getting my feet wet with the whole owner operator thing, so once I'm confident, I will just get my own truck
Company is 62mph lease purchase is 65mph. Even if you bring your on truck to lease, they will tell you it should be govern at 65mph Prime policy speed under their authority.
Damn. I wanted to get straight to the point, so I went to turn up the video speed… and it’s already on 1.75x 😮 Gotta put it on regular speed just to see 😂
Any advice for me? Also going lease when I get finished with tnt. I’m trying to go flatbed and lease as a female.. Tough as nails not afraid of hard work. Was a cop therapist and I worked in construction on the side. I’m in tnt rn on reefer for 30k miles til a flatbed trainer available.
Got a question about down payment. Do they take off 1000 dollars for every year that you do a regular lease up to a certain amount?? Also when you do a regular lease don't they hold out like 3 cents a mile and put it up?? That could also be used for a down payment?? I seen another video where they was talking about that. But the video was like a year old or so.
So who is the maintenance on in a lease. Like if you had a big repair for a few thousand is that on you or do they help you pay for that? And also by the time you pay for fuel and everything every week is the lease worth it?
You pay for everything that is not covered by the warranty. So any maintenance like oil changes, brakes etc.. that’s all you. You don’t have to pay it up front, they take out your settlement. So your settlement might be negative meaning you own them money.
I'm 78 and might try it. If it doesn't work, I can walk away! Still have my CDL but would have to retrain? Just don't know who would want to retrain a 78 yr old driver?
@@zekedawgtrucking Thanks, I might look into it about middle of April? But I don't know what my wife, children, grandchildren, and great grand children would think of me going back on the road. Drifter 😎
@@zekedawgtrucking Hey Zeke, so under leasing not lease purchase if the engine breaks down you are responsible for fixing it? And what happens if you don't have the money to get it fixed? I know lease purchase is a bit different. But just leasing.
I’m about to do prime lease in about the next 6 months.. refer is it worth it? Imma stay out minimal 4-5 Weeks. Imma bring my girl and son with me . Rn ima a local driver for target.. with about 18-20 months experience
Second question, Can I switch from Lease operator to company driver if lease option doesn't work. Or vice versa if I am company can I switch to Lease owner?
@@zekedawgtrucking Thanks brotha, contemplating going through prime later this year. And your content has been very informative and entertaining. Keep up the great work Big Dawg..👍👍👍
Yo zeke, I got a couple questions about reg lease . Can you work regional if that’s what you want to do? Like say I wanted to stay east coast. Is it possible to make the lease program work being home on weekends? Basically can you still make money, just not BANK? Diggin the channel! Thanks in advance!!
Prime is an OTR company you are not gonna make much money if you are home every weekend with 1200 - 1500 of fixed cost every week. Thats not including fuel and your paycheck 😢
Great info, thanks! I was wondering what the age of truck cutoff limit was for running your own rig with Prime? Say if I did the lease purchase and paid off truck in 3 years. Now I own the truck, but it’s 3 years old. How many more years can I run that truck with Prime? Thanks for what you do, Zeke Dawg!
I drive for Prime and the oldest I have seen is a 2014 truck .. I can tell by the truck number.. My truck is 2018 model , I paid off two years ago and my weekly fixed costs are just around $100 a week for insurance and Qualcomm rental, plus fuel. We get all Prime fuel discounts and they take care of all trailer maintenance . I pull reefer though..
@@an6077 Are the payments different when you go from lease to lease purchase? With the price of diesel are you still able to net a profit every week in this economy? I heard Prime keeps the trucks running, but would appreciate your opinion.
As a company driver you do pay for your equipment. It's yours to keep or when leave prime they will buy it back from you after they inspecte and inventory it. You can choose from used equipment or get all new equipment.
@@sidneyhubert8181 what are you talkin about? I was company for prime already you don't pay for anything other than gloves, lock, little small things but nothing major
@@mouritioebanks7223 in flatbed you pay for your equipment. That's what I'm talking about. I started in 2018. Maybe it changed but you had to buy your equipment. They took it out of your check a little at a time.
3 year lease. 3 months leasing a truck that they have already and you can order one. Fresh cdl through prime, same but can lease as soon as training is done. New driver with 6 mo experience is the same except no training. So you can go right to leasing from the start just depends on where you are on your career as to whether you need their training or not
Wassup Zeke , do you have another social site where I can contact you ? I’m new and I have a few questions on prime leasing after tnt , I need that good information mane please get back to me brother much love
Bro that ring light reflection is buggin me out 😂
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I'm sorry brother but I have to say it Sir!!! You looking real thuggin Carlton Banks right now in this video LoL
That’s what I thought!!!😂😂
Great amount of information! Thank you for putting this out there!
The 3 years of basically no time off is a hard pill to swallow but maaaan does it sound nice to have that extra 4Gs per month after.
Well said!
Outstanding information! Zeke Dawg, lease operator, now we want to see the numbers........ All the hard work...... what's the reward......
monthly settlement, 💵 💵 💵 💵..... ??
Great pitch! If I was 25 years younger, I would be seriously considering checking out Prime. You are a great ambassador for them.
🤣 I asked my wife if I should consider Prime, and she said the same thing, if I was 20 years younger.
Hey, I'm starting a new career at 65. Going to be driving with my daughter running teams after solo period. Not with Prime though. She didn't have enough experience for them. But we're going to do this.
Zeke Dog, been watching your youtube videos. I drove for Prime many years ago. I wanted to congratulate you on your youtube channel. Very well done, I can tell you're a good human being. great content, you keep it real. When I drove for Prime (2008) I drove the reefer division, I trained with a flatbed trainer but decided to go to refer division. I drove a Mach truck, I loved the inside of the cab but the motor by Mack was no good and broke down quite a few times. I am a Director of Quality for commercial Airlines these days. But I can still hear the call of the open road l might just run into you with my Prime truckling me. I guess once you have been out there (OTR) it gets into your blood. Who knows one of these days I might meet you. I can tell you love what you are doing (flatbed) If I returned/drove for anyone it would definitely Be Prime Inc. Take care of yourself you are an outstanding individual, and oh yes you would make an excellent trainer for Prime. Take care, may God protect you out on the Road.
Hey bro, much appreciated. Thanks for following my journey.
They will convert reefers to flatbed if they’re peterbilt or freightliner, but not the other way. Tanker trucks must be ordered as tanker due to the need for PTO.
Z Dawg, Fantastic video. Very informative, And true.
Zeke Dog, Exellent video. Very informative.
I am company. I dont want to "Down Grade to the Fleece"
Great info, but that reflection in your sunglasses (that looks like eyeballs) was tripping me out, lol!
Sorry! I'll fix that next time
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Me too!!!!
Million Dollaz Worth of Game 💯, Good video big dawg 🔥
Great video Zeke Dawg! Now how about changing that intro to show some “Lime Time”!!
Excellent vlawg dawg thx
Leasing through the company is like being a bad credit person who buys their cars through, buy here pay here dealerships they sell the same car 4 or 5 times for 3x tge value and what the payment should be. Work on your credit and get a truck yourself through the dealership, paying $1200 a month instead of a week.
They NEVER mention the main thing we AAAAAAALL wanna know. How much money per Mo for the lease to own truck?
How much MORE you make from Co to Lease? Thanks fkr telling us how much the lease to own down payment is. & the deposit.✌🏾
A recruiter that came to the school said they are saving $1 Millions/year in fuel
As a hardworking trainee that runs my clock, leasing is for me. I like to stay busy. It helps with my anxiety from the military. Did trucking in the military and loved! But! The 33k a year isn't worth the effort I gave out and the way how we enlistments were treated. I have goals and getting a big house is one of them. My biggest problem is that I'm going to be a regional tanker.
I feel ya
Hi . What is your driver id # , truck # ... I like your channel and would like to use you as a referral.
Good informational video. Be safe keep trucking
I don't think 14,000 gets you a vehicle damn lot of vehicles are as much as a used truck depending on the year of the truck. Actually I think trucks are more affordable for lease owner or owner operator. Have seen how much regular vehicles cost now days? 1 of these days it would be better to a truck because at least you can sleep in the truck.
Thanks for your videos and your Spanish is bueno thanks
great. video Zeke Dawg can you talk more about buying chains ,binders,tarps etc? thank you .
Sure thing!
Looks like you got some crazy ass glowin eyes homies 😂😂
😂😂😂😂 facts blahhh haaa haaa haaa haaa
You sure have been drinking the Cool-Aid
ZEKE DAWG... Say Man I really do appreciate the knowledge that you are putting out. It puts a lot of options on your mind as begin my journey. I'm just starting but this gives me a better understanding of what I'm looking for. Thanks for the insight and as you say "Keep it trucking" be safe.
I appreciate that
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Nice content where u find the background music
That’s crazy, 5 months. So you would have to still be lease for 5 months before lease purchase..
Yep, 3 + 5 months
Yes they do go to alaska
Not true.. Only lower 48
This was kinda a waste.. Like where the pay information?? Pay split? How much monthly are the payments?? Do you have to have your own insurance or are you under their authority??
Half the video was about the truck not the lease
Currently leasing a 2023 freightliner cascadia thru prime my lease payment is about $1200 a week..you are on there insurance and that 1200 does not include insurance and ifta you also pay a $75 fee for the apu... plus they give you a list of supplies to get which they tac on to your settlement as a payment plan... you will also need to get your llc and pay the CPA or get your own ...they also have a navigation system that is another fee of like $10.50 a week... so that's about 1.3-1.4k a week plus the cost of fuel and tolls
You make 72% of the load
@@trueheaven6549 damn your out 6k a month with fuel and everything your better off just buying your own truck outside of there and leasing with the company
@@trueheaven6549 ahh ok I’m with TMC and it’s 73 or 78 here 78 if you own the trailer too
@Data Corrupt I'm in the reefer division ... it's not that bad. I'm just getting my feet wet with the whole owner operator thing, so once I'm confident, I will just get my own truck
Tell us about the annual income and what your truck is governed at?
Company is 62mph lease purchase is 65mph. Even if you bring your on truck to lease, they will tell you it should be govern at 65mph Prime policy speed under their authority.
Damn. I wanted to get straight to the point, so I went to turn up the video speed… and it’s already on 1.75x 😮 Gotta put it on regular speed just to see 😂
So you pay the extra to a separate bank account for 18 months!
Yep
Any advice for me? Also going lease when I get finished with tnt. I’m trying to go flatbed and lease as a female.. Tough as nails not afraid of hard work. Was a cop therapist and I worked in construction on the side. I’m in tnt rn on reefer for 30k miles til a flatbed trainer available.
That's wassup, shoot me an email. Then I can give u a call. I might have some helpful advice. Zekedawgtrucking@gmail.com
Got a question about down payment. Do they take off 1000 dollars for every year that you do a regular lease up to a certain amount?? Also when you do a regular lease don't they hold out like 3 cents a mile and put it up?? That could also be used for a down payment?? I seen another video where they was talking about that. But the video was like a year old or so.
I'm not sure about the cents per miles. Yes if u have did a regular lease for over a year, they not off $1000 per year of lease, up to $6000.
2 👍👍 up bro safe travels 🤞🥾
Appreciate it
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So who is the maintenance on in a lease. Like if you had a big repair for a few thousand is that on you or do they help you pay for that? And also by the time you pay for fuel and everything every week is the lease worth it?
You do
You pay for everything that is not covered by the warranty. So any maintenance like oil changes, brakes etc.. that’s all you. You don’t have to pay it up front, they take out your settlement. So your settlement might be negative meaning you own them money.
I'm 78 and might try it. If it doesn't work, I can walk away! Still have my CDL but would have to retrain? Just don't know who would want to retrain a 78 yr old driver?
Lol, idk. I'd hire u.
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Thanks, I might look into it about middle of April? But I don't know what my wife, children, grandchildren, and great grand children would think of me going back on the road. Drifter 😎
@@drifter19444 just do it. We get one ride in this life.
Can you pick 4 states that you only wanna run like Memphis Arkansas Texas Alabama Missouri
I've never heard of anyone doing that
WSUP FROM LEXINGTON KENTUCKY
if you pass through lemme know Im a chef and I'll hook ya up with the local goodness
Ok kool, shoot me an email so I can hit u up. Zekedawgtrucking@gmail.com
Hey I’m in Lexington as well my brother. Small world
@@iamgizmodo I actually am from NY, I been allover but living In Lexington, it's beautiful here.
Have you had the fried chicken in midtown? Gus?
@@Jamesthechef0311 that’s crazy 😂😂 I’m from Rochester NY. Moved here in ‘01. And yeah Gus’ chicken is damn good 🤌🏾
Yo i live in lex where da food
Hey Big Dawg!! Do those lease payments show up on your credit report?
I don't think so
Why pay all the bills? Company drivers the way to go.
What about time though??? You have zero control over time
My question is who is responsible if the truck breaks down under a lease purchase? Or does they fix it then bill you?
You are ultimately responsible for everything on the truck
@@zekedawgtrucking Hey Zeke, so under leasing not lease purchase if the engine breaks down you are responsible for fixing it? And what happens if you don't have the money to get it fixed? I know lease purchase is a bit different. But just leasing.
Rooo to the bruuuzzzz
RQQ
You was TMC RIGHT?
Yep, I started with tmc then went to Prime Inc
Explain the that lease to lease purchase 🤔 with prime.. the one for 90 days
I’m about to do prime lease in about the next 6 months.. refer is it worth it? Imma stay out minimal 4-5 Weeks. Imma bring my girl and son with me . Rn ima a local driver for target.. with about 18-20 months experience
Yep it's worth it
i’m tryna do tanker lease but ain’t got no tanker experience are they gon train me for that? preciate ya
I think they will
To get into the basic leasing, do you have to already have your authority
Nope, just a cdl
RQQ to the trucking Bruhz!
RQQ
Which typically pays more: flat or tanker?
Flatbed
Second question, Can I switch from Lease operator to company driver if lease option doesn't work. Or vice versa if I am company can I switch to Lease owner?
Yes you can switch from company to lease, and from lease to company.
@@zekedawgtrucking Thanks brotha, contemplating going through prime later this year. And your content has been very informative and entertaining. Keep up the great work Big Dawg..👍👍👍
Yo zeke, I got a couple questions about reg lease .
Can you work regional if that’s what you want to do? Like say I wanted to stay east coast.
Is it possible to make the lease program work being home on weekends? Basically can you still make money, just not BANK?
Diggin the channel!
Thanks in advance!!
Idk about regional
Yea I'm in the same boat. I'm going to be a regional tanker and curious on it going lease for it.
Prime is an OTR company you are not gonna make much money if you are home every weekend with 1200 - 1500 of fixed cost every week. Thats not including fuel and your paycheck 😢
Com on man it’s not gas it’s fuel or diesel 😂
Lol
Trucks governed? If so at what MPH?
65
Great info, thanks! I was wondering what the age of truck cutoff limit was for running your own rig with Prime? Say if I did the lease purchase and paid off truck in 3 years. Now I own the truck, but it’s 3 years old. How many more years can I run that truck with Prime? Thanks for what you do, Zeke Dawg!
I drive for Prime and the oldest I have seen is a 2014 truck .. I can tell by the truck number.. My truck is 2018 model , I paid off two years ago and my weekly fixed costs are just around $100 a week for insurance and Qualcomm rental, plus fuel. We get all Prime fuel discounts and they take care of all trailer maintenance . I pull reefer though..
@@an6077 Thanks for the info!
@@an6077 good info! Thank you!
@@an6077 Are the payments different when you go from lease to lease purchase? With the price of diesel are you still able to net a profit every week in this economy? I heard Prime keeps the trucks running, but would appreciate your opinion.
With the manual option. Do they offer a 13 speed or a 9 speed.
Are you able to switch the engines from Paccar to cummins?
Zeke dawg is all about automatic not standard shift
I honestly don't know
They don't have manuals autos only
@@calebtslhs487 If you go lease purchase you can order a manual transmission.
@David no they don't give you that option all autos
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Do i pick loads or do they give me loads
TMC gives u loads
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I thought as a company driver for prime, you still have to pay for your equipment. That’s what a prime driver told me
No they dont. They pay for nothing but also just make around .50 cpm
Company people have no expenses
As a company driver you do pay for your equipment. It's yours to keep or when leave prime they will buy it back from you after they inspecte and inventory it. You can choose from used equipment or get all new equipment.
@@sidneyhubert8181 what are you talkin about? I was company for prime already you don't pay for anything other than gloves, lock, little small things but nothing major
@@mouritioebanks7223 in flatbed you pay for your equipment. That's what I'm talking about. I started in 2018. Maybe it changed but you had to buy your equipment. They took it out of your check a little at a time.
How long are the basic leases? And how long do you have to be a company driver before you can lease?
3 year lease. 3 months leasing a truck that they have already and you can order one. Fresh cdl through prime, same but can lease as soon as training is done. New driver with 6 mo experience is the same except no training. So you can go right to leasing from the start just depends on where you are on your career as to whether you need their training or not
Up to 4 years
How much experience do you need otr to lease with prime
None, just complete your driver's training
Bet I was with tmc 6 months but they wasn't the best fit for me
Thank you Zeke Dawg
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Why is it no prime person talks actual money? How much can you make per mile including all miles?
Video coming soon.
@@zekedawgtrucking when
Don't don't do it u will go broke my advice I'm a 23 year driver
It's going good so far
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63mph trucks tho 😅
65 lol
That bullshit
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Quit trying to be cute and just tell us the info we want
Lol, what do u want to know.
Needs to go start over doesn't know what he is talking about
Reason probably gon be cause you lazy. 😂😂.
Wassup Zeke , do you have another social site where I can contact you ? I’m new and I have a few questions on prime leasing after tnt , I need that good information mane please get back to me brother much love
Email me zekedawgtrucking@gmail.com or u can try to get me in Instagram but I don't always see my messages in a timely manner on there.
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@@zekedawgtrucking zeke bro I saw u at the plastic pipe place but u were asleep I think outside the place so I didn’t bother u. I couldn’t believe it!