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<blockquote data-quote="Graham Wakefield" data-source="post: 34604" data-attributes="member: 17">Re: Advice with vehicle upgradeThis goes with the truck thing,My Day job is for a company that does all it&#039;s own trucking, owning a fleet of 10 full size box trucks. I sit next to Dispatch and Logistics and it&#039;s given me a little bit of an insight into the true hell of maintaining trucks on the road when they are used for business. To start with weight, being overweight, trucks breaking down, getting pulled over, hours on the road, etc etc. The fact is you will spend more time and money dealing with a truck you own than it&#039;s worth. You can get stopped for 10 times more things and the penalties can be much more strict. If you get pulled over driving a truck that has &quot;Joe&#039;s Sound Company&quot; on the door, It&#039;s much more of a hassle for you than if you get pulled over driving a truck that says Ryder or Penskee on the side of the truck. Don&#039;t buy a truck unless you have an extra full time employee you aren&#039;t using to dedicate to the care and logistics of the truck. Just rent one when you need it. With rental you also get the added value of not having to worry if something goes wrong and with companies like ryder, in no time you&#039;re back on the road in a new truck when the worst happens. If you really do need a truck all the time look into leasing through someone though, Ryder is I believe the biggest or second biggest and has facilities in every state for when things happen. that&#039;s my $0.02</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Graham Wakefield, post: 34604, member: 17"] Re: Advice with vehicle upgrade This goes with the truck thing, My Day job is for a company that does all it's own trucking, owning a fleet of 10 full size box trucks. I sit next to Dispatch and Logistics and it's given me a little bit of an insight into the true hell of maintaining trucks on the road when they are used for business. To start with weight, being overweight, trucks breaking down, getting pulled over, hours on the road, etc etc. The fact is you will spend more time and money dealing with a truck you own than it's worth. You can get stopped for 10 times more things and the penalties can be much more strict. If you get pulled over driving a truck that has "Joe's Sound Company" on the door, It's much more of a hassle for you than if you get pulled over driving a truck that says Ryder or Penskee on the side of the truck. Don't buy a truck unless you have an extra full time employee you aren't using to dedicate to the care and logistics of the truck. Just rent one when you need it. With rental you also get the added value of not having to worry if something goes wrong and with companies like ryder, in no time you're back on the road in a new truck when the worst happens. If you really do need a truck all the time look into leasing through someone though, Ryder is I believe the biggest or second biggest and has facilities in every state for when things happen. that's my $0.02 [/QUOTE]

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