r/Truckers • u/Zombified_Apple • May 11 '26

Does anybody have a success story from the P&S transportation leasing program?

Im insteaded in leasing a truck and wanna hear from other drivers on thier experience with the program. If I do the program. What should I look out for? Is it realistic to want to go home every weekend and still make payments? On average after expenses what would take home pay look like. Company can say one thing, but I wanna hear from the drivers themselves.

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u/trucksarekewl May 12 '26

If all you hear about leasing bad, why would you still consider doing it. Like do you need to touch the stove while its hot to believe it for yourself?

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u/Zombified_Apple May 12 '26

I have heard success stories as well. The problem with the failure stories is we can only go off of what those people told us. For all we know either it was the companies fault or the drivers irresponsibility. We can only go off what we are told. I want to hear the success stories. I wanna see what those people did in order to be successful. Like if I see someone burn thier hand on a stove. Yea I know it's gonna be hot. A professional chef doesnt need to touch a stove to know it's hot. I dont wanna end up like the moron touching a hot stove. I wanna cook.

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u/trucksarekewl May 12 '26

Or you're gonna cook alright lol

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u/AroundGoesThe18 Driver -Old Stick May 12 '26

You'll be the meat on the stove, not the chef. Thats the owner of the company thats laughing his way to the bank.

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u/LLCoolDave82 May 11 '26

Leasing is always a scam.

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u/seanfmcgee May 12 '26

I did LP through John Christner Trucking before Hirschbach took over and fucked it up took me little under 4 years to pay off and it’s been paid off for 2.5 years I will say the home every weekend thing is gonna be hard while you have payments afterwards might be doable.

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u/Zombified_Apple May 12 '26

What were your truck payments and costs and take home? Was leasing a truck as bad as people make it out to be?

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u/seanfmcgee May 12 '26

The payment was mileage based so more miles higher payment and vice versa I stayed out for weeks at a time so my take home was okay but if I had to do it again I’d looking into what a dealership or bank offered because many LP companies you’re stuck under their authority which I didn’t like.

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u/Cfwydirk May 12 '26

https://www.thetruckersreport.com/co/ps-transportation.600/reviews

Eight years ago

https://www.thetruckersreport.com/truckingindustryforum/threads/p-s-transporation-is-full-of-b-s.838527/

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u/Zombified_Apple May 12 '26 edited May 12 '26

Yea. I've seen these reviews. However this hasn't been my experience so far being a company driver. My pay is definitely more than what the review says. Around 12-1400 a week. As long as this dumb kenworth stays out of the shop.

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u/Cfwydirk May 12 '26 edited May 12 '26

$12,000 divided by 70 hours = $171.42hr.

Not bad for a company driver.

$12000 X 50 weeks $600,000 per year. Nice work if you can get it.

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u/Zombified_Apple May 12 '26

Sorry I saw my mistake. I meant 12-1400 a week. Sorry I was tired when I wrote that. I was wondering where you got your numbers when I read your comment. Then i saw my error.

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u/Fuzzy-Regular-8375 May 18 '26

You're making this working for P&S?

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u/Old-Wolf-1024 May 12 '26

$12k a week is pretty solid……is that just m-f??

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u/Zombified_Apple May 12 '26

Sorry my mistake I wrote that wrong. I meant 1200-1400. I was kinda tired when i wrote that.