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OTR, regional, local, owner-operator — the money and the life compared.
A lease-purchase promises a path to owning a truck. It also puts the truck's costs on your settlement while tying you to one carrier's freight. What these programs are, where the risk sits, and the contract questions that separate a fair one from a trap.
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There is no single "good" cents-per-mile number — a high CPM on short, badly counted miles can pay less than a lower CPM on steady, honestly counted ones. The factors that make a mileage offer good or bad, and how to compare two of them.
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Pay is only half of a trucking job. Home time, the type of freight, and how hours-of-service limits shape your days decide whether the work fits your life — and the trade-off between miles and time home is real. How to weigh it honestly.
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