Celadon Lease Purchase will put you in bankruptcy and Celadon could care less! Indianapolis Indiana
Celadon's lease purchase program is a joke! They are trying to monopolize the trucking industry by buying up smaller trucking companies and they dont have the management or skills to keep their owner/operators happy. They run you just enough miles (2200-2300) to get their money and pay for the fuel. If you're lucky you might get a $200.00 paycheck. IF you get one at all. I went 3 weeks without a check at all. This week I made a whopping $32.00. I've called Quality Leasing only to be told to talk to the.Operations Manager. I've left over 10 messages and none of my calls have been returned. I am not the only driver who has this problem.. I talked to a man last week who stuck the lease out & his truck is paid for. He had been sitting since Thursday and this was Saturday. He's been living on cash advances. Another druver got a $3.00 paycheck
So, if you're thinking of hiring onto Celadon's lease/purchase program DON'T! You'll lierally loose the shirt off your back cause you won't even be able to afford to wash it.
3 Updates & Rebuttals
Michael
New York,Celadon is the worst company(LMAO)
#4UPDATE Employee
Mon, July 29, 2013
Yeah,I have been leasing this piece of crap 2013 international since feb 2013,The d**n thing wont breakdown,only gives me 8 mpg.This lease purchase deal sucks....Im only averaging 2900 miles a week..Average pay a week is only 1200-1300 a week..I take loads i want and turn down the loads i dont want..I am so angry right now,I want to drive this truck off the GEORGE WASHINGTON BRIDGE,the only problem with that is,i dont drive in the northeast...(d**n IT)...Can someone please help me find a better company to work for.....I hate being treated like a human,Its starting to piss me off...Please someone help me....Celadon is the worst company to work for...LMAO.....LMAO.....LMAO....LMAO....Thanks for your time,MICHAEL..Truck number 769281
MartyMarsh
Stillwater,Pennsylvania,
Stay away from lease purchases.
#4General Comment
Sat, July 20, 2013
They are designed so you pay all of the bills and repairs, while thinking you are boss. It is just another tool for trucking companies to get drivers. But even before you go to your next job, Investigate.
Good luck and God Bless.
Jim
Florida,Lets Take A Look At The Fundamentals
#4Consumer Comment
Sat, July 20, 2013
Both you and the company get income ONLY if the wheels turn. In view of that, why would they be cutting their throat just to keep YOU sitting? Does that make any sense? In all probability they don't have the freight to keep you moving, otherwise they would use YOU to make them MORE money! Am I saying the deal you got into is good? Hell no! You are entirely at THEIR mercy. Out of one side of the mouth, they call the shots but out of the otherside the refer to you as an "INDEPENDENT" owner operator. If you are so independent, why don't they let YOU make the deal with the freight brokers? Any so-called "flease purchase" is a bad idea. You are still tied to them. If they can't or won't get freight, then you are the one holding the bag.