By Sean M. Lyden - Staff Writer
Posted Aug 13th 2018 11:03AM
Your credit score not only impacts whether or not you get approved for financing to buy your first truck but also several other factors tied to the cost of vehicle ownership, including the required down payment, interest rate (and, thus, monthly payment), and insurance costs.
In other words, even if you could qualify to buy truck with a below average credit score, it could still cost you hundreds of dollars (or more) per month, making it much mo...
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If you network with your fellow drivers, you will hear all sorts of things. When it comes to referencing other drivers, you may often hear about some of the long term drivers that give the impression they are above all others. There are certainly drivers with varying levels of experience and varying lengths of time a driver will remain leased to one carrier.
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Your credit score not only impacts whether or not you get approved for financing to buy your first truck but also several other factors tied to the cost of vehicle ownership, including the required down payment, interest rate (and, thus, monthly payment), and insurance costs. In other words, even if you could qualify to buy truck with a below average credit score, it could still cost you hundreds of dollars (or more) per month, making it much mo...
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The number of people dabbling in Amazon Last Mile Delivery has thrown a bit of a wrench in the insurance underwriting of smaller vehicles making “for hire” deliveries.
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If you network with your fellow drivers, you will hear all sorts of things. When it comes to referencing other drivers, you may often hear about some of the long term drivers that give the impression they are above all others. There are certainly drivers with varying levels of experience and varying lengths of time a driver will remain leased to one carrier.
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