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Struggling small fleets stung by aggressive cash advance lenders
When Chris Fann received a $150,000 cash advance to rent 10 Penske trucks, he repaid the money in six to eight months, then borrowed from a different lender to get 10 more trucks. By 2017, he was leasing 24 Penske trucks.
“When the rates started to fall I needed some extra money to get me through what I thought was a rough patch, so I took another loan,” from a third party, wrote Fann. His all-owner-operator fleet based in South Texas, C. Fann Transportation, serves the lower 48 states, Mexico and Canada.