Road Warriors - you know who you are: The road is in your blood. You’ve fully embraced “the life” and can’t imagine doing anything else. We lease on road warriors with strong platform trailer and over-dimension experience. Most LTG lease operators are road warriors with 15 to 30+ years OTR experience.

Junior Road Warriors - You went to truck driving school and paid your dues at a carrier, pulling platform trailers, for 2+ years. You’ve decided to make a career of it and are looking for the best paying, most challenging work you can find. You are easily bored and don’t want a regular route or to pull the same kind of freight every week. You have purchased or are about to purchase your first tractor. We will talk to you. If you are ready, we will lease you on and mentor you.

Rookies - You just graduated truck driving school and are ready to start your career. You aren’t ready for LTG yet. Become a company driver and pull a flatbed for a quality carrier like ATS, Mustang, CRST, Melton, Boyd, TMC, Maverick, PGT, Schneider, Swift or Prime and learn load securement and tarping while being exposed to a wide variety of types of freight. At or after your 2 year anniversary as an OTR driver, we may invite you into our mentorship program. If you start your career on Vans or Reefers (or some other type of non-platform trailer), make the move to pulling a platform trailer with a good carrier, then start your conversation with LTG after you have 18+ months of platform trailer experience and more than 2 years OTR experience. Don’t be in a hurry to become an owner-operator or join a lease-purchase plan during your first 2 years in the industry. Figure out if “the life” is a good fit for you first and make your mistakes in somebody else’s equipment while saving up money to start your owner-operator career

1. Operate safely, profitably, and in compliance with DOT regulations and company policy.
2. Attend and complete Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University immediately after leasing onto LTG (LTG will pay your enrollment and that of your spouse if you are married). During the course, develop a plan to become debt free and achieve and maintain a credit score of 740 or better. Why? Several reasons, including:
   a. Trucking is a business and requires access to capital. A strong credit score increases your access to and reduces the cost of capital, thereby increasing your profit margin.
   b. Financial stress is a major cause of relationship stress and divorce, as well as a health risk. Stress, of any kind, increases the risk of accidents and must be eliminated.
3. Immediately establish and maintain an adequate maintenance fund. Why?
   a. You are a business person who happens to drive a truck. Your truck will need repairs. You will need tires, brakes, inframe, alignments, a/c repairs, etc. These are known costs and must be budgeted for. If you don’t have the money to pay these known expenses, you shouldn’t be an owner-operator and you certainly shouldn’t be at LTG. LTG owner-operators don’t make excuses, they take personal responsibility for their decisions and are proud of their success.
4. Immediately establish and maintain an escrow fund for your insurance renewal, 2290, annual registration. Why?
   a. These are known costs that occur every year. If you haven’t saved for these expenses, you won’t be able to operate your business and you don’t belong at LTG. I know this sounds strong, but LTG is all about personal responsibility. There are tons of carriers where you can lease on and the carrier will pay your annual fees and deduct them from your settlements. LTG owner-operators make a lot of money and don’t need or want help with their operating expenses. You will hear the words personal responsibility a lot. LTG will not create an escrow for you. You are a business person and it is your personal responsibility to save for known expenses.
5. Be open to change and new ideas. Why?
   a. It is so frustrating to see an owner-operator struggle financially because of a closed attitude. Don’t be that person who says “I know what freight should pay” or “I have a book on DOT regulations by state, so I don’t need your tool”, or “I’m not going to take that load because I can’t make a margin on it” (instead of asking how to make a margin on it), or “I fuel wherever I want” (instead of taking huge fuel discounts by fueling at network locations). LTG has developed some great tools that help our owner-operators earn above average incomes. Take advantage of the available resources and be ready to share your own knowledge as well. Come with an open mind. Come ready to learn and ask questions. Leave your ego at the door and we will bust it to help you earn perhaps the best money in your career, while re-kindling your passion for the business of trucking.
6. Be a Problem Solver - Follow the Money. Why?
   a. LTG’s customers seek us out for the toughest assignments. If the load was easy, lots of people would haul it and lots do - for considerably less money than our owner-operators earn. We published a service map on our web page that shows a snapshot of places LTG has loaded and delivered. Notice that the bulk of the work is in the eastern United States. Notice that places like Philadelphia, Newark, New York, Boston, Chicago, Norfolk and Baltimore are frequently visited. We don’t just go to these cities, we go there long, wide and especially tall. That scares most owner-operators and motor carriers (and it should). LTG has the experience, processes and relationships to pull that off safely. You are not alone when you move these challenging loads. You are definitely not on your own. We are with you or ahead of you every step of the way organizing those loads and you will LOVE the settlement checks.
   b. In 2021 our top drivers earned over $5 per mile for all miles, loaded and empty. It is about thinking and planning, not about “I’ve got to go, go, go”. If you want to earn more money than most while driving less miles than most, you have to be willing to solve difficult problems for customers. This is a business person’s perspective, not a truck driver’s. LTG owner-operators are proud of the loads they haul, the challenges they overcome for our customers and the settlements they earn in the process.