Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Welcome to the WHAT THE TRUCK?!? Newsletter presented by Truck Parking Club. In this issue, FMCSA wants to ban lease-purchase ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Evidence suggests truck leasing programs do more harm than good. (Photo: Jim Allen/FreightWaves) WASHINGTON — A federal task force ...

A capital lease agreement, also referred to as a lease-purchase agreement, refers to a lease that is actually more like a purchase based on the terms of a loan. The Generally Accepted Accounting ...

The Truck Leasing Task Force (TLTF), created by the Department of Transportation to study leases that independent owner-operators work under with trucking companies, has had four public meetings. But ...

Thursday, January 18, the third meeting of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's Truck Leasing Task Force kicked off with a reminder from task force Chairman Steve Rush, retired founder of ...

U.S. Rep. Julia Brownley has introduced legislation in the House of Representatives that would crack down on truck leasing programs between motor carriers and truck drivers that are seen as ...

During a lease buyout, the lessee purchases their leased vehicle at or before the lease agreement's end. If the lease hasn't concluded, your lease buyout may incur extra fees. While the leasing ...

A lease buyout loan lets you finance your leased vehicle instead of returning it, which can be convenient but might result in ...