Lease-purchasing a truck in a carrier's lease program or through another third-party company is fundamentally an uncommon avenue toward truck ownership, according to every Truck Purchase & Lease ...

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 ...

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 ...

In a damning report, the Truck Leasing Task Force assembled by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration recommended that Congress should ban motor carrier lease-purchase agreements with truck ...

Lease-purchase programs offered or managed by motor carriers in the trucking industry are under perhaps their biggest challenge to date. The Truck Leasing Task Force (TLTF), established by the Federal ...

Lease-purchase programs offered or managed by motor carriers in the trucking industry are under perhaps their biggest challenge to date. The Truck Leasing Task Force (TLTF), established by the Federal ...

[Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] A federal truck leasing task force commissioned to study the prevalence of predatory practices in truck lease-purchase agreements ...

Editor's note: The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will not release a recording of the panel hearing but is eventually expected to release notes on the Truck Leasing Task Force's website.

[Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] For some trucking companies, a truck lease-purchase agreement could be a hit-or-miss event with long-term ramifications. However, ...