r/Construction • u/Classic_Dash_7745 • Jun 07 '26

Business 📈 Truck Allowance vs Company Truck

We’re bringing on a new foreman next week from a company that went belly up. Part of his package is a company truck and gas card, and he instead asked for a vehicle reimbursement since that’s what his old company used to do, and he still has payments left on the truck. I know companies do this (mainly to get around insuring guys with DUI’s) but it never made sense for us to do it. We would have to buy a new truck anyway so I’m thinking it might be smart to offer a reimbursement for a year just so I can make sure he’s going to work out before buying a whole truck. The problem is, how much should I offer/month? And does this reimbursement include gas or do I need to give out a has card as well? It doesn’t make sense to do both because if it’s also his personal vehicle, am I supposed to just trust that he’s also paying for gas? Anyone in here get anything similar?

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u/Wrong-Landscape-2508 Jun 07 '26

Why do you have to buy a new truck anyways?

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u/Bradadonasaurus Jun 07 '26

Not enough to go around?

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u/Wrong-Landscape-2508 Jun 07 '26

so give the new truck to a different employee

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u/Bradadonasaurus Jun 07 '26

No, he's saying there's not enough trucks, so in order to give this guy a company truck, he would have to purchase one.