[arkjarhead]

I was at Panther in 2005 and they told us if we turned down 3 Canada loads in a row we would be forced into a "No Canada Lease" that paid 5 cents less a mile on all miles. It might have just been a bluff to get people to accept the Canadian freight. The only reason I say that is because PantherRecruiter says the "No Canada Lease" has only been around about a year and he should know.

From what they told us I basicly took it like this: If you are offered a Canada run week 1 and you turn it down you're good, if you turn one down week 2 or later you're good, once the third Canada offer comes be it 3 weeks from starting or 3 months or longer you either take it or the "No Canada Lease". If you take the run then the next 2 Canada runs you are offered you can turn down without being penalized. Make sense? If it doesn't I'm sorry, but it makes sense to me. At least every third Canada offer take it and run with or go to a nickel less per mile. Plus it's my understanding Panther's base rate is less now than what it was then, but that's a different topic of discussion. It seems to me all those nickels add over time, and with the price of everything being the way it is you could sure use as many nickels as you can get. But hey, I'm just on outside looking in at something I used to do and a business I hope to get back into in the future.