Run on my own authority or go with big guys

**fastrod** · 03-10-2010, 12:22 PM

Originally Posted by guido4475

So basically youre working for free half of the timeyoure working..Van or not, when it is moving, every effort should be made to keep it loaded.The one-way freight mentality is a sure recipe for financial disaster.

I have done it this way since april 2006 and it is not a recipe for financial disaster. I dont work for a carrier, I am the carrier which means I get all of the rate charged to the customer, not just 60%. That extra 40% more than covers my deadhead home.

**nightcreacher** · 03-11-2010, 10:34 AM

Fast,
your in a different situation than most.75 loaded and 75 home is probably making you more than most of these others staying loaded at 150 miles per day

**fastman_1** · 03-11-2010, 10:53 AM

Originally Posted by fastrod

I have done it this way since april 2006 and it is not a recipe for financial disaster. I dont work for a carrier, I am the carrier which means I get all of the rate charged to the customer, not just 60%. That extra 40% more than covers my deadhead home.

Fastrod's had the time to fine tune his system that works for him, built a nice customer base to work from,most people won't work that hard to fine tune,

**bluejaybee** · 03-13-2010, 10:29 AM

Originally Posted by fastrod

I have done it this way since april 2006 and it is not a recipe for financial disaster. I dont work for a carrier, I am the carrier which means I get all of the rate charged to the customer, not just 60%. That extra 40% more than covers my deadhead home.

Again, I have always said, "There are so many different ways to do this job". And fastrod has his way of doing this. What works for you, may seem crazy to others. I drive a ST and I am home every weekend (my choice). And I may deadhead home from Laredo (and have). I make every effort to try and get something coming back close to home, but if I don't, so be it. I don't think I am crazy. I know what works for me and I go for it. Am I losing money doing this? Sure. But I also make money. Our very diversities, is what makes EO the best site going for expediters. There is so many different ways to do this and EO has a wide range of people who post here. Anybody who comes looking for knowledge, is bound to find something here that fits their thoughts or style.

**Shadowpanda** · 03-13-2010, 01:09 PM

Every time I get a wild hair and just for a fleeting second I think about getting my own authority (but I would do it with 18 wheels and not 6) I get my permit book down and just kind of thumb through the two solid inches of permits and other assorted paperwork that would be my headache and not Fed Ex's and I get over that bit of ambition in a flying hurry.