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    Expediting and Health

    Rich M,i Think This Is A Very Important And Serious Topic. My Husband And I Have Been In The Trucking Industry For 7 Yrs. We Both Were In Good Health Then. Since Then I've Had Gallbladder Surgery And Of Course Weight Gain Which Probably Cause That. My Husband Just Had A Heart Attack 3 Weeks...
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    Top 5 things you can do to make money with FED EX

    RE: Top 5 things you can do to make money with FED You are all probably right. The loads just go out as they come in. Guess we made a good decision to switch carriers. Before leaving we received a message that this was busy season and please try to stay in service. As a team we did a 200 mile...
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    Top 5 things you can do to make money with FED EX

    RE: Top 5 things to make money with any carrier Sounds like you are getting a good grip on things there bud.
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    Top 5 things you can do to make money with FED EX

    RE: Top 5 things to make money with any carrier Free You will have a hard time getting others on this site to agree here. You know Fedex monitors this site. Those that have replied will tell you to be in the right place at the right time. May be difficult if these...
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    DEADHEAD MILES

    HELLO FRANK,WE HAVE A D UNIT STRAIGHT TRUCK AND USE OUR FUEL AS A TAX DEDUCTION.CAN WE GET ANY TAX WRITE OFF'S FOR ALL THOSE MANY DH MILES WE DO FOR THE WEAR AND TARE OF OUR TRUCK.I HAVE BEEN TOLD SOME USE THIS AS A WRITE OFF.JUST WOULD LIKE YOUR OPIONION ON THIS.THANKS FOR ALL YOUR HELP.
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    tax person

    hello frank,hope your doing great.i've got a question,does a tax person or who ever is doing our taxes,have to send any paperwork in quarterly for us to the irs?like we have to send in our estimated taxes owed each quarter.thanks
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    Landstar

    >stop braggin about the tires......................... thanks for all the info on landstar.johno we would love to talk and get more info on landstar before we make the jump.i know that you are very busy,but if you get a free moment and dont care,our cell#731-614-6582.email address is...
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    GETTING OUT OF LAREDO

    >I woujldn't send them to Dallas. Dallas is slow right now. >We have been number one since Thurs. night and nothing yet. We wouldn't go to Dallas either. I'd rather try Houston,the last few times we were in Dallas we sat for days and had to DH home to TN both times. The last time in Dallas we...
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    Landstar

    Does anyone here work for Landstar or know about this company? Were o/o,husband/wife team and have a straight truck. We are looking at maybe giving Landstar a try. We are presently with an expediting company for 3yrs. Would like to know how their system works. How are teams doing in straight...
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    CPA'S

    HELLO FRANK,WE HAVE AN APPT WITH A NEW CPA,WHAT ARE SOME QUESTIONS WE SHOULD ASK HIM/HER TO FIND OUT IF THEY REALLY KNOW TRUCKING TAXES FOR AN O/O.THANKS FRANK FOR ALL YOUR HELP.
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    TRUCK LEASE

    >THANKS FRANK FOR YOUR FAST REPLY,I WILL FIND OUT WHICH LEASE >IT IS AND GET BACK WITH YOU.THANKS FOR ALL THE INFO. HELLO FRANK,JUST TALK TO FDYA AND THEY SAID WE HAVE A LEASE NOT A PURCHASE.WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR US AT THE END OF OUR LEASE?THEY ALSO SAID THAT WITH A LEASE THAT WE CAN WRITE...
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    TRUCK LEASE

    THANKS FRANK FOR YOUR FAST REPLY,I WILL FIND OUT WHICH LEASE IT IS AND GET BACK WITH YOU.THANKS FOR ALL THE INFO.
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    Truck Lease

    >Truck Lease" >Oct-09-06, 02:16 PM (EDT) >Hello Frank,We have our truck financed through a track >lease.We paid a down payment and are making a payment every >month.When this track lease is up and all payments are >made,what happens from here?We were told that we had to pay >so much more...
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    Truck Lease

    Hello Frank,We have our truck financed through a track lease.We paid a down payment and are making a payment every month.When this track lease is up and all payments are made,what happens from here?We were told that we had to pay so much more money to them,if we wanted to buy the truck.Keep in...
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    tax write off

    Hello Frank, We have to pay someone to do our yard work in the spring through the fall while we are on the road. Is the a tax write off? I've never heard anyone mention that it was,i think it should be if its not. Thanks Frank for taking the time to talk to us awhile back. Were trying to give...
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