Recent content by 00Grog

Murraycroexp, I guess that's what I should be looking into,which companies run only load board freight. Also do most companies have some kind of floating rate. The outfit I ran for paid the same per mile for every load, where ever it was going or how ever many miles.

I did stop, that's why I'm looking into it now before I find another company to haul for. I was driving my own truck,paying for gas myself. With that being said,this is not the reason I left that company.I had other issues with them ,but money was not one.

Do the expediters that pay for their own fuel get the fsc for every load they haul? About 6 months ago I hooked up with an expediting company. During the "orientation" (this was a 1/2 phone call) I was told not all loads pay a fsc and this was normal. Well after hauling for them for 5 months, I...

Cargosoup makes uship look good. At least uship has something on it,,might only pay 15 cents a mile, but its not just blank.

Somewhere on a forum I read were cargosoup.com was a loadboard worth the $20 it cost to join. Well, let me tell you its not. when you look at their examples,every state has 10 or 15 loads. Thats not a lot,but it is just a sample,,,or so they say. Once you give them $20 and you go to the load...

I'll add, I built a small windmill using GM 1 wire alt. I have it hooked up to a deep cycle battery. This set up powers a bunch of LED lights I have in my shop. I also took a fan out of an old computer(most are 12 volts) and mounted it in my dog house for hot summer days. The lights are off in...

Thanks Does anybody know if someone like Penske rents a truck that size for just 2 or 3 days?

Thanks guys your answers confirmed what I thought. Wanted to get some other opinions though. Turtle from the listings I've seen on the want ads here it looks like most want you to have a "B" to even drive a van.

I got what I thought was a simple question. I called the DMV and went there and asked and didn't really get an answer. So here goes. I have a 15ft boxtruck 12000#. I don't need a CDL to drive this truck.I am thinking about signing on with a company that requires all the drivers to have a CDL-B...