Recent content by CharlesD

While I think it's important to report trucks running illegally and get them off the road, let's at the least not paint all the Eastern European drivers with one broad brush. In my time on the road I met plenty of good honest folks from that part of the world and we even have worked with a...

Probably US dollars.

Tom isn't going to blow any smoke where the sun doesn't shine and all those rumors about them being cheapskates are just that, rumors.

I haven't been on here much lately and I'd say I have some pretty good excuses. There's been a bit of a shakeup with the company, mainly that I am once again having to wear multiple hats and I'm running myself ragged. Anyway, it all started, or rather came to a head when we had an unusual...

48 states and Ontario.

I'm still here in Ohio, wishing I could hang out in Tuscaloosa for a few days......wearing my Buckeye gear.

Get a load to Boston and just take off half a day and deadhead up there. It's only about an hour from the north side of Boston up to Kittery. Stop in and have lunch at Bob's Clam Hut while you're there. Mmmmmm

We use the Blue Parrot with our office phones. It works great for that as well. For personal use walking around I like something smaller. You can get the Blue Parrot considerably cheaper on Amazon though.

Maybe there are some foreign cheapskates out there, but my experience has been that when I post loads the Russians aren't the lowest bidders, and I get plenty of bids from Russians.

We have a driver who's been known to yell at a dispatcher from time to time, but he always delivers on time and we never have issues when he's on the load. There are just some slightly crazy drivers out there.

She shouldn't have been in the road.

Just keep your foot on the gas and they'll get out of the way. The interstate is for vehicles, not pedestrians.

That's why our dispatchers run miles on PCMiler before bidding on loads from certain people. A lot of folks like to list their loads with shortest distance, or borders open on loads from New England to MI. We base our bids on the miles we come up with. That doesn't mean we still don't...

I just wanted to clarify. I see people on here and other places talking about using a couple brokers and what they're wanting to do is hook up with more than one carrier and then call those brokers. The truth is that you're not going to run worth a darn just using a couple brokers. You need...

Brokered one load today......tried to broker about a thousand. Tough sledding today.