Recent content by dispatchn1

dave in all fairness the insurance company when I was at panther was cna the time frame was 97-99 at that time panther was deducting $125 a week per unit for insurance plus qc. so when this accident took place panther decided it was fair practice to keep charging me the fees for the...

You are correct the list is some of the members gps but there are many others that are not part like artisan containers and several others and dont forget it cost over a hundered bucks a month to subscribe to just gps. not to mention others. like I said information is free not everyone wants to...

if you now have or plan on getting your own authority here is a list of people and the companies they work for that you need to network with to get expedited freight. A&L Global Enterprises (Round Lake, IL) Arthur Kuceba Active Aero (Belleville, MI) Greg Netter Air America Logistics (Windsor...

makes cents to me what a refer can do but im not sure that you will be able to deal with the high temps. some loads are heated

RE: Looking for companies that don't require a Haz become the carrier yourself forget about haz-mat most dont pay that much extra so why do it?

I would agree with both terry and rich not less freight just alot more trucks and alot of consolidating going on.

RE: Private Carrier wanting to cut out the middle google it

roll up door pros: you dont have to get out and open it before you back up to the dock cons: after a few years the rollers get dirt and grime in them and need to be replaced and become hard to open they usally cut down on the height of the the load you can carry. by 2 to 3 " swing doors...

RE: I take back everything I've said about slow ti well with runs like that you wont be looking for investers for long I think you have a good idea but you could pick somplace a little warmer for the winters.

what does panther own the customers? I dont think so have you ever loaded at any customer and only seen panthers trucks there? they make money just off sales and marketing what do they invest in you? I was there for 2 years and I liked it.I made decent money there but not so much I need to...

I get 93% the factoring company takes 7%.I could get a better rate if I did more volume but I dont want to add more trucks cause its hard enough keeping track of my own paperwork. I do think having your own authority is well worth it no qualcoms,no dispatchers just run when I want to.I do some...

Yes there are outfits that pay 90% but most that I know of are just small fleets started by o/o and they make you pay for everything 1,000,000 public liability 100,000 cargo.plus your bobtail and if your gonna go that far you should just get your own authority cause the only differance in...

Is there any fleet owners on here that buy fuel contracts? I guess you can buy 42,000 gallon contracts from pilot and save some anyone doing this now with pilot or anyother truckstop? the problem I see with locking in todays price for the 42,000 gallons is I dont like todays price and hope...

I dont understand what you mean by training program. Do they put you in a truck with someone and pay you the .28 for all miles or just the ones you drive?

>Well back to the topic of this post, Expediters Retreat. >After reading some responses I figured I should do it >country club style. $1500 for membership and $500/year after >for unlimted use. The 1st 200 people would get lifetime >memberships for the $1500. And so far, we have a lama, a...