Recent content by Jonlar

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    m2 headlights

    A good friend of mine and fellow Fed Exer Is having a problem with his passenger side headlight LOW BEAM. It was flickering then went out entirely. FL has had 5 or 6 hours under the hood as we speak. With no succses. Anybody else have this problem and rember how they fixed it? As...
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    PII Poll

    First off I don't I drive for P2 , but what if they tell you to stay in a bfe express center. Then like a good driver you do and get nothing for it when they finally tell you its a good time to move to a better board should you not get something for doing what you were told like a first out...
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    Can someone point me in the right direction?

    I know that OOIDA has some articles about getting your authority and has some conections with some insuarce agencies as well. Not only that but the mebership fee is pretty reasonable. OOIDA = Owners Operators and Independent Driver Assoc.
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    expediting

    Something else you might want to keep in mind is that a lot of companies don't pay a flat rate by the mile so how many miles you drive does not really matter. One of my old dispacthers when asked what he was doing would say "trying to make as much money with as lil money as I can." IE if you...
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    job openings

    Well I don't know anybody in that area:P But The owner that I work for does not live anywere near me. I take his truck back to my home town and have it fixed and mainted for him. Even if we did live in the same town it would not matter cuase odds are when I am home he is out on the road ect...
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    Were to get the green?

    Yep, lol I have had that subscription for about 3 years now and the articles on busniuses plans are very helpful. And I have spent the last couple of weeks (cause man its been slow) pouring through the EO forums. Rest assured I don't want to Jump into something that I cant handle but what...
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    Getting my feet wet

    Take this with a grain of salt as I have never drivin a cargo van for an expiditer but Fed Ex it seems is not highering any right now and has not been for a while. If Team drving is What you whant to do there are plenty of trucks out there that have just one person in them already and are in...
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    What are the best areas for freight?

    Dont know if this is true for you all or not but seems to me that being were the weather is bad at has always paid well Huricanse snow storms ect usally mean money is to be made. Perhaps This is becuase tradtional transportation is delayed our customer base needs to cacth up or perhaps other...
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    Were to get the green?

    I am currently a Driver for an owner at Fed ex cc (about 1 year) and I am looking to make the change from driver to owner. Un fortuantly my wife can not drive with me so I dont belive that I can save enogh cash to buy a truck outright unless I saved for 15 or 20 years. Which brings me to my...
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