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I bought a 2006 E-350 Ford Econoline with a 6.0 Diesel for expediting. I'm new to this and I didn't know to check the average reliability and maintenance cost for this particular van. I've been led to think that Diesel engines are the way to go for a long life high mileage vehicle. Before I...

I bought a 2006 E-350 Ford Econoline with a 6.0 Diesel for expediting. I'm new to this and I didn't know to check the average reliability and maintenance cost for this particular van. I've been led to think that Diesel engines are the way to go for a long life high mileage vehicle. Before I...

C5BILL, I'm thinkging of trying t get into the busness. I've been hearing alot of negative news about lack of freight. How are you doing? I found a thread from 2008 or so about Youngstown and Cleveland. PTL in Toledo will take me on without experience. Can you tell me anything about them or...

fastman_1 I'm thinking of geting started in the business. PTL will put me on with no experience. I found a thread from 2005 when you were happy with them. The economy was much better then. How are you doing now? Are you still with PTL?

No as a beginner I don't have any limitations or leverage to write my own terms. I just want to get experience. I called Expediter Services as you say they only take teams. I haven't run an ad for work I was trying to find a carrier advertising work. Maybe I need to post something in the free...

Hi, I had the offer of a contract and training with the purchase of a truck. Many folks here on the forum gave good advice to get experience first working for a carrier to see if I liked the work. Now I am finding it hard to locate companies that hire inexperienced drivers and train them...

Thanx again, I would be an owner operator not a contractor. I would owe about $10,000 on the truck and the man would carry the financing. If I worked enough miles and payed the truck off fast I'd be independent. However, entering the field as a driver of a company truck could be a way to...

Thanx! This owner will include training in the purchase contract. We haven't talked about the length of time he wold train yet. The truck is an under CDL truck though. It's been overhauled 5000 miles ago but the truck has slightly over 300,000 miles on it. He said I might have to pass up...

An Expediter has trucks for sale and offers training and a contract with a dispatcher in Toledo after the purchase of one of his trucks. Does anyone have advice about business scams or legit offers like this. I don't know the name of the dispatcher in Toledo yet. The trucker is in Cleveland and...