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I guess it only makes sense if you are faced with the problem - which you apparently are not. At one time I felt a move to Landstar would be the natural progression for anyone with a fair amount of experience and ambitious enough to schmooze those responsible for providing load offers. I...

everyday tasks and other responsibilities by spending time in EO reading endless, mindless drivel and writing banalities just to see yourself in print, like I'm doing right now. Be honest with yourselves and the rest of us...total honesty is necessary if you seek a fulfulling, content life...

Although I try to "live in today", I'm still searching for my True North.

Aside from the obvious problems of being in service 50% of the time and the possibility of being far from home when YOU want to be there, the most difficult thing for ME driving solo was trying to optimize my driving hours while staying legal (which I do out of necessity, because of an EOBR)...

That's different. When I operated my construction business I always quoted a customer an hourly rate when they wanted to watch. I doubled what I charged them if they insisted on helping.

I think you're missing the point. It's more about my DR unit being penalized for refusing to accept a load which is well below the price threshold/breakeven point at which my expensive truck should be forced to move. The "...way around it.." is to offer a reasonable price in the first place...

This situation sounds similiar to the infamous ETA Lock the Fed has placed on my DR unit from time to time. Although very pleased with the dispatch system Custom Critical utilizes, that little "wart", as Leo likes to call problems, rubs me the wrong way. I certainly saw the logic behind such...

Blending with Yoopers? Been there, done that, and the 2 species can breed. 2 sons to show for it. I see, but can those 2 sons reproduce? I always assumed when the two species interbred the outcome would be similiar to that of the mule - female males have been known, on rare occasion, to...

What I find funny is that so few EO members failed to identify apex as a troll (unless they're sitting back chuckling like I am). His (or her) style of writing should have alerted everyone almost immediately that the 'writer' came forth only to prod and provoke. No reflection on you, highway...

It isn't the spelling errors that bother me, apex. It's the idea that you come in here falsifying yourself as an expediter when, in fact, it's obvious you are a Teamster organizer or you represent some other Commie, subversive group. I work every day to "better our profession". What have YOU...

Interesting, apex. Just enough spelling mistakes on simple words to make it appear you are semi-literate. Whatever your motive, it's humorous to observe someone stirring the pot now and then.

Only a week? My binges usually extend much longer than that...especially if I throw a few bucks at my co-driver so he will drive my shift after he finishes his.

Yeah, sure. And I'll bet you're now going to tell me soon there will be mobile phones that tell time!

You can post from a PHONE?!? I guess I've been avoiding "Professional Drivers" for too long. Lots of stuff to learn, huh.

Wrong again, apex. I've seen lots of cheap offers and the way I deal with it is simple: I turn it down! I also have never wasted my time hanging around drivers, or anyone for that matter, that has time to sit around and complain to one another. I learned early in my expediting career to sit...

Instead of dwelling on all this negativity, why don't you put yourself in a position where you can be valuable enough that you and your truck can "demand" higher paying freight? I'm tempted to encourage you to strike as I'm sure that would bring more offers to my Qualcomm, but the reality is I...

Anything the Green Machine lacked or couldn't get to us in a timely fashion was easily obtainable during a quick scrounger trip to Saigon and the black market. Funny how those supplies were diverted to the sidestreets from our ships. I'm sure many a "lifer" came home wealthy while grunts...

Just keep suckin' em down until, one evening, your left arm starts to tingle and go numb, you break out in a sweat and you have extreme tightness in your chest. About then you'll think you MIGHT have a problem - and it's time to check yourself into an emergency room. After that quitting won't...

I'm probably not the only owner in the market for a new truck who is following this saga intently. When I purchased a used straight truck with temperature-control capabilities almost three years ago, I had no one to blame but myself for my ignorance/naivete in not knowing what the Thermo King...