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Thanks for the responces,......you are all thinking the same as I am. My personal business expenses are "MY" business. I thought the 20% was fair,but I wanted others opinions as well. I figure since my actual expenses are low,I could start at 20% with the option of a higher rate if I find...

I have been a solo operator my entire expediting career (12 years) I am looking to take on a team driver to run with me in my truck. I understand the 60/40 split and the FSC standards in our industry. My question is this: Since I own my truck and the team will not be driving for a fleet...

I'll sell ya my truck!

I have been Expediting solo for 12 years. I find myself facing a dilema,.....add a team driver or get out of the business. My problem is this: I found a team driver who lives very close to me,he's a nice person and we get along, Here's the issue. He is fresh out of driving school w/CDL A ,but...

Our local DHL terminal is still running. I have friends who do local routes there and they are all still working.

Welcome to "MY" world. The rates you're talking about are the regualar offers i get (not reduced rate,but every day rates) And I'm lucky to get one or two week. I left T/S and went elsewhere. Was promised the world. I can't believe a recruiter lied to me. I'll not name where Im at now for...

I can totally feel your pain. I have been in the business since 1998 and WOW have I seen things change. My personal opinion is that there is no room in expediting for a solo straight truck O/O. (a solo load can go on a team truck,but a team load cannot go on a solo truck) My operating costs...

About an inch or so of little ice pellets covering eveything in western PA. (Johnstown) I'm in the city,can only imagine what the mountain tops are like. Rob.

Be very hesitant if all you hear is good. I know of no company that everyone loves. There is good and bad anywhere you go. If all you are hearing is good,I would be VERY suspicious.

I'm testing the waters here and wondered if anyone had anything (good or bad) to tell me about Nations Express. I'm tired of the crap i have to deal with where i am leased now. I have been in the business for 11 years.The first 10 with a small regional company close to home(good steady...

Alot of what i am offered is the ultra low FSC,and then throw in that I would have to run 200 miles to get to the load,and then it is only a 190 mile delivey. When you add it all up,including the dead head miles,it works out to $0.71 CPM. I'll turn that down every time,unless its delivering to...

I'm hesitant to tell you who I'm leased to as I know for a fact that company higher ups make a habit of monitoring this site and the threads posted here, I guess retaliation for telling their dirty little secrets would not be out of the question. As I stated earlier, I'm not trying to...

I'm currently leased to another carrier,and am VERY unhappy with the in house politics. I'm a worker,not a politician! I like the sysyem my current carrier has,but i don't like that everyone has the authority to screw you when they feel they want to and everyone else in house backs them up...

I can tell you how things are going for me. I have been expediting for 11 years,but most was working for someone else driving their vehicles. I bought my own truck and paid cash with what i had saved (my own plates,insurance) I got into this with no debt,but I'm still having a hard time. My...

RE: Follow up ti "has this ever happened to you" p My whole issue in this is that we are not little kids,and we need to be honest. People make mistakes,.........it's how they handle them once they are made that shows the world what kind of person they/we are, I don't always do the right...

First let me thank everyone who responded. Here is where thins stand. The customer called in the load (after i had left with load #1) requested me by name and truck number.My company sent another truck and said this truck was closer. When I made an issue of it,the company told me that they...

I picked up a load from a regular customer (customer is actually a personal friend) when i picked up the load,he asked if i could return the next day to take another (better) load.I said i would be there. The customer called my company and advised dispatch of the issue.So i delivered the first...

OK, A little more info (sorry,I'm new at the on line thing) I live in wester,PA. I have a 2000 Freightline FL-106, 4 cyl detroit,9 spd. 24 ft. box,33,000 GVW,72 in. sleeper. I'm leased on with Tri State Expedited out of Toledo Ohio. I have only averaged around 15-16 hundred...

I have been in the business working for the same company for almost 10 years. (paid hourly,and home 9 out of 10 nights) I did alot of research on trucks and companies and decided to buy a expediter straight truck and lease on. (i have been driving trucks my entire career,but always in someone...