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Amen, brother.This is what I have been trying to point out.I made $138,000 last year gross,and my total combined miles empty and loaded for the year was $1.25 per mile.I achieved that by keeping my deadhead to an absolute minimum.And by telling dispatch just to do your best at keeping me at 1.25...

****, kinda harsh, ovm. lol.

Yea, I know.I should just let it go, I guess.Is it beer thirty yet? lol.I'm going outside and try to finish getting the van set up.I hope that I didnt offend anyone,didnt mean to. if I did,ooppps!

This was exactly the kind of answer I was expecting.The example of your thinking that you have shown is exactly how the co's want you to think."well,73cpm is not bad if I can get 1,800 lm a week." So in another words,you enjoy whoring yourself out to these companies for cheap rates? Is this all...

Yea,I know what you're saying.But I feel if we dont do something real quick,these rates are just going to continue to fall to the cesspool level.But it will always be, someone will always haul the freight, no matter what the pay.Just think of how hard it is going to be to get the rates back up...

That right there is the kind of thinking and mentality that is screwing up this industry.Think about what you just typed.Say you get a load for .88cpm, no fsc,no deadhead pay, which is actually happening right now.Say the load is 500 miles long with a 100 mile deadhead. so that's .88x500=$440.00...

Yea, that's excactly what mine is doing.The maint.records said it was replaced 40k ago, along with the compressor.But you never know.Thanks.

While this sounds great,just think of the dispatch nightmare it could cause.For at least the smaller companies, anyway.Not to mention, it is a DOT rule that a truck can be leased onto one carrier at a time. Kinda like running multiple logbooks. Unless youre in a cargo van, and fall under the...

You hit it right on the head perfectly.Last time I was aware of, Landstar was the only co. that showed what the total freight bill was being charged to the customer when you received your load info.I dont know if it is still that way or not.That showed me that they had nothing to hide.When I was...

Sitting at the house in leroy,oh.Getting the van set up.I picked it up from ryder on friday.they have been excellent to deal with so far.I found the belt tensioner was loose,a ball joint was bad,and the brakes would vibrate when applied.what did they do? new belt and tensioner,all 4 ball joints...

I do know that as part of a dot audit, they can suphonea your cell phone records as well.

this business is getting absolutely ridiculous!!! I had a team just tell me they were offered a load in their s/t for .88 a mile, no fsc!!! What a joke!! They, of course, being the smart people they are, turned it down. These companies dont have a clue what it costs to run a truck.But yet they...

Here are my answers: smooth as silk is awesome! Freight rates being low-yes, because the regular ltl guys are bidding the heck out of them with unbelieveable low rates, so now we are expected to haul it at that rate.Remember the movie fist? Ford definately rules the pickup market...

My girlfreind says that is because one has to drop off and replace the lead one when he gets tired.....She said this, not me!!!

I'm not even going to comment on that one.

No harshness taken! Thats why I'm glad it's not my company!!but it would not take long to add up at even 30 trucks, if it was a major account.

I do, however, admire the creativity from everyone on the alternative methods to poop in a truck.But I think the best idea goes to a long lost freind who used the following items in place of a toilet. Walmart bag. pizza box. white foam carryout container. now can we change this...

I think that I would take the chance of not getting paid rather then continue to haul their freight allowing them to continue to put ME in deeper and that much closer to loosing it all. Yes, this I understand and hear where you are coming from.But when a person owes you over a hundred...

Why is everyone saying go see Danny Mcpherson ? I would want to see Bill Frazier. He runs the whole show there, and has the final say.A very nice guy, met him a few times. And as far as why do some companies continue to haul freight for people that owe them money that continues to build up, I...

Do I hear jealousy in your post,Mr Turtle? I could not of think of a better way to put it.I was looking at the humor in it.