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Just wondering whats the process from being a driver for a fleet owner to being and o/o? I know you have to give your owner a notice,but then what? and what if you've built a reputation with dispatch, will they know you or your old truck number, is there orientation for owner operators, how long...

Has this happen to anybody before? Were sitting in knoxville,tn at a Pilot truck stop, we have the windows down enjoying the nice cool breeze listening to stern on the sirius radio, and all of a sudden a woman comes up to the truck and propositions herself we were dumbfounded, and told her no...

Frank just wondering if you had any input on this situation, im going to be in the market to purchase a new or used truck and was wondering if its beneficial to pay cash and buy it outright or put a good size down payment down and finance it for 2 or 3 years, also is there any tax advantages for...

Just out of curiousity, when passing a truck and are trying to get back over in the right hand lane and a semi either flashes you or turn lights on and off, whats the proper way too say thanks? I usualy turn my 4 ways on for 2 to 3 times?

new to using an inverter just wondering if anyone can tell me how to properly run it. the machine is in the side compartment and it runs the fridge,microwave,and interior lights in the sleeper. I charge up the inverter at the house before we go back into service and its seems to only last 1or 2...

Do you personaly do taxes for people, or do you do just this website? thx john

Just wondering what the turnover rate is for expeditors? It seems like every company is always hiring. Does there come a point when there are too many drivers and not enough freight? is that point already here?

Dumb question, I had a dot inspection done at freightliner,they gave us a sticker to put on our truck and I asked them where we put it they said anywhere. anybody know where it SHOULD GO? thanks

I had a question to the Fleet Owners, it's my opinion that anybody getting into this business,would eventualy want to be an o/o. With that said when you hire someone or a team, do you expect them to stay with you for awhile? are you guys continuously hiring people after 6 months or a year? if...

Hello gang, Weve been rocking and rolling this past week. weve put in about 4000 paid miles. Just wondering if this is because its the end of the year, is anyone else getting these miles? My other question is too the drivers. what trucks do you see on the road heres my top 5 ive seen on the...

we took a load from Iowa, to denver colorado, then we had an empty move to wichita,mo ( which was fine didnt want to stay in denver it was -25) but when we got to wichita we had a load offer to calexico,ca the load offer was at 3pm pick up was 3am next day. the load is a swap with antoher...

anyone know when and where the 06 expo is being held? Is there a web page with info on the event? sitting in denver,co right getting ready to go back in service, i wonder what the likely hood is of getting out of denver without d/h too far? lol thanks, john pantherii:D

Saturday at 4pm est. we recieved a load offer to kenosha,wi. Pick up was in South Carolina, and our current location was athens,ga. So dispatch gave us a bounus on d/h because we were 255 miles away from pick up. Excepted load hot footed it down to sc for a p/u at 9pm est. when we get there the...

Our family is moving to North Carolina in the coming months, to better our business as expeditors and to get out of Florida. You guys were right about getting freight in and out of Florida it's tough but were still making excellent money. But I know when we go into service Monday we'll be dh to...

Second week with pantherii and I cannot be happier me and my dad are having a blast, weve been out everyday, the longest we've waited since dropping a loads is a couple of hours, people get aggrivated and like to discourage people when they dont succeed in this business. I think being a team has...

WoW its been exciting with pantherii, friday morning got a load from ohio to ky paid 547.00 with fsc saturday afternoon got load from ky deadhead to huntsville,al to deliver to brampton,on 880miles with a 55cent fsc with my deal with our o/o that load paid 1200!!! theres money to be made boys...

Me and my dad got a call from our o/o saying we needed to be at orientation on wednesday ( were in fl orientation in ohio) he called us monday afternoon. So got a rental car drove it to chatanooga,tn and met a couple with our o/o truck, so we had to drive his truck up to orientation, oh boy...

I found an o/o who has trucks with pantherii, his truck is a t300 kenworth super 10, any remarks on that vehicle? also my laptop just came in from dell, i wanted to get that pc miller gps software its the co pilot, anybody have that? or anybody reccomend a different program? The o/o loves the...

If you were working for an o/o and had the choice to take 60% and buy the fuel or take 40% and not buy the fuel what would you guys do, every situation is different but just trying to get some peoples opinions on what they would do personaly also ive been reading some bad stuff about pantherii...

im looking to work for an o/o and was wondering what would be the better deal take 60% and pay fuel and tolls or take 40% and just drive the truck? Also is it hard to get government loads? pantherii said they pay 1.50 per mile for those loads, whats the qualifications for getting into that?