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There is a charity out there that helps trucker families with these situations, but for the life of me, I cannot remember their name. I'm sure someone will post a link soon.

IMHO, "a few loads" doesn't provide enough information to make an intelligent decision. I would stay with the devil I know and run comparisons on the loads for the duration of my current contract. That way, I can better prepare for what's ahead.

I completely agree.

Being TVAL, I can still negotiate

Going to be a bit more than just hotels and a rental car. Loss Of Use plays into this as well. I have a great friend that deals with trucking LOU claims on a daily basis. He's guiding me along here.

Yes. Just a bunch of hoops they make you jump through. I have my attorney in the loop already and hopefully it won't come to that. Being a 3 billion dollar company ( revenues), they are self insured. We'll see how this all pans out.

I see a lot of shorties sitting on the dock.

They don't care. He was doing close to 20 mph as he nosed into the spot. Way too fast. He hit the truck so hard, that it moved by box 1 1/2" off diagonal and my box is welded to the frame at four points. Thank God we weren't inside. He was in a rush to get closer to the building to take a...

Ft Wayne Waiting on estimates to repair my reefer box after a JB Hunt driver decided to take out the rear driver's side corner with his intermodal trailer while we were parked at the J in North Chicago. Looks like I'll be out of service for two weeks. Not a happy camper.

A wee bit early aren't we....

I'm no tire guru, but you may want to rethink putting all position tires on both drive axles. I think you would want a bit more traction for the inclement weather.

Those loads will get put on the Sylectus board and covered.

Shelby, Aren't you still driving that medical equipment truck? Why install second tier tires on that truck? Beckmann Coulter isn't hurting for money. What's on there now?

Congrats!!

Not at this moment. Heck, there are not enough TVAL trucks to cover all the TVAL loads.

http://www.expeditersonline.com/forum/showthread.php?t=62404

In your mind, the initials DH should not stand for Dead Head, but rather Dollars Here. Pick them up.

Talk about retail arbitrage... The lowest price on Amazon for that same refrigerator is $113.12 shipped with most being priced in the $150 range. List them on Amazon and buy it and drop ship it from Walmart. Easy money from the truck :-)

I believe Oregon is the only other state besides NJ that also has full service only.

We've done well in Florida lately, especially with TVAL loads. On one of the loads that cancelled, we were predispatched picking up in Gainesville heading to NY. Nice paying gig.