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Well the saga continues. Went into fleet vision to look at my settlement for tomorrow and low and behold I have 1 trip that has not cleared. I call settlements and they said "opps, its our fault but it will be put on next weeks settlement unless ofcourse I wanted it loaded on my card." The end...

We were asked to leave the Flying J on the north side of Columbia, SC a few years back. We arrived on a friday evening. Stayed the weekend until at 3 am monday morning. Was rousted out by a rent a cop and young punk manager. Have never been back.

Well, after 2 full days of sitting I can see the increase in loads already.:mad:

Exactly, it may not be so bad for the solo guys as the short loads there is the bump. However, it is killing the sprinter teams. Especially the ones that the are either driving for a fleet owner or the ones as in my case not all of the money goes into 1 pot like a husband and wife team.

I have been looking at this situation all wrong. I had my first load today that I made more money than in the old days. It was a "cargo van" load so the line haul is the same but it had a 96 mile dead head which netted $33.60 (.35/mile). Back in the old days I would have gotten $20 - $25 for the...

I posted these same thoughts on the E-1 only forum. We go back into service tomorrow and I can't wait for the first load over 2000lbs offered. A polite turn down will be in order even if its 1500 miles. With the decrease in fuel mileage and the increased wear and tear on my truck and no...

B.S. I was just in Laredo this past thursday. When we left there were 7 straight trucks sitting and waiting to get out and they are pre-dispatched?

Call me a camel cause my back was just borke with this company. Pay cuts, slow pay, AND it happened on the first of the month when alot of my automatic withdrawls happen. I called up settlements and they were all appologetic and said if I needed help till monday theycould load money onto my...

Thanks, and if you have any pull with Mr. Elliot it would be greatly appreciated as in the last 15 mos we have one turn down and that was because we were at home and went to the store and forgot our phones and low and behold we missed a load. Also have not been late since Dec. of 08 because we...

Oh sure, those who stay behind will be busy after they lose 25-50% of their fleet. I am heading home cause I need to get drunk this weekend. ;)

They did the old Bait and Switch. Gloss over the new rates but talk all about the "improvements". I picked up on the new rates right away but it seems it flew over some of your heads which is what they wanted. According to my calculations sprinters are now getting paid around 50% of the line...

I already called them and I am on the list as of noon today. ;) I have also called others such as allstate, tri state, and fed ex. Going to make a decision shortly.

Nope ALL sprinter type vehicles will get .80 no matter the load. All cargo vans will get .70 no matter the load. I talked to a guy out of Birmingham office and he confirmed it.

We stepped up to a sprinter a year ago ;) and still running as a team. I do not like this and here is why. As a team we generally don't take or are even offered short loads so the short load bump really doesn't apply. 90% of the CV loads we ran we were able to get the .80/mile anyway. So my...

Todays conference call with new rates. Your thoughts. I will reserve my thoughts until I can personally talk with someone but I have towed the line for quite awhile but the gloves may come off.

It has been awhile..... looks like pretty much the same cast of charactors around here but with the loss of one that I know of. RIP Jack Berry.

(Yup things are bad, real bad at E-1. Stay away, you won't make money, worst mistake of your life) = less competition ;)

Jack & Gracie, I am so sorry to hear of your situation. Just remember to keep the faith, a positve attitude, and most importantly never give up the fight. Thoughts and prayers.

OUTSTANDING thread. Very informative, factual, and insightful. I may have to start frequenting this site on a regular basis again. Cudos

Finally we can put this stupid subject to bed! :rolleyes: