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Last year for dodge vans was 2003. I have a 2000 with 420,000 and a 2001 with 218,000 and both still run fine. Door width was never a issue for me.

You always say you can find your own loads at panther so why do you have a truck on home time? Why not just load it yourself and get them home.

Thats true but I went independent in 2006 with a window van and found it to be a goldmine. ya never know unless you try.

That kinda sounds like an employee thing. Next thing you know someone will be cryin about not gettin a gold watch when they quit.

Most here need a carrier to hold there hand every step of the way.

Dont know. I operate under my own authority.

No. I have been at 50% dead head for over 5 years now and it works fine for me. All depends on how you run your business.

yea you have to have it but you dont have to have it displayed on the side of your van. I got my authority in 2006, called the feds to see if I would have a new carrier check performed on me and they said no. I was informed that thy only reason for the authority was to make sure I maintained the...

Nothing wrong with no dot number since your not required to have them on a cargo van.

It is. It appears that the high end trucks are the ones leaving because of declining income.

I just pulled that up and read it. Some interesting comments include "Its not a career, its a lifestyle attitude is just an excuse for not running a profitable operation" and striking the term backhauls from his vocabulary. One should also note that Mr. Albert achieved this not only thru hard...

I'm thinkin that someone with their own cargo van biddin on freight would have their own authority which would make them a carrier. I'm also thinkin that they realized if they cut people like you outta the picture they could bid a little lower and make more money than lettin you bid for them...

Yes they should of had the parts with them, but it sounds more of a case where Panther said fix the van and we dont care what it costs and the van owner got screwed. This large bill was Panthers fault.

I would have let her know real quick that I owned the van and she was not having it towed anywhere.

The truck is under cdl (25,500) so why would you be limited to local delivery/courier work?

Because they need a carrier to hold their hand and guide them and the carriers know this. Thats why there only making a buck a mile or less.

Maybe it was on their way home or they needed to get to that area for some reason. Two of the most popular reasons for hauling cheap freight while still claiming that you dont.

Actually when I first started I could not match the low rates that Panther was quoting shippers. Fedex is in the same area rate wise now since they wacked there vans down to .85 cpm. Its the larger carriers that are driving the rates into the ground.

I totally agree. If they cant do the speed limit they have no business being in the hammer lane holding up traffic.

I can stay as busy as I want and I also have a second business. It is fairly simple to do, get a van, get your insurance in order, get your authority and start selling your service to shippers. Once you have your authority you are a carrier so you need to think and act like a carrier. The...