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No numbers or markings are required for vans 10,000 lbs and under. Dot numbers are only issued to vehicles 10,001 lbs and up.

Well here is how it works for me. I work directly with shippers so I dont have to look for freight, they call me. I use a freight factoring service for billing and collections. It costs me 5% of the face value of the bills but to me it is worth it. Hope this answers your questions so you dont...

First you need to obtain the insurance required, $300,000 primary liability and $5000 cargo. Those are the minimums, you can go more if you like. With the insurance in place you can now apply for operating authority. This you can do yourself but when I got mine I used Permits Plus just to be...

I dont do any backhauls. I charge enough to cover the deadhead back home. I work directly with shippers within a 75 mile radius of my home so it is best for me to come directly home after a delivery. As far as insurance my primary liability and cargo insurance combined is about $1450 a year.

What you say here is true but the problem is that most larger carriers will hire any fool that can walk and chew gum at the same time. Then they have to over regulate them just to insure that their customers freight gets to where it is going safely. Another thing is that once a carrier starts...

It might be that with the costs of the fleet plus the rate they pay to their contractors that the rate they pay to outside contractors when they broker the load might be cheaper for Panther.

Not getting paid is a problem with the fleet owner. Being stuck in Nogales Az for 4 days, stuck in El Paso for 5 days, and stuck in Chicago for 2 days would be a problem with Panther. With the growing popularity of the new reduced rate load program it is hard to understand why he would have to...

Probably because that is the way he wants to run his business. I am sure he has his reasons and to him they are good ones.

But the original statement was a successful fleet owner with their own authority. If their running successfully with their own authority then all you listed would already be in place and a part of their success. Actually a successful fleet owner with their own authority is a carrier. What your...

But why would anyone who can run successfully with their own authority want to lease to a carrier and give up a large amount of money?

I understand that but where does this downward spiral of rates end. It seems like the bigger carriers are the ones running the rates into the ground and using the acceptance rate threat to make sure that most of these low paying loads get covered.

So what your saying is that E-1 is gonna lowball the rates and take the Feds business. Where does all this rate slashing end. When they get so low that they cannot find anyone to haul at the rates they are offering?

I dont think the carriers will have much trouble finding new vanners so the whine for the dime crowd better get use to the fact that they are not going to see that dime again.

I have done it this way since april 2006 and it is not a recipe for financial disaster. I dont work for a carrier, I am the carrier which means I get all of the rate charged to the customer, not just 60%. That extra 40% more than covers my deadhead home.

Well maybe someday Panther might realize that they should check out these new warm bodies a little bit closer before starting them into orientation.

The reason that I deadhead home after each run is that I only work with shippers within a 75 mile radius of my home. If I did set somewhere and look for a load back home whatever time I used might cost me a run from one of the shippers back home. That is why I find for my case it is best to...

Well your off to a good start. You need to look for a factoring service to get your money quickly. You can work directly with shippers or brokers but brokers may be the best way to get started. If you want to be home on weekends try running a couple of ltls each way between chicago and...

I run a 2000 dodge van and 3 months is about all I get from wiper blades no matter what brand it is. I dont believe I ever tried the Rain-X blades, but I will try them now and see how long they last.

Well nothing really but some would have you believe that it takes years of experience to do exactly what the carrier tells you when picking up and delivering a load.

I too have never been to a Panther orientation nor do I have a desire to attend one but I am thinking that a Fedex or E 1 conference call would be very entertaining.