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Sounds like your throwing good money after bad by buying a 2nd -printer. Getting a 2nd sprinter won't all of a sudden get you more loads. I would get your own authority and do the load board thing for your first Sprinter first. Having a 2nd sprinter isn't going to open up a wealth of new...

If someone is going to lend or advance you thousands of dollars for 3 weeks for free, then it's silly imo to use your savings instead of using someone else's money. You could be putting your money to work for you and be making more with it.

Show me a thread where someone asked about their rate and then people said to take a 60/40 split and that the fuel is advanced, I can't find one. So with your senior skills, can you do that for lowly me please. If this thread is so useless, then why does it have so many likes? Why have...

So your saying people that make threads calling out Joe Biden for acepting rent money from the SS are part of the problem.

Unfortunately Denis, I doubt most fleet owners are not as open as you are. You treat your drivers as true partners. I think that is the ideal situation and if I was ever to look to drive elsewhere, I'd want a similar setup and if I ever own a fleet of my own, I'd trat my experienced drivers...

I honestly had no clue that they were related. I'm sorry if I didn't know there was a simpler question to ask. I had no clue about the situation. I seen 4-5 threads where noobs asked about their rate and if it was fair and in all of them, NO ONE ever said fuel was advanced, they ALL MERELY...

aah poor baby, I'm sorry educating people hurts your feelings, in the future you don't have to open threads I start to spare your feelings.

Thanks jjoerger, I'm curious, how does it work now that your on flat rate, do they advance you a percentage for fuel?

Let me explain my logic for asking the question. It's not because I'm looking for a fleet owner, I'm happy where I'm at and more importantly my goals are orientated towards o/o not being a driver. But my question was more geared towards the s/t audience because that is where I see most...

I was mostly asking about s/t's because that is the most common scenario around here. I'm merely trying to get an understanding of relationships between fleet owners and drivers given the recent discussions. As you pointed out, used sprinters are cheap and not considered expensive equipment...

Alright, that is what I was getting at, I didn't know what the standard was with other carriers. So if my carrier is only going to give me fuel money for the first month up front, I'm looking at probably a worse deal in some regards than other carriers.

jdevidts, I understand the math behind taking 60% vs 40. That isn't the issue, I'm talking about relationships with fleet owners. I'm looking for real life experiences of what people do.

I'm merely asking what other people do. If I was a fleet owner, I wouldn't trust someone until I verified their experience. As a driver, that is my point, why should I trust a fleet owner blindly?

If you want, I can get you the choice of 10 factory jobs that pay $294 a week. I highly doubt many "expeditors" would give up their lifestyle for being chained to a factory job for $294 a week. Times might be tough and many people are hurting for jobs but I don't think many experienced...

I'm curious, in this scenario, would you pay 60% + fsc to someone with no expediting experience and no recent CDL experience? If I ever become a fleet owner, I'm not going to pay inexperienced drivers the same as I pay a driver who's been with me for 3 years and is reliable. There is...

The bigger the carrier, the more restrictions are likely, the smaller ones are where you can probably get away with having an older model van.

It depends on the carrier, some carriers have restrictions, others don't.

Reading the noob forum got me curious. How many of you would ever sign up as a driver with a fleet owner that you don't know and agree to a 60/40 split with you paying for fuel and getting the fuel surcharge. For me, that sounds way too risky. The money I have saved up, I wouldn't want to...

clcooper, Lets say we agree that there was explosives in the twin towers and the Pentagon really wasn't hit by a plane. Now where do we go from here in your magical world?

Another thing, if Mexican trucks start picking up and delivering in the US, there costs are going to rise significantly and they ain't going to be able to run at the same low rates as they are now. When their trucks break down in the US, they'll have to pay higher american rates, when they run...