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Thinking positive is a great thing. I'm glad you will now be able to wait until winter is over to get you a new Van, Sprinter, or Cube truck.

It's 550 miles X 1.30= $715.00 at FedEx. At Panther I'm getting 1.78 a loaded mile plus all deadhead miles paid at .40 to .50 a mile but for this I will use the lower of the two for the same load. Total loaded miles 400 x1.78 =$712.00 Total deadhead miles 150 X.40= $ 60.00...

Yes Davekc is the person to ask about Panther Vans. I think they are a waste unless you own and drive them yourself. I think a Sprinter is the better way to go. Have your driver call Glen in the QC department if your driver is having problems with the QC.

I was making more than that back in 1995 when I started with Roberts Express/FedEx Custom Critical in a dry box C unit with a 14 foot box. We got $1.31 a mile for a full rate C load. Fuel was .86 a gallon too. At Panther our dry box D-units are making $1.78 a loaded mile with the FSC, and $1.41...

When you run solo you do ALL the work. You don't have a person that can get up and unload the truck at the shipper, even after you just drove 10 hours and it's your partners turn to drive or unload the truck. As a solo you have to get out and unload the truck and you get less sleep I feel. It...

Phil I wish I had gotten more info and I wish I had also asked others. Back then there was no EO to help Newbies with things. 1. When deadheading what is the best time of day to deadhead? When I started out in Expediting back in 1995 I was laid over in Atlanta, Ga on a Friday. I...

I don't think that was a FedEx yard. It looked like a place where contractors park their trucks.

Happy Birthday Turtle and Jerry. Our son Jon 21st Birthday was on the 12th. He will start driving for Panther next month.

I would agree 100% Dave. I could care less if a driver is in a uniform or not. I wear a uniform when I'm on the road because I like too. A clean looking driver and truck is a happy driver. I take pride in the job I do when I'm on the road. Is a uniform for everyone? Nope. I don't ask our drivers...

I would have to say that is not always the case. We had a driver that was on a NLM load and the shipper complained about the way the driver was dressed on their dock. I won't go into what he was wearing Ken, but it wasn't something you and me would wear brother. Your shorts was better than what...

If anyone thinks Panther gives preferential treatment to fleet owners they are so wrong. If they did we would be doing $30,000 a month per truck each month, our drivers want all the miles they can get. Don't think that our trucks don't sit sometimes because they do. That is why I use Trans Core...

We also find our own freight too, as we don't totally depend on our carrier for 100% of the freight that goes on our trucks. Your talking about two owners that has over 43 years combined time in the business also. That was a few weeks ago, that don't happen all the time either.

Maybe TA keeps their tanks in the ground cleaner IDK. Our fleet of ten trucks uses TA and Petro fuel only if we can. The heat transferred receipts is another reason we don't go there. Come tax time the one year we opened up our receipts to add them up for the year, they was black. We had to get...

We quit using Pilot Fuel about four years ago. We used Pilot fuel only because the rebate that we got from them as being leased on with FedEx Custom Critical. Their fuel is junk and has water in it that caused us to replace injectors a lot. We changed to T/A fuel and our fuel mileage when up and...

This is another great picture. Anyone remember Super Host?

I will agree with you on this. But if you make a call to the police most will not take a report in a truck stop. But the call is logged in their system on what is called a police man/woman call sheet. That way your CYA. Do I agree that every call needs to be made? No, but most carriers want a...

I would have to agree with you 100% on this. I know if I was paying top dollar to have a shipment moved I would want the best service and a clean driver going to my customer. Think of it this way. You just landed a new account and the customer wants the freight there ASAP. Now you can use Billy...

I would NEVER not call the police no matter how small the accident is. Drivers can change stories around and say you hit them. You have marks on the deck of the trailer and he could have said you backed into him. It's your word against theirs in a court of law. Because you didn't report the...

Phil would have to grow some hair on his chin 1st. But it does kinda look like Phil, That a good thing Phil.