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The votes are in. Alborada is an expert on her opinion and OVM is an expert on his opinion. Each is happy with their own situation so you each win the imigration argument.

If your lease/purchase cost comes out of the $1.02, you won't have much left for yourself. How can you possibly ask anyone for advice when you haven't a clue what you are getting into. I'm the last person wanting to burst your bubble, but you need to have a knowledgable person read your leases...

The first thought that comes to mind is the 90 day trial run is a good thing to get your feet wet and test the expedite waters. The tough choice that none of us can advise properly is the lease/purchase because we don't know the terms of the lease agreement as well as the carrier does nor as...

The APU weight exemption is noteworthy but the issue of the thread was that a driver implied that his truck was downgraded from a D to a C. The distinction, of course, is that a D classification with FedEx Custom Critical requires a truck be capable of legally scaling 13,000 pounds of the...

Dean: We have no problem if you disagree with Alumi-Bunk or it's employees but Read the EO Code of Conduct, stick to the facts and tone down the language.

Truck availability money at FCC is not available, except in rare circumstances, very rare. Check out the items in the cargo van CPM thread at http://www.expeditersonline.com/forum/general-expediter-forum/29963-cargo-van-owners-cpm.html You will need to plan for many of the line items therein.

How 'bout the "Cracker Barrel"? Who came up with that offensive name?

Frank: Your comments have inspired me to think about the newest trend with leased expediters. Getting one's own authority to pick-up a load, now and then, when experiencing a dry spell with their carrier. Many of us use the mileage allowance in lieu of depreciation and actual expenses...

Alborada: Я не говорю ваш язык. Я использую переводчика что вы могли считать полезным выучить английские правописание и сочинительство. Здесь соединение. удача Dictionary.com/Translator с вашим ускоряет карьеру с вашей компанией.

Many cargo van owners have pondered the choice of depreciation or mileage. The key to the greatest benefit is thinking long term. If you choose depreciation, you can't change to mileage later. Effective January 1, 2007 the standard mileage allowance is 48.5 cents per mile for business miles...

VA Travel Reimbursement Increased Week of February 04, 2008 Over a million eligible veterans will now see their mileage reimbursement more than double for travel to Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical facilities. The 2008 appropriations act provided funding for VA to increase the travel...

Your questions leads me to believe that you are a driver that has an agreement with the owner of the truck that is leased to a carrier. If that is the case, you should now have, or very soon get, a written agreement signed by you and the owner. The agreemnt should include all of the monies you...

British: I truely hope that nobody uses the numbers in my example to determine the CPM for their van or any other size truck. Those numbers are not my exact expenses, they are approximations of values on each line item. I posted the CPM discussion to show a simple way of forecasting CPM for...

Simplicity for a newcomer with a first truck was my target audience and that is the reason for my not using the OOIDA spreadsheet. The OOIDA spread sheet uses the annual total of truck payments. When the truck is paid for, like the trailer in their example, the payments would show zero and...

As I implied, accurate CPM computations require constant manipulation to maintain any validity. You'll notice I assumed a van operator would be on the road 52 weeks, nonstop, for five years. If you are away from home only 70% of the year then some of the variable costs can be changed...

We’ve had a lot of cost per mile discussion on EO lately and we have seen some differing opinions on the most appropriate methodology for determining a truck owner’s cost per mile. I’d like to share my opinion on cost per mile determinations, as I do it for my business. Perhaps I can help at...

Good luck with your research. There's a wealth of info on the EO archives, so take a look around and enjoy the ride.

No Bear, Logs don't enter the picture until 10,001. Scale houses are necessary in a few States, but not all, as with the C's and D's. Why not get a C and do it right withour scrimping on the weight issue. You'll also be saleable at most of the nationwide carriers.

Van, or B, loads used to be 2000# but as competition got wilder, some carriers would haul up to 2500# for van tariffs. Some carriers now call a van load as much as 3000#. Your currenet carrier of choice, Panther, I believe, allows you to determine, within reason, your weight limits up to...