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KW brings up a good point. The act of double, sometimes triple brokering goes on constantly. If I use gps to find a friend a load, which I do sometimes, I'm helping out the members of gps who are trying to move the freight. What difference is there between me helping a friend for nothing, and...

Bonnie... I have gps, and am leased to a carrier. Simply put, I use it to find loads when I'm in an area like today, Eagle Pass, TX. I find something, I call up dispatch, they call the broker. I run for C&M, who is a member of the alliance. The owner had gps when he ran his own authority, and I...

Cheri... you mentioning the chopped up programs made me think of something from the other day. TNT was showing The Thing the other night. My nephew had never seen it, so I flipped it on. Talk about CHOPPED UP!!! How they could bastardize a great movie like that is beyond me! No Bennings getting...

Good question and glad to have your input. Maybe with some info from an owner who gives a crap will make those who don't think about what they're doing wrong. You're going to get a ton of different answers about this and that to keep the drivers happy. From satellite radio to playstations to...

First thing that hit me was 90% in service. Is that what you intend on having your drivers do? Because not too many ppl want to be out 27 days of the month. At $4283, that comes to $500 per driver per week. If I were a team, I'd have to do way more than 10,000 miles/month... especially being 90%...

Sounds like Pilot is being stingy. Correct me if I'm wrong, but a truckstop's main revenue comes from selling their overpriced caca. If a driver feels hurried after fueling, he's less likely to browse the caca. Pilot would be smart to buy some of that adjacent land and make some much needed...

Arrest someone for scamming the American ppl? Come on! If they did that, the House, Senate, and White House would be empty! ROFL

RE: Dead head pay and layover pay...is it required Alrighty! Being that he is an employee, assuming that he'll also get a W-2, the company has control over what he does. However, I would say it's all in the wording. If they told him to dh to Memphis, that's telling him to work. Therefore, he...

They could assume you're a sleepdriver. :P

This isn't my area of expertise. But from what I've seen, diesel engines outlive gas engines by quite a bit.

Leo... that's a rather concrete statement, seeing as those are THE TWO you bought your trucks from. If you don't have any dealings with other dealers, how can you say the others aren't as good as those you dealt with?

You said he was arrested and charged. Was he convicted? Popo can harrass you all they want, and come up with their version of the law as they see fit. But if they're wrong, their versions don't mean squat, except for the time you spend at their mercy.

The Colonel asked what we deem as being bad areas. I can only speak from experience, and I'd say it is wherever there is no freight. Well duh! But it may not be as simple as an area. It could be a certain time of the week, as Dave explained about Dallas. It could be a drought area for weeks at a...

RE: PANTHER2 EXPLOSION IN NORMAL ILL .......... W I heard Effingham has effing-good breakfast, complete with effing-eggs, effing-toast, and effing-ham ;)

Usually my gut tells me yea or nay. Sometimes I have regrets taking or not taking a load. But what really helps is making scenarios of what I would take or not out of an area, depending on the length, how good or bad an area I'm in, and how good or bad the area is I'm going. When all that fails...

Sure you're not in Lodi? You should park up front. It's a lot quieter. They have a good breakfast buffet there too.

yer truck? ;)

RE: political correctness tsars, Are you one of th You also forgot the excuse makers for big oil. And those who like to point out that gas is cheaper than it was in the 50's, when adjusted for inflation.

I was told by a driver that they require one trip per quarter.

The typical carrier is around 25%. At orientation we were told to expect 30-40% on the high end. If you're getting less than 20%, you're doing good.