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It seems so subjective to me anyway. What constitutes a top carrier? If you just look at sales volume you will get one figure and you might be inclined to rank them that way, but that might not be the best criteria to rank which carrier is the best fit for a particular driver. We have drivers...

I've had a lot of runs today. I went from my desk to the restroom a couple times, from my desk to the break room to get a sandwich, and from my desk to the warehouse a couple times. All were round trips.

Probably a lot of gossip there if you ask me. They have good agents and bad ones. Each agent is different. As a carrier, being Landstar approved is a good thing. Some of their agents give us some darn good loads, and other agents are a pain to deal with. It's simply what you get with an...

I put 435000 on my Sprinter in a little over 4 years. For the most part, it was profitable, and I do like standing up to put my pants on.

I only live 10 miles from the office, so it will be 24/7 until I hire a night person.

If anyone has a need for a cross dock in Cincinnati, we should be functional in a week or two. Darn forklift is taking longer to procure than I originally thought. We won't charge $250 either, unless you're a multi carrier truck. If that's the case, we charge $100 for each carrier you're...

The carrier's interests are intertwined with the owner operators' interests. Sure, a carrier wants to cover every load from a customer. That's what broker authority is for. Broker out all the stuff your trucks don't want. I have seen, though, that a good load for the owner operator is also...

My wife teamed with me for a few months, but that was in a straight with a 96" sleeper. We had a blast.

We won't load that much on a Sprinter. If it's a 2500, we won't load it past the 8600 GVW on the door. Maybe we're the only carrier not overloading them, but I see it as a CYA issue.

Better off getting a mobile hotspot from your wireless carrier.

All kidding aside, when I was driving my Sprinter I did rather well most of the time, but I saw the rates start to drop about the time I moved into a straight, and then I only drove the straight for about a year before coming off the road. Now in the office end of it, I've seen a steady decline...

I make money with my cargo van. I use it to drive to the office instead of putting freight in it.

How do you make money with a cargo van? Trade it in toward a straight truck.

I'm curious how your company handles first out, or what your opinion is. For the record, I believe in a pretty strict first in first out policy, all things being equal regarding truck size, team or solo, and any other items like a liftgate. With that said, we have come across a few grey areas...

Factoring makes ok sense for a very small operation. Look at it this way. When we were still somewhat small, I was still driving. I had four other drivers. I could send everything to our factoring company and I was done with it. They paid the drivers and took care of the invoicing, billing...

Trailines and Kaffenbarger here in Cincinnati both have it.

I hear you. Insurance topped six figures a while ago. The funny thing is when I first started driving I thought the people in the office had it easy.

Here's how I would handle that. One guy from your office contacts the broker and tells them about both trucks and what the price and time frame would be for both. I wouldn't have two different people just shooting bids over. To the broker, seeing two bids from one company for one load sends...

I have a few observations on your situation, and all these observations come from a been there done that perspective. Getting off factoring should be a goal to shoot for, but it gets harder the more you grow and the more revenue you start doing. We started factoring a few years ago when I...

I encountered one at the TA in Ontario, CA once. She asked if there was anything she could do for me and I mentioned the laundry I had in the sleeper. She left.