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    Well off to court...

    My wish of my lawsuit going easily went out the door this morning. I got the response from the lawyer that they denied everything SO now we must stand trial. Hopefully I can get a court date soon and I'll let everyone know when it is so if your in Medina, OH you can see what happens when a owner...
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    Sleep? Whats that!

    I've been reading a few post here and there about how some people get a lot sleep and some none, etc. How do the teams on here deal with the HOS expediting? I have been told tons of times to split the day, one person take 12am-12pm, other 12pm-12am, what happens on your shift you take care of...
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    For all you owners out there...

    Where is a good place to get a loan for a truck? I put together a good plan, used my 1st 6 months numbers - which we all know is probably the lowest you'll ever make and had profitablilty showing even with a $2,000 + truck payment. But every bank I goto say they won't do rolling stock or some...
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    Finnally, I can post this!

    I've been waiting ages to post this but had to wait to it was filed in court and be made public. Hope everyone got a chance to read that, I just don't want it lingering around here, just enough time for everyone to read it. Thanks for the responses.
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    ? For people

    Has anyone ever seen a tri-axle truck? Or a dual axle with a 3rd lift axle? I know with a dual you get around 52-53000lbs, but only 18-22 payload. So with a 3rd that would jump to 35k or so - a fully loaded 18 wheeler load limt. I'm getting back into expediting after taking a break and try to...
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    If you have a deadbeat owner in Ohio...

    I just thought I would pass on some information for anyone working for an owner in Ohio. This is all public info btw. If an owner decided not pay you it works like this - 1. Contact Lawyer 2. Lawyer writes demand letter and is give 10 days to respond. 3. If no response is made after 10 days a...
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    An Update, agian... + a question

    Well I can't say much bout whats going on but it's going better... people that responds and is intrested I'll PM some more info but I don't want to post publicly about it. Now the question... I've been thinking, people sometimes can only check in on the fourms weekly due to be being busy or...
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    Enough with Panther Bashing...

    Alright, I've read enough post latley from ex-con-way drivers thinking Panther is such a bad place. Panther is where its at because it's one of the best. The reason is bought Con-Way I think was to get in on the west-coast, as that was a slow area to mature for them. Now a driver that gets sent...
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    It's Me Agian! With an UPDATE!

    Well evreyone should know my blight by now - if not look it up... Well no returning of my phone calls or emails has gotten me reall ticked off. He finnally called my friend and said one thing "No" to paying me. No reason, no reason why he hasn't called me, nothing but NO. I've tallied up the...
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    A Big thanks!

    I would like to thank everyone who chimed in on my "little" situation. Currently I'm back in Minnesota trying to figure out what to do next. The owner has decided to block my emails and phone calls so I can't get a hold of him to find out about my $6200 he owes me. I've talked to a few different...
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    Anyone from Minnesota?

    Anyone from Minnesota that has gotten base plates from there? I'm looking at buying a truck from Fyda Freightliner in Columbus, Oh but getting base plates from Minnesota. Not sure on the sales tax/irp/ifta stuff so anything would help! Thanks.
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    I NEED HELP!!!

    Alright, I've been driving for a owner for 5 months as of today. I've only taken off 2.5 weeks in 5 months. As a team, I belived this was good. I told my owner many times that I was planing on taking 2 weeks off on June 28th thru the 12th of July. I orginally planed to worked a MIN of 6 weeks...
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    I take back everything I've said about slow times

    It's friday, Since Monday afternoon - York, PA to Tulsa, OK, Tulsa, Ok to Medina, Oh, Medina, Oh to Brantford, On, Brandtford, on to Normal, Il, Now were on Normal, Il to Griffin, GA delivers at 3am. About 4000 miles in 4 days - wooo are we tired! For a 7 day period were looking at over 5000...
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    Expediters Retreat

    Alright bare with me here. I've been looking for land in Ky for my new house and/or campsite. I found this: http://www.landandfarm.com/lf/s/63/77999.asp Okay, it's $200,000 min. Heres my plan... If I can find 198 people to invest $1,250, I'll take a good portion of land and make it into a...
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    P2 What is going on?

    I've been told this is suppose to be the busy season... I've been expecting to be busy. But I have no idea what's going on. Were a team, but all we've been offered is 300-500mile runs with HUGE amounts of deadhead. The best 3 I've turned down in the last week... 1. Deadhead 112 Miles for a...
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    Panther II Drivers - O/O's LOOK

    If you haven't heard or tried yet, Panther II has banned us from www.getloaded.com. I called them up and they said only they can access it now. If we get enough driver complaing may be we can get it back...
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    Best week in a LONG time...

    Were are a team w/ panther II - Just finished up a 4500 Mile week (Thursday-Wensday). This week was on track to meet that - 1100 Thursday/Friday but now were stuck in Denver and as the min's tick by I know that if I don't having nothing by 6pm MST, it's going to be Monday. I posted that in the...
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    Well now Denver, CO!

    Well after having the 2nd best week ever, 4500 miles, we were on track for another - it's friday morning and were at 1100 for this week sitting in Denver. I wasn't going to accept the load going here but they needed it covered so we took it. They told me no other trucks and numuerous loads out...
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    ##### Laredo, Tx

    They tell me its a good run, They tell me no trucks down there now, They tell me I'll have no problem getting a load. Well get there, 6 truck in front of me - ALL TEAMS. Deliver and start to sit, check position next day now were 9th! Now its going on 48 hours and were upto 6th. Looked for a...
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    My New Truk

    Don't know if its the right form but why not! I drive for an O/O leased with Panther II. He took me down to Fyda and let me pick out a truck. I'm now the proud driver of a 2006 M2 Freightliner w/ 96" king lesiure sleeper (the one with the mattress lower bunk, no table). Has the C9 Cat at...
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