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FedEx (FDCC) has a very large reefer fleet for all kinda of freight. It's not just frozen TV dinners, it can be keeping something at 70 degrees to keep the humidity down. From what I hear the 18-wheelers are very busy with both FDCC and Panther. Just because you have 53' to use doesn't mean...

You should expect something between loosing everything, house and family included, to $200,000. It just depends on how quickly you catch on, how good the year turns out to be in freight and who you sign on with/what you drive.

My grandfather served in WWII and Korea. He's holding on. Stubborn and hard working, he's a good man. 92 years old.

Expediting is rarely a do from home kinda job, unless you live in Louisville or Detroit area. We're based in Louisiana. There is no freight here. We spend several weeks out then go home when we need to. Are you planning on running team? If you did a reefer truck with Fedex you would get to...

That's true, but we don't usually get a 50/50 split of dh to run miles so the average $/mile is usually higher than $1.30 and when you factor in accessorial fees that rate goes higher as well. A 500 mile hazmat trip to Canada with 50 miles of dh would be $1.83/ mile. Of course most of our canada...

Coke Zero?

Cool. Thanks.

Were heading in and will be there around 5am( ish) can we park on site for the whole event or do we leave after the show and come back? How does that work for those of us staying in our trucks.

Sounds about right for a in city Ryder class 7 rental. Those are geared low for in city getup and go and they are usually ridden hard.

Oh... Just ran it by my senior analysts and an outside consulting firm. It seems to be what most drivers wanted. Who'd have thunk it?

And you have to remember your asking on a forum that has a lot of variety in it's members. Some of us have $30,000 trucks and some of us have $250,000 trucks. Some are leased on to a sole carrier like fedex, landstar or panther and some of us are completely independent and broker their own...

A good way to gauge your idea is to just charge it and see if you get it. If you don't then you know your too high. If you get every load easily then you know your too low.

That's a very broad question. Usually I have a certain minimum, that carries with it a little grace if needed (again multiple factors in that grace needed part) and that also depends on the truck I'm driving. Also, if I am trying to get home, say an emergency or something urgent, I may run with...

I agree. While in school for psychology (wasted degree), we talked about pedophilia and attraction. If a person has an attraction to children there is a problem in that person and they definitely need help of some type but if they don't act on it I wouldn't persecute them. However, If a person...

I see what your saying but in my mind I would see them as separate. I could also make the same analogy as below. 1. A white man does not equate pedophile. 2. A pedophile does not equate a white man. Both are true but it is possible that a white man could be a pedophile.

Also, someone said earlier that the gender preference is usually for a man/girl type of act. I agree with this point. The sad thing is I think most girls are sexually molested at some point but are raised not to mention it. The act is usually by a family member or close friend of the family...

So from reading the past few posts I think everyone is almost on the same page. 1. Adults, male or female, that have sexual relations of any type towards kids,male or female, are pedophiles. 2. As a society at large, we would consider pedophilia as a perversion. 3. Pedophiles does not equate...

And that's a pretty low costs setup. Look at a white glove type reefer truck and you can easily be at $210,000-$240,000 for the truck which is $3,000-$4,000/month note. And your insurance would be higher. And at only $2,000 in repair and maint a year if say you were doing a lot of work yourself...

Agreed, but there are people in this world that are sick, evil, etc. I'm glad the dad intervened, however, I would have killed the guy if it was my son.

And it's assuming you have the turbo fixed correctly and none of the blades went into your dpf and did damage. I agree with everyone else. There is minimal investment to drive for a fleet owner and see what the costs are. One word of caution would be to try and drive what you can afford. If...