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The D Brothers said it right, that is an excellent post. There is a EO member who always brings up the paid tourist scenario. Well when you are playing tourist you are earning nothing,and spending last weeks revenue. The decision is yours,generate revenue for yourself or spend revenue on...

Roll up,all you need to do with the rollers is to clean the tracks every so often and hit the rollers with some WD 40. Big plus as others have ponted out is to keep the F/Lift driver out of the box until you are on the dock. Also should the F Lift driver be drunk as what happened to me once...

Dave the A/C in my FL 70 just quit,but after 900,000 miles and lots of use I have no complaints. I agree with you,the FL 70/80 was maligned by some but gave good reliable service to many.

Another advantage of a S Corp is that you can reduce your FICA (SS) contributions. Based on your age and previous earnings this may not be a good thing. In our S Corp my wife and I are the Shareholders,Board of Directors,the Officers of the corp and finally the employees of the Corp. We pay...

John I think so but he would have to operate through your Corp as a independent contractor with some type of contractual agreement.

I have operated as an S Corp for the last 15 years. Lots of tax advantages,one is that you can have your Corp pay and deduct 100% of your medical expenses.Only negative is that if you hire employees you must make that benefit availble to them. There are many other benefits,best to talk to a good...

I believe that the companies have lost a lot of teams due to the 10 hour rule. Example last Monday at 1100 Fedex CC had 7 D units and 3 E units on the Newark NJ board. There was only 1 team ,and I have seen this reduction in teams through out the year in many locations. There are O/Os that are...

RE: Hino Trucks and why I bought 1 and ordered the I just spent the last 2 weeks running in the Northeast and New England. I saw lots of new Hinos's running around NYC and the Tri State Area. If they can survive on those roads such as the BQE they will last for a long time.

I passed one about 10 years ago,worst pain I have ever felt. I was on the floor in our bedroom at 0400 while my wife called for first aid. Women have said it is worse then childbirth.

The way I understand it is that a customer can change the delivery time with no penalty up until the time you arrive at their dock. Question is who changed the delivery time? So if you were already confirmed for Saturday by calling ,you may have alerted them to this and then they changed it...

Most companies have the word Exclusive written in as part of their leae agreement. If yoiu owned or managed a expediting company would you want your contractors helping your competition. Trip leasing was an excellent way to get backhauls or other loads taking you somewhere. I did it once from...

John before you buy a cabover try to use one for a while. If you like to go up and down on the seat you will do fine. Remember in the case of an collision YOU get there first.

I had an inspection done at that place about a year ago,but they only charged $35.00,guess FSC for them to run the shop,they utilized 2 guys who did a good job.

This is why I always try to have repairs done at home. Today I am in Boston,A/C failed , think it is the compressor but I will tough it out until I get home ,hopefully Sunday.

However necessity is the mother of inventions. Right now some kid is figuring out a way to run your truck on the energy stored in a lump of coal. Perhaps a small nuc reactor will be the power plant of the future. Wind sails might work,beaming up from one location to another is a possibility...

I am runnintg this weekend. Load was too good to pass up. Most of the time when you have a family commitment that when the time comes to keep that commitment, you will be 700+ miles away, and in the process of driving to keep that comitment you will have to refuse a 4 figure load.. Just the way...

RE: Diesel price versus cost, or whose $20 is that Joe If you run for a carrier they will probaly record your miles and fuel purchases within the states you traveled in. Once a quarter these figures are calculated and sent to the states involved. you should receive a report covering your...

RE: Diesel price versus cost, or whose $20 is that If you are a D or E unit and are apportioned you must pay fuel taxes to the states you run in,even if you do not buy fuel in that state. The miles you run within that state determines the fuel tax you will be charged for. The states determine...

Tri State has been around a long time. They run throughout the country but pretty much do most of their business in the Mid West

W Giff Hey why not try to find a REAL WOMAN that will sleep on the top of 3 skids of cargo. I am sure lots of them are out there. What about a seat belt,do you use a e trak strap to strap her in.:P :P :P