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A dry box or reefer would be your best bet,almost no demand for flat bed work in expediting that I know of..

When it!s late at night,decide to have a couple of "cold ones" in the sleeper..

Back in 1996 I paid $57500 for my FL 70 with 60 inch Rhodes Rambler sleeper (pretty basic) with a lift gate and 22 foot box.Bought it from Orlando freightliner ( Jim Kent) and I think I got a good deal as someone in the Pensacola Fl area had ordered it and when the truck came in that person...

Since most of our respective dispatchers belive we are stupid hayseeds that just crawled out from under the plow,you can wow them with a IQ Test.Log on to www.iqtest.com and see how you do,takes 13 minutes and is a lot of fun.

I have seen that truck at the Lousiville show,but think about the price tag of that big boy and ask yourself am I working for me or the truck??

I heard of this happening to a guy once.If it!s not too bad a falsifaction you could plead fatigue or stressed out from dispatch pushing you. Best bet is to go to your recruiter and beg (thats right beg) for mercy.This time of the year they always need power so you might get back in.. How did...

What you are seeing is Fedex Ground delivery which is the old RPS delivery,The home delivery is a division of Fedex Ground which will bring packages etc after hours or have schedulded deliveries to residences,while the main Fedex Ground is a business to business delivery. I personally believe...

Well what company were you kicked out of and why??

How do they compare pricewise,my FL 70 is getting up there also and I am thinking of the T 300,But so far havn!t done any pricing,The Freightliner service departments around the country usually leave a lot to be desired,does anyone know how Kenworth stacks up?O fcourse if business levels remain...

I can only speak for Fedex policies but most of the time they will give you what they call dry run pay. If you have been dispatched and the customer cancels during the normal pick up time they do get charged a small percentage of what they would have paid.Exceptions are,say you were dispatched...

My wife who is a excellent driver is a avid listner to audio tapes,both from our library and Audio Adventures from whom you can rent tapes at the various truck stops. One big disadvantage is that she will listen on a small portable tape player with headphones so as not to disturb me when I am...

Just curious,what type of equipment are you running,I have heard that B units don!t do very well with LEA..

To be perfectly honest with you I don!t think it would be profitable for you.If you only have 4 days off at a time,it would probably take at least 1-2 days for you to get a trip,then you would have to turn around and dedhead back,Also for many trips out of the Memphis area ,teams are required...

I have heard lots of positive and very little negative about LEA,We have come close to changing many times but then the phones rings and it is a pleasant(LOL) Fedex dispatcher with a trip so off we go.Hope you read the above post from MISFIT,also down here in Jacksonville a couple that I know...

Try posting a mesage to Wild Bill,If memory serves me correctly he is with LEA.I think the overall expediting business is getting saturated with more and more companies.I was in Michigan last week and every few miles some new oufit (Joe Bob!s Express ,Pete!s Fast Freight Etc) would pass bye.In...

Doesn!t sound too bad,looks like you will be averaging about .80 per mile for all miles.If you are running solo and have no road expenses such as motels, northeast tolls and no giant truck payment or fees you will probably be OK.You can make more if you have a team operation and are willing to...

Wendy,, clicked around last night but couldn!t find the room,maybe I was doing something wrong,can u advise how you set it up.Thx

About 2 weeks ago the door problems were getting so bad I finally brought the truck into a Freightliner dealer and had the body shop manager go over it. He said that there is a lever that has a small spot weld on it that will break and cause this problem. When he took off the door panels this...

Rhodes Rambler is in Bowling Green KY. 1-270-842-6886, Jim and Betty Coles are the owners. They build a nice budget sleeper,doesn!t have all the bells and whistles that Alum Bunk has but a lot cheaper.However Jim prefers to deal only with Truck dealers and not individuals.But he will send you...

Interestering comments.What I look for and calculate is the pay per mile for the trip,including deadhead to the pick up and deadhead to (what i think) will be the layover location after deliverey.I also usually have a rough idea of the tolls that will be necessary to run the trip and I deduct...