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Your friend demands a higher rate and his carriers are bidding that rate, but other carriers who are looking to see how much competition is in a certain area are basing their bids on the number of vehicles posted in that area. Basic supply and demand really, rates go down with more capacity.

A driver who is signed on with one carrier finds himself in an out of the way city like...I don't know...Boise. He is the only van within 200 miles and a load pops up. His carrier, knowing there is no competition, gets $1.50 a mile or more and pays him well over $1. 3 carrier Bob delivers in...

Not exactly. I son't think that would send it as a PDF.

And we could have those fancy things too if we wanted another thing to charge drivers for each week. Bottom line is there are a lot of drivers without a QC in the truck who could use something like this. It saves money for the guys who have a smart phone or iPod. Maybe someone who doesn't pay...

One of our drivers started using a nice smart phone app to send paperwork in. It's called Drive Axle. You just take a picture of your paperwork one page at a time, put in an email address, and the recipient will get an email with a link to download the document as a PDF file. A few more of...

A lot of people moving animals on there. Got a load on board and someone needs a dog transported along your route...paid companion for a few hundred miles. Did that a couple times. You can play add on with an expedite you have plenty of time on, especially if it's a package you can keep in...

I have a great idea. All of you can just stay out of Philly, and all the other east coast cities as well, and leave all the freight to certain carriers that like to operate in that area.

If you plan on looking for your own freight, and you want to do more driving than sitting, you might want to consider a bigger vehicle. Don't get me wrong, I love my Sprinter and had a blast driving it, but now the only thing it has to haul is my butt to the lake with the canoe in the back. If...

When the shell opens, usually everything is set straight.

A DOT number is not required to be displayed under 10k. A carrier can't even get a DOT number without having trucks over 10k GVW. If you're just running cargo vans, you can't get one. Before I had straights signed on I inquired about it because a couple freight sources I was trying to get...

5 for one unit does seem to be some kind of record. We've had that many in a day, but 5 different trucks. Dry runs really stink as a carrier because we pass that money through. I think I had 2 in one day as a driver. Bought a new GPS with that money.

We only have two fleet owners and they're not exactly what you would call large fleets, but if these guys are indicative of fleet owners as a group, I would tend to believe that there are more good than bad. It would seem that the bad ones wouldn't last as long because it's kind of hard to make...

I lobbed a tomato out my Sprinter window one time and right onto the windshield of my "follower."

The mix up with time zones happens quite a bit with west coat deliveries, especially when you're dealing with customers in eastern time. I always try to confirm what local time the delivery is to be made while the driver is still in transit and I always get the name of the person I spoke with...

You know those days when your fuel tank is full, your bladder is empty, there are some good tunes on the radio, you're well rested, the highway is empty, the sun is shining, the load in the back is light, the truck's running smooth, and you have plenty of time to make your delivery? That...

Praying for the whole family, his blood family and family here who will miss him.

We have one driver who is Mr. Professional. Everything is yes sir, no sir, please and thank you, the whole nine yards, former military and extremely respectful with everyone. Last week he went in to pick up a load and it wasn't ready yet. He asked the shipper when it would be ready and was...

I know a guy who used the patch to quit. He got two of them, put one over each eye, and he couldn't find his cigarettes.

Before I got into this business, I worked office jobs in downtown Cincinnati and had to deal with panhandlers on a daily basis. I always had a policy when approached that instead of giving money to someone I would offer to buy him some food and everyone always walked away. Of course most of...

If you don't have any expedites around you to socialize with, don't relocate.