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Ok... that came across like a fart in church. :P

Graywolf, the best thing you can do is to drive for someone to save up the money. Simply put, if you don't have the money to drive the truck you want the loan for, you won't make it. I have experience in this aspect. I didn't expect the truck I got thru owner finance to need a new tranny 3...

RE: Introduction To Expediting; Now Available in . I'll give credit where credit is due. Tom Robertson has a good sized series on expediting basics. He broke it down into five parts. Good read. Maybe he'd bring it over EO's way.

Dave... try 10,000 a year.

If I'm not mistaken, the tax changes around 52-54k. As far as a class-8... smoother ride, comparable milage to class-7s, more tire wear and tear. But your chance of getting a t/t load is slim. You'd be lucky to get one a month with any company. Dispatchers aren't going to be persuaded to keep a...

Funny you mention that, KW. I'm selling my old reliable truck LOL Independant is fun, but my truck is built for a solo. My nephew wants to get back into the truck with me. So, the old guy has to go.

The roundtable at truck.net has a section specifically about making a business and getting your authority. It's run by accountants and other business professionals. I would start there.

I can only speak for myself. But your blunt honesty was always something I liked seeing. What is a forum with no intrigue from time to time? I'll tell you what... BORINGGGG! LOL EO has enough soap opera to keep me coming back tho ;-) I don't go on yahoo messenger. Last time I visited a...

Pack... I see your point. But I also see the reasoning behind occasionally taking freight that has little or no profit. Simple... if you're stuck in California with nothing for a week, it makes sense to get back to the freight zone. You can either dh, or take an ltl (or expedite van freight)...

Yep... playing fair is what the contract is for. Kinda reminds those who would play dirty to have a conscience. If not, then a court will remind them.

The driver's lounge in most truckstops have outlets, if you can handle the noise of the tv. As mentioned, Js usually have a quiet area with tables or benches where the drivers can use a phone or plug in their computer. Being a smoker, I avoid bringing my puter into a truckstop that is no...

Scott is giving straight scoop. My biggest logic for the business is: There comes a point in time that sitting ends up costing more than the fuel to dh back to the zone. Everyone of us has to figure out that point. Depending where you're at, it may be a day, it may be three days. If you're on...

Leo... if you're getting a slower connection than me, I advise you use carrier pidgeon LOL I'd have no problem going without the wireless, altogether. Except, I need it to run the truck. And, from what I've heard, Sprint has the best nationwide connection... something else I need to have. I do...

I can answer that with two words... SOLID CONTRACT. By making sure those occurances, along with others that may come to thought, are spelled out in the contract, you have all necessary means to contest a problem. Also, I would recommend a clause that has an arbitrator look at any unresolved...

I have the J wifi, and sprint wireless. I always try to use J so I wouldn't use up my limit with Sprint. But since I signed onto their new package (unlimited for 59.99/mo), I guess I could cancel J. But their connection is always so GOOD!!!

Gambler... how've you been? Your presence has been missed! Usually, I'll go to a Pilot before I go to TA (except in Monroe, MI). Usually, the TA is a couple cents higher, and they don't post it on the street. I like the TA's restaurant. But I like Pilot's prices on smokes, candy bars, and hot...

This is an interesting thread. The way I see it, Conway is averaging out all the fsc charges so as to make them more consistant. This way, your Maytag runs will make as much as a Joe Shmoe run. If this is correct, there's no reason to gripe, as it all evens out (or hypothetically does so). I...

Whether driver or o/o, I would hope that the one paying the fuel would look at a low fsc and say "No thanks!" If you take the good with the bad, that provides the companies with reasons to keep rates and/or fsc low. If no one wants to take a .08 fsc, that'll tell the customer that they should...

EO has free classifieds that has a good record of getting results. I doubt you'll have a problem finding a gig there.

I have to apologize because of what I said in the thread "Somehow it's all coming back to me". I did not have any facts to back this up. I went on both what was said previously, and what I THOUGHT I was told by someone, who in fact corrected me today. I have no basis to have said what I did, and...