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Shippers are always paying that. It's just when you put a broker and a carrier between you and the shipper that you see the lower amounts most drivers are used to.

And you get a pretty good rate on those outbound loads too. That shows you that there is not a one size fits all strategy to working this business. When I was on the road I used to just look for stuff to New England and then when I got up there I'd wait for something long coming out of...

I don't know if I'm in the minority or something, but I keep Streets and Trips open all the time and I place my bids based on the mileage I get on there and pay based on those miles, regardless what the broker is telling me the mileage is. I have Streets set up to only use major roads, so most...

I bid on both of them and got the 10:00 one. I wanted to move two guys out of there.

I've got a driver doing that run right now, should be delivering up there in a couple hours or so. That load has been running about every day or so the last week. We've done it twice.

I did one load last night...hauled my wife and me to church and back...and encountered a bit of a traffic jam on my commute to the office this morning because we both got up at the same time and there aren't any traffic lights in the bathroom.

For one, NLM is listing a lot of Nissan freight these days, so those Smyrna deliveries are going to more different carriers than they used to.

.75 cents per mile with a .15 fuel surcharge, and .90 a mile all included? Does money spend differently if you call it by a different name? Just curious.

Depending on where you live, there can be a fair amount of short runs to keep busy with since a lot of folks are always looking for the long stuff. You'd better do your research well and ask any company you're looking at a lot of questions.

New house on 3 wooded acres. Deer walk right by the window every morning.

Best decision I ever made. You need to have help watching for loads if you ever want to get any sleep though.

Not 800. 8000 miles dispatched in 3 days all from the comfort of my new home office. But now you can make that 10000 in 4 days since I've booked a couple more loads since then.

In Cincinnati. 8000 miles in the last 3 days and I've been home every night.

People who stab boxes of Cheerios?

Just keep throwing extra work our way. Every little bit helps. We've done a couple recently.

That's been my experience as well. I don't know how they for an owner operator, but they're good folks.

To tell the truth, I'm a little apprehensive. When you're used to generating most of your income yourself it's not always easy to make the transition to finding loads for others and making your income that way. Anyway, I couldn't have gotten where I am now without a group of great drivers that...

No, I'm not leaving expediting, just transitioning away from the driving end of things. It's just getting a bit too busy for me to stay on the road and keep up with things. I'm hoping things continue to get busier so I can stay busy running things from home and so I can make enough money to...

I'm getting set up in my new home office. We'll see how long I can handle life off the road before I start going stir crazy.

I will continue to stop at both places. I have to go to the bathroom and throw away trash somewhere.