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I guess I should have clarified something. I won't take an actual expedite for an LTL rate, but I will take an LTL for an LTL rate, and there's plenty of LTL out there for the taking. If I get stuck somewhere, I can usually find a pallet or two that isn't that critical and will pay my fuel for...

Every carrier out there farms out work, including a whole lot of NLM loads, and it seems that every couple months someone is on here complaining about the practice. While I don't agree with some of the lowballing that goes on, there's nothing wrong with bidding NLM loads and then brokering them...

As a mom and pop, I want the large carriers to be very successful. I want them to have so much freight they don't know what to do with it all, which is where I come in.

The thread about van line haul distances got me to thinking about the whole safety thing and the regulations that go along with our line of work and one question kept nagging my mind. I remember reading an article a while back and now I can't remember where I read it, possibly in Land Line or...

Home now. Deadheaded up out of Tennessee for the heck of it. Well, not really for the heck of it. Blower went out and I need to get that fixed before I try to spend any more nights in a vehicle with no heat or AC. Laredo was brutal.

The last week: Home in Cincinnati 250 miles to western KY, next day 850 miles from Corbin to Selkirk, pick up next morning in Amsterdam and run 2000 miles over the weekend for a Monday morning drop in Denver City, TX, dh 50 miles to Lubbock and get new tires, pick up Tuesday in Lubbock and run...

In Laredo...boiling.

You have to watch what you admit to around here. You never know if one of your dispatchers is reading. :) Anyway, I agree with the idea that you can't have one size fits all rules. I just did 2000 miles in 48 hours with adequate rest and delivered on time. That's usually a good time frame...

I get the bulk of my freight from boards and you can still get good rates if you just stick to your guns and take advantage of the supply and demand thing. If you're in an area where there just aren't that many other trucks, you can get that higher rate if nobody is bidding against you, or if...

I have one van leased on other than myself and I trust him to tell me if he can do a long one or not. I also trust him to let me know when he's had enough rest and is ready to run again. That's worked pretty well so far.

Keep it slow and steady and manage your stops well and you should save fuel and make all your drops early.

Left Corbin, KY last night and drove straight through to Selkirk to drop today. Went to the Wal Mart and dispatched my mom (now leased on with a large straight) on a load to Poplar Bluff, MO. Then dispatched a cargo van (EO member who shall remain unnamed) to Denver. Tried to take another nap...

Dropped in Madisonville, KY last night, loaded out of CSX in Corbin tonight with a morning drop in Selkirk.

I'd rather drive in NYC than Los Angeles any day.

The more people who have that attitude, the better for me.

Call me fortunate, but I've never had that much trouble around NYC, other than the usual traffic jams.

I'll be doing that this afternoon. I delivered last night in Detroit and I'm deadheading home right now. I should be there in time for church. Then I'm going to head home and watch the Bengals dismantle Cleveland. If it's brown, flush it down.

Dropped last night in Boston, was prepared to sit there until Monday, and when I woke up this morning and glanced at the computer, there was a hot load from Connecticut to Detroit. I'll be dropping that tonight and making it home for church in the morning.

That's weird. Prestige is the company I was with before I went independent and I never knew him to be anything other than professional. My experience with them was vastly different from what you describe here. Maybe things have changed over there, but that didn't seem like what I knew of them...

Delivering in West Chester, PA in about 45 minutes.