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The problem with most of the online sources isn't really the price, it's that many of them don't give you a chance to try the site out for free before forking over the money. I don't mind paying for access to a site provided that I'm going to get some loads from there to offset the costs. As...

That large dog could be a good bunk warmer on chilly nights. Save some idling costs that way.

Except for some of those new bills with the other colors mixed in.

I get most of my loads from other companies. No company is ever going to be able to cover every piece of freight that comes their way, so I figure there will always be a need for the smaller operations to service the big boys and handle their excess. I would say that 90% of what I haul is...

I do that sometimes as well, but my point is that this load qualifies as an expedite in my book, not an LTL. With that time frame, there is no way that load should move on an LTL rate. The bad thing is that someone will take it for that rate and move it along with something else, and then...

I just got off the phone with a broker. They have two skids picking up in Akron going to Yuma, AZ. The load picks up tomorrow morning and needs to be in Yuma on Friday, around 2300 miles. They're wanting to pay no more than $650. I got the "but it's only a partial" line. Sometimes all you...

Most of the larger expedite carriers. Just call them and talk to them and if they do use partner carriers, they'll tell you what they require.

You know what I think it comes down to? A lot of us like the idea of an internet board where you can just see the loads and then pick the one you want. Call it lazy if you will, but I know that I've been searching for something like that for a while and I have yet to find it. The closest...

The small loads on getloaded are usually pretty cheap, but I have done quite a few good runs that I found on there. You just have to call pretty much every load that's on there, even the ones that say they're for a flatbed or whatnot. I've run a few things in my Sprinter that were listed for a...

I've never done this in a straight truck, so I don't really have the experience there, but I've been running in vans for a while and probably made every mistake in the book. Yes, you're right that booking your own loads will give you a little more money and you can potentially have more sources...

Ok, that time of year again. I've got my taxes about done, but I've been thinking I wouldn't mind consulting a pro who has a clue about our industry to make sure I'm not missing anything. I think I remember a thread on here a few months ago where some folks were mentioning some good tax...

A semi driver was observed pulling over every few miles, getting out, and banging on the side of his trailer with a mallet. After seeing this happen for a few times, a cop finally pulled him over to ask what he was doing. The driver replied, "I have a load of canaries and I'm overweight. I...

It's that new math.

I haven't had one of those really big ones in a while. I've been getting around 1500 lately with a couple around 2000. In my case, getting pre-dispatced doesn't happen since I don't have a dispatcher (unless my wife counts) but I had a pretty good scenario last month. I was heading to...

Don't hold your breath. There are a few, but most of what's out there on the internet is just LTL stuff that they want to move at ridiculously low rates. If you look long enough on the LTL boards, you will occasionally find a broker that has some expedited loads, but if you want to find a...

So much of this depends on the vehicle and your fuel mileage. I want to make .60 or .70 cpm profit on a run. To get that profit margin in a Sprinter it isn't that hard, but for the larger trucks with higher fuel costs, you need a larger base rate to make that kind of profit. Now the NLM stuff...

That's usually the case with me. If I'm in one of the so called good freight areas, there are usually a lot of other people there as well, but if I'm in one of those areas that's not supposed to be good, I'm always back out quick. That's why I really don't mind going to the northeast. I...

That had to have been a typo. I've done some of those short things for some decent money before. I had one in Dallas that only went 15 miles and I got it for $200.

I've talked to quite a few non trucking folk lately and most of them are supportive. Where I see a problem is with the rolling roadblocks that some drivers did. Nothing will tick off the average person more than seeing a truck in each lane all going slow and impeding traffic. I know this...

If you're your own boss and you don't work for a day, how can that be called a strike? You could take a year off and it's still not a strike. A shutdown maybe, but not a strike. The employee mentality is one thing that's wrong with this industry to start with.