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I know not all expediters drive the same type of vehicle. But, none the less, it is still the driver's bottom line. Approximately how much an hour does your vehicle/business generate for you? Include all hours from when you leave your home, until you arrive back. Be it 3 hours or even 3...

Moot: Excellence Post. "My daughter recently graduated from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Her first year there I forced her to take the Greyhound from Madison to Minneapolis. It is my firm belief that everyone should take a bus trip at least once in their lifetime. I considered it...

Amazing stories. The common thread here seems to be a sense of uncommon independence and some hutzpah. When you think of what a small percentage true expediters represent it boggles the mind. I almost bought a D truck several years ago. I wanted to team with a very close lady friend of...

Coco (and Tod): If Tod could regain his previous steel job again, would you sell the truck and go back to life before expediting ?? Be safe and happy.

Moot: Did leaving CCX effect your pension ??? It sounds like you would do it again. Or, would you ?? Be safe and happy.

As for myself, I saw a local ad in the newspaper posted by C&M in the 90s. After an interview with one of the owners, I did a WWW search and discovered EOL. I never did drive one of the C&M vans only because of the time away from home. I can tell you this, however, in the past two (2) years...

I got similiar outrageous quotes this past fall when my HMO went out of business. When talking to one of the underwriters at Blue Cross in Cleveland, she gave me the name of an independent broker in the Akron area. The company found me another HMO for less than half of what Kaiser and Blue...

I have found credit cards invaluable. In fact, I just renewed my American Express Card. They offered 5% cash back on all fuel purchases and office supplies, 1% cash back on all other purchases, 0% APR (for 12 mos.) and NO annual fee. I refuse to pay any interest rates on anything, so by...

RE: YOU HAVE TO QUIT EXPEDITING - WHAT WILL YOU DO Davekc: Being the successful over-achiever that you are, one would expect to see many merit buttons on your blue vest. LOL Be safe and always wear your seat belt. It's our law !!!

Mutual funds may be the way to invest. CNN announced at the end of the year that 2006 Stocks returned a whopping 15%. 2007 is expected to due well also. Vanguard (no-load) had several mutual funds that returned 13% Be safe.

Besides working there for 18 months in the 90s, I still keep in touch with three (3) drivers that worked for Prestige, Cleveland, Ohio office in Garfield Hts. Their main source of income is delivery routes to Key Bank offices and a very large pharmaceutical company. They had a good rush...

Great job Terry and Rene. Hard data for the newbies or the gullible to digest and make a practical decision. Your experience, honesty and good advise is valuable. In the all years I've read the financial mags (Fortune, Biz week) and rags, Wall Street Journal, etc.), I don't ever remember...

A-Team: With all due respect, anything may be possible in the future. One of us may even win the lottery. Perhaps all of us. While very unlikely, it is possible. This is a great topic, but true or false questions should be left to history. Be safe

A-Team stated: {last two (2) paragraphs} "Rose colored? I think not. Above average? Absolutely, but it can be done. "If a team has an upper-middle-class retirement lifestyle as their goal, the ability and willingness to do what it takes, and fifteen to twenty years to work with, I see no...

RE: YOU HAVE TO QUIT EXPEDITING - WHAT WILL YOU DO This was my thread, so I get first dibs on Terry and Rene's Hampton hideaway. Be safe

Hypothetically, for one reason or another, you can no longer expedite. Starting tomorrow, what would you do ?? Maybe you don't have to work anymore. Or, you return to your previous profession. Me, I sell the house and live on my boat. With global warming now upon us, I am assuming Lake Erie...

A-Team: What kind of logic is the $2 million minus $200,00 = $1.8 million ?? And where did you blow your money because you should be living somewhere with a prestigious address ??? LOL If I totaled the money earned for myself over the years I've worked, I can tell you fuel and living in a...

A-Team wrote: "Everywhere we drive we see urban sprawl and real estate development. Without trucks, none of that would be possible. The pie is not fixed in size. It is continually growing. If it were otherwise, the number of expediting carriers and the number of expediting trucks on the road...

Don't understimate the problems short runs cause for both the o/o and carrier. It's a double-edged sword. If the run is short, low-paying job that the company can't cover, then it forces them to hire even more drivers in hopes by playing the numbers game, this will solve their problem. It...

Don't be mislead by the term I used "paid tourist". (Although in the minority, it does apply) The point is this. The freight pie is only so big. No matter what we call ourselves, we all need a slice of it. The more drivers, the smaller the piece. Economic conditions determine how big the...