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Thanks Lawrence for the warm welcome. I look forward to sharing my insight and experiences with everyone on the forum. Also a special welcome to Glen as he shares my passion for the custom trucks as well.

still doesn't sound like a great idea. Your exposure in a wreck would be quite large. I don't think I would want to put my life savings, home, truck ect. on the line for the sake of a longer run.

Where are there tolls in these states?

if ooida doesn't have the answer, I would imagine the U.S. labor dept would.

I thought over time was after 40 hours as well. There may be some exemption that they are using. Most in expediting are independent contractors. You could email ooida at www.ooida.com and see what they say.

This has got to be a very dangerous practice. Sounds like a sure way to lose everything you have.

I had mentioned this in a earlier post. One must truely understand what it costs them per mile to run their truck. You can take this as a monthly or quarterly average. That will give you a basis in which to figure how much deadhead is enough. If you deadhead 3 0r 400 miles a week, you have to...

Starting in the mid 50's and going as high as you would like.

While I have never driven for FedEx, I have driven for Roberts. It would seem to me to avoid those types of loads. I on occasion will take a smaller load, only for the purpose of helping the company out. However, with sky high fuel, one must limit how often they do that. Our company as well has...

One might want to call it the RV route of trucking. We have had several large sleeper trucks (120" or greater) and I wouldn't do it any other way. Doing it as a single you might have to watch your revenue closer. 500 horses or higher on a expedite truck seems alittle high, especially with high...

Spend as much time researching every company that you can. Some companies are better than others for particular units and many things whether your a team or single. And my own personal observation is that who is a good company this year or last, may not be now. We went from one company to...

I think that if fuel keeps climbing, many drivers will be forced to shut down ect. It will be at that point that companies will start to get active. Many have been dormant on this issue for way too long. Of course this is because the drivers are shouldering the costs. I have already read were...

That is a different looking Sprinter. What kind of fuel milage does it get with the box?

we have a 125" sleeper and a 18 ft box. It is a KW. If starting out with Panther you should get $1.20 per mile and can carry 9501lbs or over. Anything under that I believe it is a $1.10. Both would have a fuel surcharge in addition to those numbers. Love to see a picture of that ride. We like...

If you are completely set on a specific van ect. I would look at the posts or create your own on the recruiter board. Generally you would be waiting 3 weeks for your first check. You may be able to advance against those monies earned for fuel, food, ect. For what it is worth, I don't think those...

There is some good advise from the above posts. You do need to make sure the company you want to sign on with is accepting vans and you are clear as to their age requirements. In addition, a van may be the way you want to go, but by going with statistics, you would be better off with a straight...

You might want to check with the dealer to make sure it is set up for a over the road application. With out a box on it, it could have a drive train that is more suited to a wrecker or something of that nature. Investigate carefully to insure it has the specs that you need. Can't say enough...

I haven't seen as many today as I use to see. There should be someone with some advise on them as they were real popular back in my Roberts Express Days. So were pick-ups with sleepers and a small box. I know alot of them are used for local pickup and delivery but not sure how many in a over the...

You guys did a great job over the years. You guys dedicated alot of time to helping others on this forum. We hate to see you leave but make sure you are not strangers! Davekc

There are so many aspects that you should talk to as many recruiters, drivers, fleet owners as you can. In addition, the above advise of reading the posts on EO. Every company as well as fleet owners will be different. "Just one piece of advise will not suffice as they say". Take your time and...