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Scenario : Jack goes quail hunting before school, pulls into school parking lot with shotgun in gun rack.1957 - Vice Principal comes over, looks at Jack's shotgun, goes to his car and gets his shotgun to show Jack. 2007 - School goes into lock down, FBI called, Jack hauled off to jail and never...

its just the guy taking the load is going home and he doest care about the concequences

A vote for greg334 into the whitehose is the 1st step in getting this country back on its feet

Greg,everything just said is great,but 1 thing,you may like the cab over trucks,but most of us that drove them, hated to go to work everyday.The ride was terrible.I woud like to go back to the 45'trailer,I would leave it 102 in wide though,put the weights back to 73,280,this would raise the...

ok tell me this,you go out and get 1000000 dollar liability,100000 plus cargo insurance,your yearly bill is upward of 10000 bucks,I gues most of you are in straight trucks so no need for a 20000 dollar trailer.you already have bank full of money,must have,the customers dont have to pay for 21...

That i cant help you with,but if you call ooida,they can give you the scoop on everything.If you want to join,use my ooida number at the bottom of my signature,should save you 25 bucks

ark they still do that,if your one of those produce haulers,when you get to your favorite layover spots,every morning you will see the brokers drive thru the parking lots,and that determins the rate of the day.it is now done on all loads thru the whole country,even dry freight loads.also,when...

our fsc art FECC use be a percentage of the gross to the customer, that was changed,to a cpm for all dispatched miles,as there are many customers on contract that dont pay the surcharges.At that point in time, there were many discussions how we should be getting 100% of the fsc,and up til then...

if you look on the extra net,it says,at least 6mos service,70% acceptance,no lates,no accidents.and there are over 200 drivers on the list.

Greg,i dont fill up then go to sleep,i had all my fuel stole one time,thats to expensive.I guess there is a hot fuel issue,I just havent paid attention to it.in the summer, ive had a hot nozzle,winter time not really found that.i have touched the fuel to see if it were hot,not been that...

ok history lesson from the old man,ill try to keep this short Before I found Roberts Exp, I was hauling produse,and FAK.had my own authority,ran coast to coast,sometimes 3 rounds a month.Brokers,the industries friend,lol When we use to go west to east at a good rate,the rate east to west...

W/G is a sore subject with me.I was one of the 1st trucks in W/G iv been back with FECC now for 3 years,and i'm still 60th on the waiting list to get back in there,and yes I know there are drivers being put in with absolutely no experience,and never will have.I woudnt call that...

ok what does a dispatcher have invested,how about 4 years of college,and some even more,thats more than equal to the price of a truck.how about having to obeying company rules or loose their jobs.The job market these day isnt so hot.These dispatcher put up with the crazy crap all day that the...

if yu put the dispatchers on a commision then you are going to deal with favoritism.Greg,i agree with some of the things you say and some i dont.I stated in a post yesturday,that this company suits me but may not suit anyone else.Ive dealt with agents before such as landstar has,when the agent...

Turtle,the oil business has been scewing with the public for years.The heated fuel issue is not going away,so they get 100 gallons per 1000 free.when a device is put on the pump to correct this,who do you think will pay for that?that devise will be paid for in less than a week and our charge...

ok when i pick this letter am i liable for a law suit?oh i have idea,IMO the letter would be B

theres that word again,negotiate.when i started with roberts,the pay was 62% out,everyload after was 46%,but was told that you could negotiate.for 1o years i negotiated,very few 46% loads,in fact when they went 58% i lost money,and then lost my contract for what was called black mailng the...

ok,the short of it is,if you woud move into a van or sprinter,the field is full,which ever carrier,you will have lack of work.you move into a straight truck,running solo,The HOS is going to kill you.Since we cant stop the clock on off duty time or spit sleeper birth,a solo driver unless hes in...

Dave, good point,but im not in w/g,and yes i may make more than most,but its my way of doing business.im not willing to layover in an ex center that isnt very busy and already has at least 1 truck in it.my over all pay loaded and empty is higher than panther will pay me,and even though i will...

yes ground is a different culture,but can you really afford to replace your truck every two years,in their system,your not required to repace it,but if you want any money for it you better.if you trade evry3 years as you should,a truck with 600000 miles six years old is worth zilch,im haveing...