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not counting this or that?when you figure what you spent for the year,thats the cost of doing business.the revenue you take in,you then subtrack the expenses,this is your profit.your dead head,loaded and everything associated ith that truck,goes into the final mix.Once you know these numbers,you...

Broom this is one of those things you and I disagree about.What happens,you go out and buy a D truck,its has everything needed to make the money you expect to make,you get that 1st load ,deliver it,then the second load is going coast to coast.As just starting,like most,between insurance and...

This is an older post,but I have to say something,in every business there is a learning curve,that is why the IRS lets show a loss for 5 years in most businesses,in fact you only have to show a profit once in 5 years.The business we are in is really simple,your loads bring revenue in,the money...

in my case i dont run a winter front,at blow zero my temps still stay good,guess its the electronic engines,same with winter fuel additive,dont use that either,unless i know the truck is going to be shut off in below zero weather.

no feathers ruffled sir

my introduction to expediteing actually accured in 1982,while I was hauling produce.when the produce was moving from Nogales Az.I would need to get there from home ,so id trip lease every monday to Houston Tx.some times the load paid 1.05/mile,most the time was 1.40 /mile,the difference was what...

think he was talking about a coup;le post i put in from email that i received,but in no instance did i say i had written it

For those of you that might have felt offended by this statement,I was trying to be facetious,as i didnt think this thread was real.There are to many people in EO that give great advise to single just one person out.If you felt offended or left out,I'm sorry,

The fsc at fed ex ground is based on $1.25,but ours is figured at $1.20,ive seen you post this before,but if you check its $1.20

in ruffly 138000 miles,thats what i ran in 2007,my total expenses were $148000.00.thats including depreciation and interest on truck,and what really surprized me,my fuel costs were only $60000.00,really paid to slow down,thats almost the same as it was in 2006 and I ran less miles in 2006.If you...

I told them i would buy a cot,put it in the sleeper part of there truck,theres plenty of room.now the courier has their own bed,and if the load pay was high enough,id even sleep on the cot

My co-driver is paid on pecentage,so he looks at gross pay,I look at what I'm going to have left to send home after I do the load.If I do 200000 dollars hauling just D loads,or doing 170000 dollars hauling just E loads, my bottom line is going to be better running just the E loads,so therefore...

col,if you read back,they have been at Werner,running over 200000 miles a year there will keep you in debt,same way I got in debt the 3 years i was at Con-Way Now,(was there 3 years as safety diqualifed at fed ex)

ok we know your able to stay out,but what good is staying out if all your doing is sitting around.This is feb in expediite,i'm surprized they are even putting any trucks on 'til march or april.but I can tell you,use a visa,borrow or beg but dont have any company buy your plates

after beeing an owner opperator for over 25 years,i can tell you the biggest mistake you can make is get the company your leased to to buy your liscense plates.I'm sorry if i sound harsh,but if you dont have money for plates.how are you going to survive on the road.this isnt Werner,your going to...

waist of money,unless your habitual speeder,and then their lawers cant help you ant way in stead of paying their monthly dues,put that away in a savings account,if you should get a ticket that your sure you dont deserve,then you can get a lawyer in that city,for far less than the money you...

excellant post,really cool

1st mistake you made was taking a load to el paso tx,not much comes out of there.now that you have all these dead head miles,and where you are,depending on what the load to fl paid,whether it was a good move or not.You didnt mention if you were a H/W team or just a team of 2 people,i asume you...

I run a galaxy 99,its one of those illegal high powered radios,unless its being used on 10 meters,since im not a ham,its just used on 11 meters,(cb).With all the power,sometimes I can be heard either,or they just dont want to answer.But ,no matter,since my speeding days are non existant,i just...

As Im a tractor trailer driver I cant give you a really good answer,but do exactly as DaveKC suggested.But i can tell you,stay far far away from a van or sprinter,every expedite company is loaded with them,and unless you are independently wealthy,and dont need to work,this is not a good move.