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Your right. I forgot the "non" when typing.

Probably true but this is a different animal because they aren't the ones doing the investing in equipment as they are basically a asset based company. Its all about return on investment and the rates have to be at a point to achieve that. Time will tell if that changes, but it will be a slow go...

I would agree. Many nameless carriers with that business model take a major hit when freight slows down and the major brands have enough capacity to just accomadate thier own trucks. We see that right here on EO with drivers doing extended sitting to carriers that are doing slow or no pay.

I don't know about the "route" business but E1 like other carriers will struggle to expand that side of the business unless they have a huge increase in rates. Folks would be looking at a 200k truck and the ability to purchase one. Very few can even get the financing and the numbers for ROI are...

Not sure that is a good idea because you still have people that have been on death row for years only to be exonerated when DNA tests prove them innocent. Certainly a minority of cases, but I wouldn't want to be the one that finds out and has to says "oops". Might be better to just have a faster...

Don't make something into something it is not. He did not indicate his question was for anyone else other than himself. My response was directly to his question. And no, no one knows what his "intent" was other than him. Just go by what is written and not try to "ASSUME" what you think someone...

Same thing you had at Fedex.

Most seperate the "shop supplies" from the hazard costs. I think I have spent hundreds per year on those "supplies". You would think we would at least get a roll of paper towels out of it.

Think I would do the expedite gig as well. Good luck.

Congrats! What happen to Swift?

The only items I can think of would be your accident insurance, QC, drug test and physical. One run would cover those. If you got your base plate and insure your truck through Panther, it will be higher. The third or fourth week should do it since you produced nothing or very little the first two.

I wouldn't take a LTL load that has an actual delivery time designated by a certain hour. By the day is generally ok but not guaranteed, but someone that is selling a LTL and thinks we will show up on the hour will be very disappointed. It gets there when it gets there.

The majority (literally pages) of loads are for TT's. For what you are describing in a limited fashion could be anywhere from 5 being the high side, to well below a buck on the down side. Time, length of load, origin, special handling will all move that number around. Average for LTL seems to be...

Only the ones that were busted/outed and were a Republican at one time.;)

Ban the van;)

Much of it depends on the company. Some dispatchers are very hands on from the customer all the way to the drivers. Some are broken up where customer reps only deal with the customers and dispatchers only deal with the trucks. Panther is more the latter. Dispatchers follow a choreographed...

Fedex has been bumping the edge of contractor/employee status for a long time. Some wins and some losses in court, leaving much of it somewhat unsettled. I would go with the original comments in hiring a transportation attorney in the state you reside to construct and guide your contract. There...

I would recommend talking to both current and past drivers. The biggest issue is to do enough research ahead of time in order to ask the right questions. Additionally, what is the reputation of the fleet owner and how long have they been around. One can develop a pretty clear picture with a...

Booking van freight is a little more tedious with regards to load boards, but they are out there. As suggested, learning the business would be the first step.

Sorry to hear. Enjoyed his posts.