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newtothis wrote: Yeap, exactly..and this does not just go for drivers...there are owners that are a transmission going bad away from being out of business...because they have no money in the bank to carry them through...

Thanks John, we will see just how much we really like each other thats for sure!! Now if dispatch can get me a nice long run west or south we'll be on a good start...:D Now that Ken is loaded, I should be back to #1 in Toledo and Taylor, so we will see!! :D

Newtothis: You would be surprised how many people show up to orientation and they don't even have the money for the drug test or their 1st tank of gas....This business is looked at from the outside as a way to make quick easy cash, and those that see it that way are usually out of work or...

I use AmsOil and their filter..I changed the oil in the Cargo Max the day I brought it home with less then 600 miles on it. At 1st i went 20,000 on the oil but only 10,000 on the "fram" filter...then i found the AmsOil "oil related" failure warranty where they will pay for any oil related engine...

OVM wrote: There has to be a "desire" to make it work to begin with....:eek:

I was changing the oil at 20,000 but changing the filter at 10,000 but now i spend a bit more and buy the AmsOil filter also and change both at 20,000.....

i must have missed it earlier, but Happy anniversary Juju and OVM....and I tried to buy this blender last summer and my wife put a stop to it.... Gas Powered Party Blender | Shop Tailgating Ideas

I believe the old saying goes something like, "penny wise and lb foolish"....beyond that, how often are you changing your oil with the full synthetic? I go 20,000 miles between oil changes with AmsOil....

gody42 wrote: I'd say it would be somewhere between "starve and go broke"...spliting the income from a CV 3 ways just isn't realistic in the traditional 60/40 split... I have a driver in my CV and he does ok in the short term because I am not taking the normal split and in a short time he...

Blizzard wrote: Got to love being leased to a Carrier that lets those contracted with them take "personal responsibility" and run "their" business as if they know their own limits and will deliver freight in the alloted time and safely without being micro-managed....

It seems that the OP'er is another of a long list of new people getting into the EXPEDITING business without doing much "homework"....I might be wrong, but i'd be willing to bet that each of his compliants have been covered here more then a few times.... Expectations without the proper...

Highway wrote: OVM wrote: scottm wrote: When i was with my previous carrier I had the same feeling as Highway...As for the "crap" that OVM mentioned, yeap its a "pita"... Now, since coming to Load 1, and finding out that my previous carrier either felt the need to bid NLM...

Come on down OVM, its 24 degrees here....Me, I'll stay another day here sleep in the warm waterbed and sit in the hot tub...:D

I am thinking that if this came from FECC, it has to do with FE being a Govorment contractor and those leased to them hauling DOD loads.....Me personally, If this is "mandatory", I'd be looking for another carrier....

Like has been pointed out, Laredo can be a gamble and intimiating to a newbie...but if you if you have been around long enough, you know what goes on where... goin to laredo is normally going to pay very well...if you handle your cash flow, sitting and waiting anywhere is more tolerable and...

Well the grandsons birthday party is over for another yr...Grsndma's stuff is in the truck and we are #1 on the board...:)

Re: Heaeing to Laredo I cold use a load to Laredo right about,,,,now!!!

Bison!?!? I Juju, but I'll save that visit for the spring or summer....:D

Home, in my recliner....Grandsons birthday is Saturday and we will do that and then hopefully grandma will get a good long run south or west....:D TJ...Glad you decided to sign on with another owner for th time being..hang on to the cash you have, get the cash you loaned out back as planned...

use the "grammer" in its correct context gentleman....:)