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I totally understand. My dad lost his job during that time. He was in real estate. In two years, Florida went from having 50,000 real estate agents to 250,000. Everyone got a license to sell houses and did it on the side for extra income. The problem was, it destroyed the industry as a...

All I remember as a kid was making 16% interest a year on my savings account.

I once hauled about a dozen cases of bananas to the set of "Mighty Joe Young." It wasn't to the studio though. Most of it was filmed on a farm in Thousand oaks, CA. Because of the nature of expedited freight, you'll eventually end up some place to some event that is being filmed, or has some...

Sleep where you want. You only need to show motel receipts if you logged that you stayed at a motel. Stay with friends or pitch a little tent if you like. Unless you are in a DOT sleeper, mark it as 10 hours off duty.

"I expect him to buy a Expediting RV when he retires join the ranks of the super wealthy expediters. " ---------------------------------------------------- Hey, that's what the "million dollar plan" is all about.

They probably have more reefers than freight at the moment and so they figure they can save a little. Don't worry. When they get into a pickle and you're the only one within distance, you'll get what you want.

Hey David, Are we looking at spots for 4 skids in the cargo area? Gotta get them C loads too! Nice design. Maybe we'll run into each other soon.

If a husband speaks in the forest but there is no wife around to hear him....is he still wrong?

For the straight truck and tractor folks out there, I recently became aquainted with a new product. Co-Pilot Live is now available for PDAs running Windows Mobile. They were previously available for Pocket PC. The unit would be about the same size as a mobile GPS and could be mounted on the dash.

Third Party TL and LTL boards usually require only that you fill in a form supplying them with your company data and a subscription fee. Many carrier boards, whether TL, LTL or expedite, require a contract to have access.

I certainly believe in setting your own rates and knowing the competition. All I was saying is that the rates your friend set are largely the result of higher fuel charges, not so much the raising of the rates.

You're absolutely correct. And I might add that a lot of short haul carriers that occasionally go a distance do that as well. Grag, your friend's rate is not that bad, although not necessarily outlandish either. Remember that diesel has gone up about $1,40 per gallon since you were last driving.

Also, knowing where he is based and where their customers want them to run plays into it. I talked to an old friend who manages an expedited carrier in Costa Mesa, CA the other day. He's charging 1200 bucks to send a straight truck from his location to Vegas @ 275 miles.

....including current fsc or not? That will tell us much more about this fellow.

I think I need to discuss this with my attorney, Bob Loblaw.

Thanks for the info. I'm hoping to hear what record mileage someone has put on one before a rebuild.

Ok. The new search feature unfortunately doesn't work real well with short search terms, so here I am. Someone give me the skinny on the C-10. The good, bad, and the ugly. How is the fuel mileage for the conservative driver? Ease of repair? Quality and quantity of Cat mechanics? $$$...

Too funny. Maybe that's why they switched to meeting at Burger King.

Dean, Congrats on the new carrier. I hope it goes well for you.

The thing that gets me is that Dean's post was a lot more tame than some other things I read on here, and with more facts than emotion. The most pointed thing said was the title: CTX = Highway robbery.