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Are you with Panther, because they seem to be getting out of Orlando. Who knows. It may just be that they are coming in quicker than they can go out. Drive Safe! Jeff Driver for 15 years O/O for 13 years OOIDA #829119 "Let us be thankful for the fools. But for them the rest of us could...

On a serious note, there are plenty of "garden variety" express trucks out there. However, a truck configured to handle a specialized loads might yield greater revenue with less competition. Dunno what you have on your truck. As a general rule, I find that customers who are used to dealing...

Hey Poison, if you're with a smaller carrier, you can many times get them to locate a brokered load for you when you're ready to come out. Dunno your carrier though. Bigger carrier could be the same. Do you ever call them when you want to leave, in addition to putting yourself back in...

Hey Fort, Think of it this way: You can't have the best of both worlds with any carrier. Either it's going to be a guaranteed flat rate plus fsc, or it's going to be an agreed percent of the take. You can't say, "I want $x.xx per mile, but if you're getting a windfall from a certain shipper...

Oh, and by the way, welcome to EO. Drive Safe! Jeff Driver for 15 years O/O for 13 years OOIDA #829119 "Let us be thankful for the fools. But for them the rest of us could not succeed." --Mark Twain

I know DaveKC has posted that he normally has had no problem getting his Panther based trucks out of Florida. Might message him. I am a statewide carrier only, and would say that Orlando is your best move. If your carrier gave you an empty move to O-Town, I would assume that they believe that...

"Just because someone has only been signed on here a couple of months and only posted a handful of times (unless you have 11 fingers ) does not mean they have not been lurking in the background for many years, as some have stated in the past." ========================================== No...

I'm sure there is someone on here who runs solo tractor and can tell you the ins and outs. As was said previously, HOS will limit you some. Doesn't mean it can't work though. Just figure that you will have to stay within about 650 mile load, unless it is Friday and dispatched for a Sunday or...

It's amazing how a person may be signed up for a couple months on here with posts that you can count on your hands, and they start calling people out as liars. It reminds me of that one Senator (forget the name) who helped appoint that new General to go to Iraq and turn things around. But when...

Ditto.....blah blah blah =) Drive Safe! Jeff Driver for 15 years O/O for 13 years OOIDA #829119 "Let us be thankful for the fools. But for them the rest of us could not succeed." --Mark Twain

When I lived in California, I noticed that CHP always approached the passenger side of the vehicle, away from the roadway. Yeah, it would be nice if they all did that. Drive Safe! Jeff Driver for 15 years O/O for 13 years OOIDA #829119 "Let us be thankful for the fools. But for them the...

>I think it is great that LTL carriers offer a form of >expedite service to their customers. Especially when it >comes with a guaranteed delivery time. More business for >me! The LTL environment is not conducive to time critical >freight. In fact it is a great place to have your shipment...

Wow. I'm surprised that Laredo didn't make the cut....... Drive Safe! Jeff Driver for 15 years O/O for 13 years OOIDA #829119 "Let us be thankful for the fools. But for them the rest of us could not succeed." --Mark Twain

This is a situation that most execs and even shift managers within a dept. would never wish to enter in to. However, when you have a person, who has never supplied even a pen or pencil to do their job, sitting behind a computer screen moving around freight through owners who do, it's amazing...

Yeah. Back at the beginning of the year, my wife and I were shocked as was most of our city of Orlando to hear that we were added to the list. But if you figure it is ranked as THE #1 vacation destination in the world, it makes sense that cons, pick pockets and other thugs would make their...

Cheri is not a mod. Hasn't been for some time. Drive Safe! Jeff Driver for 15 years O/O for 13 years OOIDA #829119 "Let us be thankful for the fools. But for them the rest of us could not succeed." --Mark Twain

As far as insurance goes, he may be under the radar with them as well. Being he has a light duty truck, he may actually be insured through someone like State farm, who normally don't do commercial trucks, unless they are under 10,000 lbs of actual vehicle weight. The agents are normally not...

Phil, While I'm not with Panther, I think the issue I see the O/Os is that they are on a standard rate per mile and/or a flat rate for a mini. I can see that a mini run with a flat contract rate is much less attractive than at FXCC or LEAM, where you receive a percentage of the load charge...

Well, I had my old van bashed a couple of times. One time it was sitting at Pep Boys getting fixed while I was out of town. I got back only to find out that they had placed an old car nearby that had a bad transmission. Well, you can just guess what happened. Took out the side of mine and...

What you perceive as van bashing in recent posts is really mostly good natured. You'll also see that when freight seems to be a little slow, that the vans usually accuse the straight trucks of taking all of the van freight. It goes on and on. I wouldn't take it too personally. Everyone pokes...