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I am not a fan of lease purchases. Too many go south. With very limited experience, I would advise driving for someone before I would even consider buying one. Just my penny in the pond.

MCarriers has the best answer. Especially since it is cold. Change the filters and treat the fuel. If you bought fuel that has a high level of bio (namely IN & IL) then it will take a little more anti-gel. If it still idles rough (almost a miss) then it is likely a injector. If you are adding...

Other creditors maybe, before the goverment, not likely.

I think some of this depends on the carrier. We haul for others and use Panther's authority to do it. The more options you have, the more opportunities. They take 15 percent, but to cover the insurance, collections, and paperwork, it is worth it.

Never worked for them, but have done their loads in the past. Never had a problem.

When Dave asked me about this I had no clue what he was talking about. Maybe a new retirement program? The only thing I look at daily would be what the costs are for me and the cost to the team if there is no productivity. There are only so many days in a month, and for every day you sit, it...

Glad I could help. I felt 99 percent sure that load would materialize. I get first dibs when I have a truck down there. :D

Pretty radical change but I wish you well in your new endeavors. Hope the New Year is a good one.

Re: 11/30/09 Judge Napolitano on Why Alleged Terrorists Should be Tried in Federal Co I would say she is right if it was say a Catholic from Ireland that tried to blow up the Delta Flight. The difference I see is that this guy is a member of a radical Muslim group that has declared war on the...

ok....what does number one mean?

Just an afterthought, the ones we had were for a 40 ft trailer. We just divided the numbers in half for our estimates. Not exact, but close enough for what we were using them for. It also had a square foot estimator front and back which we guessed at as well. EX. is the box a third full, or...

No, but I have seen them at some reefer sales places. Carrier or ThermoKing should have one. I will have to look, as the ones we did have could be scanned. They were laminated and cooling was on one side and when you flipped it, heating was on the other.

If just looking at the operating part, we use to use a chart that was based on the average outside temp and what the box had to be at. That would tell us the run hours and we knew what the fuel usage per hour was so we took that and added it to the run just for a minimum. Still have to account...

Have to be careful using that word.luck :D

Fax would be the next best thing if a phone call can't be done. It usually doesn't take that long.

Never heard of it taking that long. Must be too much effort to pick up the phone. One can make the call with a follow up in writing.

For some, I don't think they need to invest in technology, but rather figure out how to actually use it. Where we are at they are still struggling for over a year to put together a board system that makes sense. Having boards for example in Columbia, MO and MT Vernon, IL while skipping St Louis...

Not sure I would be sold on that. Too many variables and it reminds me too much of a two or three star program offered elsewhere. Deciding loads based on a contest verses whether they are profitable or not would be a problem in the way that we operate. Under this 1000 mile contest theory, you...

Its hard to know for sure, probably a combination of many little things, with luck being the largest of them.

Hate to be harsh, but you are still at the same place. You are trying to buy a job. No point in calling it something else. If you drove a straight for a year that will help, but isn't a substitute for actually understanding the expediting business. Using your relatives finances is a recipe for...