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No......you have no job. You are trying to buy one with your grandparents money. Take the advice given and drive for someone until you ACTUALLY understand the business. Then make the investment with YOUR own money. Don't borrow your relatives money and potentially (likely) leave them a mess and...

Glad you cleared that up. I thought for a moment you were blaming the banks. Banks are desperate now to to reclaim anything they can show on paper. That whole Arrow thing is a mess. Sadly, it is happening on a daily basis, just in other industries. As for the seat and chains, you can throw them...

I agree. Tight credit will keep most away. The ones that enter inexperienced, will crash burn as a few mistakes will wipe them out. On the upside, we did very well this year despite a turbulent economy. I can only credit the fact that we have some of the best teams & people in the business that...

The idiots at Arrow are squarely to blame for that whole mess. They were still recruiting drivers at the beginning of December. Totally reckless and irresponsible. They spent the last several months doing nothing but lying their *** off. Telling people they didn't know what happened is a...

That is about what I get out of this. Just another with a hand out thinking that someone owes them something. All of our trucks used the hometime and got home with no problems. Oops...wait a minute. That now might be favortism. Anyone can armchair quarterback something after the fact. The fact...

No....they are primarily a TT flatbed company. Nothing to do with expediting that I am aware of.

Just a pass along, For the Arrow guys with Cornbinders. http://www.landlinemag.com/Special_Reports/2009/Dec09/122309-navistar-announces.htm I would suggest if someone is stranded, they may want to call OOIDA for some quick assistance.

I agree. Just a great place to visit, but high cost of living from housing, insurance you name it, it wouldn't be on my list. Not to mention earthquake potential and traffic.

I guess it depends on why you left the first time?

Finding a candidate is probably fairly easy, it is that "relocate to San Francisco" that will derail most of them. Not many lined up to move there with the cost of living and other problems.

At least you found out during a slow period. But I agree, it sounds like a repeat offender. Probably sold the GPS or needed it to find his way home:rolleyes: Good luck on the next candidate.

It's a slow day in a little Vermont town. The sun is beating down,and the streets are deserted. Times are tough, everybody is in debt, and everybody lives on credit... On this particular day a rich tourist from back east is driving through town. He stops at the motel and lays a...

I'm not sure Piper that I agree with your last statement. This link was posted once already. If Fedex is a price slasher in one market, is it a stretch in another division? Maybe, maybe not. We did quite a bit of brokered stuff for them last year, and they seemed about the same as others...

Sorry. Should have been more specific. Yes..........we have a escrow that is for this or any other costs that are incurred. BTW........as for contracts, I would highly advise having your own attorney draw this up for you. To many specifics for a one size fits all. Hopefully you wouldn't buy a...

Lot of good points in this thread. I will agree that nothing is 100 percent guaranteed. If so, everyone would be doing it. There is always some risks. Just a issue of trying to minimize them and carry through after they are contracted. All too often owners throw them the keys to the driver and...

Merry Christmas as well and a great new year ahead!

For us, I go with "fault" that is determined by a third party. Primarily a ticket from law inforcement. Hitting a deer doesn't fall into that catagory unless it is Rudolph. If it is a chargeable accident to the driver, then they would be responsible for the deductible which they know up front is...

You got it. Sounds like they awarded it to one broker when a cheaper bid came in, they gave it to the second. It went to Bolt when they called the primary broker and they awarded it to the lowest bid which in this case, was Bolt. We had a simular thing I posted about maybe six months ago in...

Thats a crazy post there Moot. Just might find a candidate for that wonderful opportunity. Although, that lurking college campus idea has kind of a Ted Bundy creepiness to it. :eek:

Re: 1st post: any companies give you complete choice over when, where, if you take a Since you FINALLY decided this isn't for you, move on to something else. Have a nice Christmas.