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I think it is of benefit to the new folks to tell both sides of the story. This also benefits the carriers. We all know they come on here and read the different responses to a given subject. If a carrier cut rates, fuel surcharges, or a number of other policy changes, they may not act in a...

Does the rate quoted to the customer for an ER divide fairly so that the DRs and CRs would be paid the regular per mile rate they normally get to haul the same customer's freight if it had'nt began as an ER load? Depending on the number of DR and CR units needed to cover the ER load, who absorbs...

I'm all for the pizza!:D If a carrier has the most freight opportunities and the best pay, they likely feel no need of aggression to pursue potential candidates. One thing for sure, I think name recognition helps. But there is the other side that when things go south, it has a larger ripple...

As far as truck stops, it is just matter of whether one knows the good ones from the bad. If they are bad, pick one that you like and works. No need to complicate the simple.

I was going to leave this alone, but now I am getting raided with emails/PM's. I will address a few points. Phil. Not everyone is going to subscribe to your pom-pom and cheerleader events that pertain to what YOU think is the "Greatest Show on Earth". It isn't necessary to write a huge...

No need to complicate the simple. It isn't what you make in a day, it is what you are keeping. One could gross a million a year but if they spent a million to make it, they still haven't made anything.

Don't know if it went to all the trucks or not?

We got the information in a fleet message via the QC.

The issue I was driving at was many were overextending themselves with debt during the boom time and assuming during those times based everything on those revenue numbers. Many percieved those warning posts of several years ago as someone just being negative. I think some were confusing...

I think you see a little more of it because of the slumping auto sales. Companies that were heavily reliant on this industry are quickly having to reinvent themselves. That affects the vans much more than the other types of vehicles. That is why you are starting to see rate adjustments. I...

I am not sure who you drove for, but your information is inaccurate if you are a independent contractor. As to giving no notice would depend on what your contract between you and the owner states. Laws governing independent contractors and employees are not the same. If this particular owner...

Many do dwell too much on the gloom and doom, but it only has a value to identify it. It certainly isn't all roses and daisies, but most of what I am seeing isn't that bad compared to previous times. Failure to acknowledge what is really gone only brings a later failure either from denial or...

I don't know if that is true on van loads or not? I have never heard that. We had a load just over Thanksgiving that paid layover because the load was on the truck while the team was home celebrating. This was on a straight truck.

That would have been my plan. Just bypass it as a temporary fix. If nothing else you would have eliminated the tow part of the bill.

We are up over the previous year, but I am also mindful that we had to make some changes to get to that increase. Some may not have the ability, knowledge, or experience to orchestrate a change in a turbulent time. Too many times, folks personal agenda and other things get in the way of making a...

MIght have been hard to detect this with a pre-trip. Why? if the clamp was engaged he would have had air pressure. The immediate air loss wouldn't have came until the line came off, was severed, or the whole unit became disengaged from the frame.

Should come as no surprise. Many wrote and knew this was coming several years ago. About the time we seen posts about "being a millionaire", I'm pre-dispatched all the time", and not to be left out, the long winded flowery tourist stories that went on and on. I also remember those posts of...

I think the biggest issue affecting vans is the reduction in auto freight. Looking at all different kinds of loads boards and you see a major reduction in loads of the 2 to 3 pallet range. And what you do see has become cheaper. Without the higher dollar auto freight (if you want to call it...

Anyone hates to lose business and it will likely effect everything they do regardless of whether it is the expedite division or not. However, I hardly think it would be the end or demise of E-1. Is pretty much old news though.

Sure There are several on EO that have others businesses they are involved in. Based on their posts, one runs some trucks for Fedex Ground, another was involved in relocation services, another owns a truck dealership and so on. As for me, I am a private cunsultant to another industry in which...