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Booking your own freight is "A" solution, but not the only one. It has its advantages "IF" you want to exercise them. Affiating yourself with a carrier provides more or additional opportunites. Additionally, the carrier provides cheaper insurance, collections, and a host of other items that...

Very common. There are quite a few home based brokers. Most are identifiable by only listing "home number" or just a cell number. Basically a customer will call them with a load and the broker will put it on a board for bid. Most of it tends to be LTL freight. The better paying loads go...

I am of the mindset that if there is human intervention, then there is likely some degree of favoritism. It may be cloaked as something else like "selective load distribution", but it is essentially the same thing. With the larger carriers, many loads are booked in blocks and then distributed...

Can't say we have had any problem in or out of the east coast unless it is northern Maine.

I would give the edge to Cummins followed by Cat. Both are just as durable, but the Cummins wins out because it is the cheapest to rebuild. On the other side, Cat has a better warranty. We have a C9 in one of our trucks and that warranty is 750,000. Jury is still probably out on the Hino's...

Glad your ok. Looks a little bruised, but certainly fixable.

Greg Sorry to hear of your wifes passing. Our prayers are with you through this very difficult time.

I would skip the lawyer and everything else, and not even entertain the idea. You have a 24 year old daughter that you could put in a serious long term financial mess if anything goes south. Do you really want to put yours daughters credit at risk with her at such a young age? Hate to be harsh...

You always hate to see that. Accidents can happen at any speed. Those major ones are real reminders of how fast things can happen and what the potential end results can be.

For the ones that are totally reliant upon the US auto business, it has to be a struggle. With a strike and numerous plants idle, I think there is fierce competition on any kind of related freight.

For a owner operator, I would say the total rate is what I would watch. For a fleet driver at 40 percent, they would recieve .56 per mile at 1.40 per mile flat rate. With the same rate and .40 cents is the FSC, that driver now makes .40 cents per mile. Respectively, if the driver is on a...

Might be a big difference if it is a fleet owner driver and depending on what their pay plan is.

NLM is bid freight. Some of it good, and some of it is junk. Sometimes two pieces of junk can make a good.

There are so many people that contribute so many good and helpful things. Site wouldn't be what it is without everyone. Certainly appreciate the plug you guys!

I'll list several of the places I currently or in the past have done business with. Most of these are based or have locations in the Houston vacinity. In no particular order. Phone numbers are found on a simple Yahoo or Google search. Acme Cheetah Lone Star Suzy's Express Cannonball...

Might be awhile. Many places don't even have the people to work or perform service on the new 08 engines.

Ummm??? I thought I had that covered with the neck up photo?:D

I would agree. We are seeing a general trend towards non exclusive use and multiple shipments. As that progresses, I think the opportunities will increase proportionately with the vehicle capacity.

All the more reason to have or obtain that ability of finding your own freight. That would be my advice to someone new.

It really does make you wonder?