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Pretty cool start!

Wish you the best success in 2010 with your plans!

The grass always looks greener on the other side. That scenario is a "best case" look at it. If the customers are paying 45-60 days which is more and more common, you may need almost twice that much in reserve. If you only have a one week hold back like we do, that will increase the cash...

So true, and that is slow and sure death. Even if a great carrier could operate at a 5-8% net margin, you can not afford to give a factoring company 50% or more of your net profit. Everyday we get so many faxes from factoring companies that are now "handling" carriers receivables. I just...

Good question. If you anticipate that a truck runs for a week and then turns in his paperwork. Then it is billed and sent out 2 days later and give 3 days for the post office. Assuming this the customer has a bill in his hand 2 weeks after the truck ran his loads. Lets assume the customer...

Congrats!!!!

You should hear from our fleet management people within 24 hours of any online inquiry. They will let you know what options that we might have available for you.

We also do business with them and have never had any issues.

Carriers often times will float or delay payments to other carriers to help with cash flow or when they do not have adequate credit. Being paid timely as an owner operator is not always a guaranteed sign of a companies financial health, but it is still a good indicator. Do your homework and...

We have a good number of company tractors and alot of trailers. We only have a limited number of company owned expedite units. I was not aware that Express-1 had any assets.

We pay for the loaded liability and the cargo insurance. The contractor has to pay for bobtail and physical damage insurance for his truck. We offer discounted programs directly thru settlement deduction for this. Liability is the most expensive of all of the coverages. Most carriers who pay...

I agree. You should check with the carrier first. Many times the age of the box can be more important than the age of the unit. We like to keep newer units in the fleet for example. But we do not put a hard fast rule on it. I have seen newer units that are not maintained and are unreliable...

The owners are really good people. They offer really good service and we do alot of freight back and forth with them.

Dave and Greg, you are both correct. We are all guilty of under utilization of technology we already have. For instance I am guessing we all use microsoft exel. Although I think I am "pretty" good with it, I probably truly use 10% of the functionality at best. I really enjoy golf, although I...

I am hopeful it will be a better year. I think the first quarter will start off slowly like it traditionally does. I am hopeful by March we will see freight volume climb back into the same area it was in the fourth quarter of 2009. I agree with others on here that the herd will be thinned. I...

I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who helped out with our Toys for Tots program this year. Once again we were a corporate sponsor of the program. With the help of our drivers, owner operators, customers, staff and outside owner operators we were able to gather 100's of toys and it was...

Give Angie or Vince a call at our place, 800 506 4422. I am sure that we can get you set up with a good owner or possibly a company truck. Either way good luck, and it is nice to see people post the good things. Too often it is always the bad.

Anyone needs help around the Detroit area feel free to drop my a private message.

That is totally cool. People are starting to forget what we are fighting to protect....our way of life.

This crappy bill will be DOA in the senate, we can all breathe easier!