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Last guy I meet up with in your illegal cube was from Kentucky... You can't blame all this in the immigrants they too are trying to raise a family.., but compared to their own country they don't expect 2 cars a jd cable service as a way of life

Let's split that into 2 issues The line haul rate is probably the same but the FSC is now negligible ... So it appears to have dropped

Like parking in the car area of a rest area... Everyone else does it... That makes it ok.. :p

Understood... :)

some tender loving care...a good preventive maintenance plan..maybe a coat of paint...you should be good to go for awhile...

I always say this business can change on a whim/dime....I sat till Thursday with 0 miles... and then wham 3 loads in 2 1/2 days..made an average week out of a doomed week...wham bam....This is happened more time then I can remember...just keep the faith and have a hobby...LOL

Destroy may have been over the top....eroded may have been a better choice.... and yes Phil.....you don't see many trucks of your stature entering the field...the ROI just isn't there....the fleets now look very shabby....

would have fit on me as well....they were the reg. 45x48 auto bins....:p increased opportunities....:)

Good luck with that... 1200 mile DH to El Paso....:p

its very hard to totally leave this business isn't it Phil?...:) after so many years invested into it....I'll have a tough time as well....I think

here ya go.....

right place, right time...like me passing thru Aberdeen SD and a freaking load pops right there! its amazing out here...LOL

my opinion is pretty dismal....but its just opinion and ya know what they say....

you've been around a long time.....ever seen an increase over the last 17 yrs...and you can't count FSC improved LOL....depending on point of view....for a carrier heck yeah they just cut your pay and improved thier bottomline...

secondly, this has morphed into a part timers/second income affair....at 60-70 its no longer a full time 1 income support industry...it was a joke years ago about us seeing the country and RVing but it has come true.... just think....you are going to buy a new van and put all the bells and...

Welcome back Dave....:) You seemed to have written a nice piece favouring ONLY 3 of the top carriers.....Leaving out XPO and BOLT and Tri State and discounting LEA? I noticed with runner ups of PTL and All State....Bolt is probably bigger then Load 1 if you don't count the truckload division of...

the whole industry has been destroyed, thank you carriers and brokers....as I've said many a times....we are now carriers of straight truck loads at cargo van prices....this industry is a done deal....there is no toilet..whats flushed is flushed...and gone....this is the new and improved version...

The proper name is GST.....Goods and Services Tax(Federal)....the rebate however does not include fuel/smokes or alcohol...

after a very nice evening and some of to-day with family...back to work.....doing a roll down toward Roanoke for morning....spending the night in Lexington Va @ a Walmart....:)

I don't think our southern boy understands the northern cheesy grin means proud and happy....:)