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Exactly right on both points! I expect that most expediters have had times where sleep needs trump the need to be available for load offers. If that is the case, go out of service, turn Qualcomm off, turn your telephone off and get the rest you need. If you are not too tired to drive and...

The pleasure was ours, Kyreax. When your time comes to jump in, fleet owners who run solo drivers will be wise to snap you up.

That is a very good point, Terry. Dispatchers don't have a lot of free time. We try not to waste it. If we receive an offer that pays too low, we immediately decline the load. There is no need to mess around. We are proud of our acceptance rate, but if the load does not pay enough, maintaining...

Now there's a reason to avoid FedEx Custom Critical! Don't sign on with them...your Qualcomm will keep you awake with too many load offers!

Here and on my blog, for a number of reasons (all good), it is my practice to talk about where we have been but not where we are in real time or where we will be. Exceptions are when we are organizing an event like inviting expediters to help fellow expediters move, or inviting expediters to...

Yes, Greg, that is correct, but that is not the whole story. As I understand it, the three (or other number of) trucks that receive the load offer at the same time all have the same 10 minutes to respond to the load offer that trucks had before. The important thing to note is that rank order...

This is good information, nightcreacher. Thank you for sharing it. I have chatted with a few E-unit (not ER) drivers on the road who do not have the success story you do. Is it as simple as that; drive team, stay mostly east of the Mississippi, stay in service 75% of the time, accept 70% of...

We met John one time at the MATS truck show and had an extended conversation with him. He was a good person and nice guy. It is sad to hear of his passing, but thank you for sharing the news.

dabluzman1, In another thread, that has now gone off topic, you offered to share your "'fresh' point of view about going into expediting" and offered to answer questions. Kyreax is considering the expedite opportunity and asked, in part, "So...what's different than what you expected?" I am...

The failures failed because they did not learn the business. It's the same as driving a four-wheeler. It is not hard to learn how to drive a car safely and well. Sadly, there are not a lot of people out there driving cars safely and well. While it is easy to learn, and the how-to information is...

My point exactly, DaveKC. That is why I am asking you a simple question. The question is, what is the formula for calculating ROI? More to the point, you are the most outspoken ROI advocate in the Open Forum. You own trucks. You are an expediter (fleet owner today with prior on-road...

Great post, Kyreax! Among experienced drivers, it is a natural occurance to forget what it is like to not know what they now know. This business is not hard to learn. That fact is demonstrated over and over again by those newbies who enter with no experienced and are soon putting up numbers...

The case presented is not my case, it is a hypothetical case of a one-truck owner-operator team. It is a formula I seek. I want to know how to calculate ROI. I am asking about a formula so we can avoid slipping into a debate about truck cost, sleeper size and lifestyle choices. I want to know...

Doh!!!:( I said above I would not post in this thread, and then I did. Embarrassed here. I meant to put this not in this thread but in the General Economic Conditions thread, so as to honor my promise not to post in this one. The reason the link to "the other thread" points to this one is I...

OK. I have been reading more about ROI in the other thread, private messages and e-mails received, and on a handful of online resources. For the purposes of discussion, I will, for the moment, set my opinion aside that ROI is a meaningless indicator in a one-truck expediting business. Instead...

Diane reminds me about fuel. It is wise to arrive in the San Diego with tanks near full. The familiar truck stop brands are not found in San Diego.

In nearby Coronado, Ocean Blvd. is an easy truck route. Highway 75 leading to it is a little tighter but doable. Ocean Blvd. runs right along a public beach that has a building with bathrooms. A couple blocks away is the downtown area that features lots of eateries and interesting shopping. The...

That's a bummer about that accident, not only for her but for you too; and due only to a dropped object and a moment of inattention on a stranger's part. Things can change in an instant, can't they?

Click here to read my comments about revenue.

According to some, Return on Investment or ROI is an important indicator in running an expedite business and an important concept to grasp. Personally, I am not so sure of that, but there are others who are very sure. Perhaps some helpful people who understand ROI better than I can use this...