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RE: Don't ask for something, you may get it About hauling for high rates, you said, "if anyone else thought with there right head they would do the same then we would see how fast fuel prices would come down or the goverment would have to come up with some form of public aid for owner/ops."...

Aruba? Folks are shoveling snow in Minnesota and many other parts of the country right now. Some people just dont' know how to live! ;)

There will be >changes within Fedex next Febuary that will make him regret >taking December off. Greg knows what I am talking about. At the risk of moving this off topic, RichM, your words about upcoming changes at FedEx raise more questions than they answer. Would you or Greg care to...

>Phil, > >Your idea of success is very different from ours. And that is as it should be. I would never presume to tell you that your idea of success should be the same as ours. We have >been in expediting about the same amount of time (as you) >but we started as owner operators (in a used...

We did everything we set out to do in 2007. The financial and personal goals we wrote down at the beginning of the year were all achieved. Thank you for asking. And thank you for giving people the opportunity to say something good about themselves and the business.

>Phil what kind of goals did you all achieve? I'm just >curious. We have had the same goals since we entered the business. They are (1) increase our income, (2) simplify our lives, (3) spend more time together, (4) share a business project, and (5) see the country. All have been achieved each...

The post is here because a number of people "gives a rats #####." When I write about expediting, I do so mostly with expediter wannabees in mind, and I write from the personal experience of once knowing nothing about the business and later doing well in it. The people who "gives a rats...

2007 is the first full calendar year for Diane and me as owner-operators. After delivering a load reasonably close to home this morning, we decided to call it a year and head home. Financially, we achieved what we set out to do. Staying out a couple more weeks before heading home for Christmas...

When I was in college, one of my philosophy professors said, "Philosophy is not a body of knowledge. Philosophy is a skill." In the same line of thinking, you do not go to school to learn a trade. You go to school to learn how to think (not what to think, HOW to think). The days are long gone...

Random surfing brought me to the van web site linked below. I don't know anything about this company but thought van operators might enjoy the photos. http://moreheaddesignlab.com/_wsn/page2.html

And this is going on during a period of economic GROWTH. The slowdown people refer to in the financial news means the rate of GROWTH is slower than the rate of growth this time a year ago (or month, or quarter). A recession is a period of economic DECLINE. If things are this way now, they will...

I don't know if a van-only forum would be helpful or not. I do know it would be helpful if all posters identified the kind of trucks they run, their carrier and driving style (solo/team). When someone comes on and says how strong or weak freight is, or how much pay is down or up, or how the fuel...

Here is the link to info about our camera system: http://www.expeditersonline.com/cgi-bin/dcforum/dcboard.cgi?az=show_thread&om=1409&forum=DCForumID16 I was surprised to discover that the TS2 web site has disappeared. While the people we dealt with are still around, they have merged with...

RE: availability Thank you all for your replies, both public and private. As I said above, this is more of a daydream about a class 8 B-unit than a serious inquiry. If we decide to proceed with a class 8 B-unit, the next step would be to run our current truck into the ground to pay for the...

We delivered in NJ Wednesday afternoon, received an offer a few hours later. That load picked up in NJ on Friday and delivered near Phoenix, AZ Monday morning. Thursday was spent at the Petro truck stop at Bordentown, NJ where we enjoyed a Thanksgiving meal with about a dozen other expediters...

RE: availability >phil >this is getting to deep,the truck you are talking of >building,would never ever pay for its self. As I said above, "We expect that our current truck would have to pay for the next one, and not that the four-skid truck will pay for itself." No groundless expectations...

>Ummm..... OK this is a far flung assumption, so you been >refusing a lot of loads lately maybe because of the rates? You are correct, Greg, it is a far flung assumption. I'm surprised you would even make it, rational man that you are. Our acceptance percentage in the 30 day period ending...

Accpetance percentage is the reason I am inquiring about LEA. LEA does not have acceptance percentage or in-service requirements. Work when you want to, don't when you don't. If you have to wait a day or two to pluck a four skid load off the board, it's just more liesure time to enjoy. We're...

There are some things we are not at liberty to discuss. I would not want to tip off the bull.

>Phil we have a 120" sleeper and a 16' foot box and are A&E >with Panther and very rarely do any physical labor and are >making great money. Then again it's all in how long you want >to stay running or parked in the rv parks too. LOL ;) I did not think about Panther. Would Panther put on a...