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News reports say over a dozen wildfires are burning out of control in Southern California. As of this morning, over 260,000 people have been evacuated, 600 homes have been destroyed and 384 square miles have burned. Have any expediters been affected by or involved in this?

>Phil, >You made a very good point but I am wondering about the New >Jersey thing. Maybe I am not privy to how my accountant >handles my millions but I never heard him mention Jersey >except not to buy a truck there or bet too much at AC. About "the New Jersey thing," see...

RE: An Economic and Trucking Slowdown is Happening >We are an Express Truck we do not haul the "high dollar" >freight as we made the decision to keep our old dog with us. > When a marginal White Glove or Elite driver tries to >compare their income is to ours they are usually in for a >rude...

RE: An Economic and Trucking Slowdown is Happening Teamcaffee's comments about large sleepers are spot on. Greg is not wrong, either, though he does not address the difference between one person living in a truck and two. It's a big difference. Arkjarhead, It is important to consider not just...

RE: An Economic and Trucking Slowdown is Happening >What? > >Phil you just figured this out. Actually, not. See: http://www.expeditersonline.com/cgi-bin/dcforum/dcboard.cgi?az=show_thread&om=6118&forum=DCForumID1 and...

The near-term outlook for the trucking industry is not good and the longer term outlook may be worse. The better months are behind us, not ahead. If you have been a marginial producer in the last year or two, or if you have not increased your net worth in the same period, serious consideration...

Regarding the claimed liability protection a corporation can provide to a small business, no one should rely on that without first familiarizing himself or herself with the legal concept "Pirecing the Corporate Veil." That's for you to learn about from an attorney, not from truck drivers...

On the advice of professional tax advisors that specialize in serving owner operators, we are not incorporated. The day will likely come when we will be. It will occur when we cross over the point where the costs of incorporation (monetary and otherwise) are less than the costs of not being...

That may be true if one load follows another without time in between, but that is rarely the case. For example, we will deliver this morning (Thursday) and pick up our next load (predispatched yesterday) Friday afternoon. We will run that one over the weekend and deliver Monday morning. We might...

Nice info. Very informative. Would it be fair to say that 20% deadhead is a a reasonable expectation?

I believe an economic recession is coming in the not too distant future. No one knows how long it will last or how mild or severe it will be, but one is coming, of that I am sure. When the economy slows, freight slows. When freight slows, owner-operators and trucking companies of all types...

Suds, I think you answered your own question with reference to the sermon you do not want to hear. Also, with every fleet owner we contracted with and we paid for fuel, the fleet owner paid the fuel tax. We had a fleet owner change the deal on us midstream from 60/40 with us paying fuel to...

I also was offended. Not because I am of Mexican descent, but because my simple question about the economic effect of the new trucking rules got used to voice a racist opinion. At the bottom of this page, it says "Expediters Online.com reserves the right to remove offensive or inappropriate...

For people researching the expediting opportunity, this story will be of interest: http://www.expeditersonline.com/artman/publish/expedite--teams-drivers.html

>I would say that 2.50 is a pretty close average for a WG >truck at that time. That is why you had so many seasonal >drivers. Many at that time really only ran seven to eight >months out of the year. Taking most of the winter months >off. We didn't run all of our trucks at that time either...

RE: Any Elite drivers getting passed by for lower Returning to the topic, it seems that there are people at both Panther and FedEx that have varying experiences with reefers. Reefers have worked for some and not for others. Diane and I are among the ones for whom reefers have worked. Year to...

RE: Any Elite drivers getting passed by for lower Don't you just hate it when your onions sweat?

>Hey, Phil, just wondering if you were a Dave Ramsey >follower? We just recently started listening to him on >satellite radio and a lot of what I hear there I read from >you here. Or is it just plain ol' common sense, like Ramsey >himself says? I know nothing of Dave Ramsey except what I...

Greg, No, I cannot answer the outstanding question, as it was asked of expediters that have been in the business 8 to 10 years. I have been in the business 4 years. Dave, You said the rate used to be double what it is today. To help me make sure I understand what you are saying, help me with...

Since MikeC announced that he has a personal ax to grind against me, and since his announcement has been allowed to stand, let me announce that I don't even know who MikeC is. I've never met or talked to him. His profile on EO reveals nothing. He may be an expediter, but how do you know? MikeC...