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cowboyz, Do you have specific expecatations about what kind of loads you should be getting, how often, and at what price? Your frustrations may be sourcing from unrealistic expectations. Are you looking for $1.50 a mile with every mile? How many loads do you expect a month? How much money do...

RE: Hows the the new FedEx CC FSC program working >I would like to see other things happen; <snip> >AND access to the fuel isles at the express and ground >centers so we can pay for fuel up front at $1.25/gallon I would not like to see such access or such a fuel arrangement. I prefer the...

In a case where the FSC is charged to some customers but not to others, and where a fleet owner passes 100% of the FSC onto the driver, loads that include no FSC but had high enough pay to accept would be more profitable to the fleet owner since the FSC does not need to be factored out of the...

>I've been pondering the ponderousness of this thread and >have but one other comment. When enjoying downtime for >reefer repair, why not minimize the lost time/money factor >by having PM and CM done on 'other' truck components. Would >this not reduce the operational cost of the 'other'...

No need to get more complicated than necessary. Opening a second personal checking account at your bank and using it for all your business income and expenses will do the job.

>Please tell me anyone who has become financially well off >running in someone elses truck? That would be Diane and me. We ran fleet owner trucks for three years. In that time, we saved much more than we spent and built up enough money to make a sizable down payment on our new truck. Yes...

You think expediters have problems? Here's a quote from the Fall, 2006 edition of RV Journal. In response to an article in the Summer, 2006 edition about the poor quality of RVs, a reader writes in saying, "Here in Santa Maria, a local RV sales and repair shop suggests not buying any RV made in...

>I read the Newspaper report as I have met thee folks and >personally I don't think it's agood idea to identify Border >patrol agents by name in a public newspaper or forum. Obviously, the Border Patrol PR department that set up the story and gave in-school access to the LA times thinks...

Awesome, Jeff! I was hoping you would do a piece on them.

>I understand what you are saying but I am wondering if you >mean downtime of a truck or downtime of a truck with lost >potential revenue? > >--->Notice I said potential revenue<--- I mean downtime with lost potential revenue. All of the costs DaveKC mentions above, that arise when a truck...

While resting up and resetting our log books, we've been enjoying a very nice stay at the Pechanga RV Park and casino in Temecula, CA; about an hour north of San Diego on I-15 (take the CA-79 exit. Go East. Follow signs to the casino and RV park). The RV park itself is a bit picky about the...

Some EO readers know Matt and Katy Foscue. Until recently, they were a FedEx White Glove team driving their own truck. Today, they are lean, mean U.S. Border Patrol agents in Arizona. The LA Times wrote about them and others who recently became agents. You can read the story at...

In another thread that some consider too tedious, the subject of down time has been raised. While down time is a subtopic in the other thread, I'm raising the down time issue as a separate topic for simplicity sake. Let's say you are driving down the road and find yourself unable to avoid...

Leo said, "I'd never tell anyone it's wrong to buy their own truck if that's what they want to do. I'd also never tell anyone it's wrong to drive somebody else's truck for a few months while they learn the business and decide if it's for them." I agree. Allow me to add room for the drivers of...

The American system has always rewarded the producers who can provide a product or service faster, cheaper, and/or better. Growing up in Wisconsin, I remember a time when margarine was illegal to sell in "The Dairy State." It seems the dairy industry felt entitled to a monopoloy on butter...

RE: Broom made a response about what your time is The "my time is worth nothing" approach has its merits. Clock-punching employees get paid by the hour. Self-employed business owners do not.

Excellent piece! Good writing!

>Don't you guys think this topic is getting redundant. Phil >is fishing for information to write an article or perhaps >chapter 19 in his forthcoming book. There are 49 total posts >for this topic, Phil has 23. After reading through 49 >replies I have to wonder, What are you looking...

When Diane and I got our Class B CDL's, we had no previous truck driving experience. I agree with RichM and the others who say to rent a truck and teach yourself. That's what we did and it worked out just fine. When time for the road test came, there was a company we used that every day brings...

>Quite frankly, I don't see anything in this thread that >hasn't been addressed already or would provide anything >close to a set formula. Watch and learn. :)