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Hunter, Like you, we are preparing to enter the expediting industry. Here are some resources we've found helpful in preparing our business plan. A lot of it is geared toward 18-wheelers but it can be adapted to other vehicles as well. American Truck Business Services Brochure says “We’ll...

Larry said, "If only there was a way to somehow let people know how difficult the expediting business can be for the unprepared." There is a way. It's right here in the EO Forums. One way to start is for the experienced expediters (highly successful, somewhat successful, and unsuccessful) to...

As we (husband/wife team) prepare to begin as D-unit drivers for a fleet owner, we need to create our business entity for this endeavor. We've read extensively about the various business forms (sole proprietorship, partnership, C corporation, S corporation, limited liability company, limited...

Weave, Thanks for the tip. We've talked to a number of fleet owners and hope to talk with more. In the interests of professionalism and confidentiality, we believe it best to keep such contacts and conversations private. The fleet owners are more generous with their time than we'd ever expect...

RE: Fuel Saver Pro +27% increase gas mileage =Anyo I'd be very reluctant to give this vendor my credit card number. Whoever it is, he or she does not disclose contact information on the web site. A Google search indicates that this vendor has had spam abuse complaints filed against him or her...

This thread is giving a new twist to the phrase, "keep your powder dry." While it's true that, "Good shop air compressors have water separators, or dryers." it's also true that not all sources of compressed air are good sources. Cargo vans don't have air compressors like big trucks do. They use...

We saw an onboard scale advertised at the 2003 Louisville truck show. Found another advertised online. Does anyone have any experience with onboard scales? Who in the industry buys these? Air-Weigh Manufacturer says, “Air suspension, with a height control valve maintains a constant vehicle...

We found a Volvo rep who knew nothing of expediting but was willing to learn. Once he saw expediting truck pictures, he went to work. We've explained that a sale is over a year away, if we buy at all. I've repeatedly told him to put his paying customers first. He keeps saying, "It's OK." "No...

>ATEAM: Seems to me we could splain this expediting till >we're blue >in the face, and you'll "still wana try it for the >lifestyle". It is a lifestyle. Numerous people in these threads have made that very point. It's not a 9-5 job. It's work that requires a whole new way of thinking...

Thank you, Tony for your detailed reply, and for the time you took to write it. It tells me two things. 1) You are a hard worker. 2) Comparing our vision of running a single-truck, D-unit, team business to all that you are doing with your complex web of customers, drivers, and vehciles would be...

You answered one of the questions I raised. I now understand from your post and others in this thread that some expediters form opinions about other expediters, and those opinions are strongly held. What about the other question? More than one expediter has talked about how hard the work is...

Tony, Perhaps it would help if you posted your routes and activities for the last two weeks and told us what's so hard about it. What is it exactly about your work that should keep me from wanting to do the same thing? If we find ourselves waiting two days in a distant city for a load and use...

>It does sound like I was being a bit of an #####, so I'll >try to clarify a little more. --------- Not so much an "#####," but you are making assumptions about us, our motivations, and our work ethics that are off the mark. We've read your posts with great interest and appreciate, more than...

Riverbob1, I'm surprised to learn that your carrier didn't provide the information you are requesting. It makes me wonder what the carriers expect you to know about trucking when you sign on and what kind of knowledge resources they provide. I suppose it varies from carrier to carrier. I'd be...

Be sure to disconnect your battery (batteries) BEFORE you go poking around behind your dashboard. There are a lot of fragile circuits behind there that are easily damaged. Since this is new to you, take it slow and easy. If you need to reconnect a battery to test a circuit, do so only after you...

Trucker complaints about NYC are frequent but non-specific. What is it about NYC that is so different from other cities? If it's possible to gain favor with carriers because you are willing to go to NYC, and if there is a lot of expedited freight to be had there, what has to be overcome to make...

Wow! Heck-of-a deal! Pretty truck!

I'm a bit confused by the "paid vacation" talk in this thread. If driving team 1 makes X number of runs, earns X amount of money, and takes say 120 days off each year; and if driving team 2 does the exact same thing, does it really matter if driving team 1 calls it "work" and driving team 2...

As we prepare to begin as team drivers, we're looking at companies to drive for. The current EO news page profiles Con-Way NOW. We’ve talked to drivers who are happy with Con-Way and I don’t mean to take anything away from them at all. But In an industry where seemingly everyone tells you to be...

Don't forget another important piece of the picture. If your truck owner is willing to do this for you, he probably thinks you are a pretty good driver that he wants to keep around. I don't think he'd hand out that deal to any old soul. I'd be willing to bet you earned it by earning your truck...