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A couple months ago, I was sitting at a truck stop lunch counter and figured out that one of the other guys was the driver of a Conway Now Sprinter van parked outside (do they call them B-units at Conway?). I struck up a conversation with him that lead to a van tour eagerly given. It turned out...

The following information applies specifically to Minnesota CDL holders that are already HAZMAT certified, but I share it here to provide an idea of what's coming to drivers in all states. Check your own state to see how the new TSA rules will affect you. I am glad to see that the required...

Bummer! Such surprises are no fun. We'll be licensing our new truck in the very near future. Now renting space in a relative's home as our official tax-legal residence, and having relatives in several states, we had the luxury of looking around a bit before establishing a new residence after...

Wow! Three EO participants from Minnesota! Hampton, MN here. When are we going to have coffee?

I know a FedEx CC driving team that "got a ticket" so to speak, not from the police but from whoever FedEx CC has out there spot checking their trucks. He was speeding in Ohio and it was reported to FedEx CC. He heard about it from the safety department and was warned. It went on his record at...

>If this story does not re-enforce some of the many good >reasons for the newcomer to start out driving for a fleet >owner to gain business knowledge applicable to trucking and >to know one’s self better, I simply do not know what else it >will take. Weave, Your stockbroker story does...

>Is it safe to go to laredo, texas? I am starting with >PANTHER II on Monday. Also where is a good place to sleep >for a cargo van? thanks mitch We were just in Laredo in late December. It was our first trip there. Saw nothing to concern us but would not even think about taking a truck...

Diane and I are Minnesota residents of many years. When we researched expediting, we found no expediting carriers headquarted there. We run with FedEx Custom Critical. We've never had a hard time getting freight out of Minnesota - mostly the Twin Cities or Rochester, sometimes deadheading to...

It is a >wonderful business and I have not yet looked back and said I >wish I would not have done this. Here! Here! I have many times said I >wish I had not gone at the multiple truck portion of it but >I did. We've found the business to be wonderful driving just one truck. We have no...

After 2.5 years with FedEx CC you bought a reefer truck. Some here at EO argue that reefers are not worth the investment. You obviously don't agree. You voted with your feet AND your wallet. I'd love to hear more about your reefer decision. What motivated you to go reefer? By the way...

Instead of cabinets, have you considered shipping cases? They would hold the same stuff as cabinets but could also be moved around to make room for freight when it bacame necessary to do so. We're doing that in our truck. The cases are small enough to lift safely even when full. They can be...

>Sometimes it amazes me how Companies demand superior >performance from the driver/contractor but settle for >mediorce performance on their Dispatchers part. In an effort to better understand the dispatchers' jobs and thus better communicate with them, I've been asking them - as the...

>And they wonder why we get frustrated and quit. >RichM >Owner/Operator >18 Years Rich, Did you quit? If not, what are the redeeming qualities of the business that keep you in?

Snip >Total time working on load: 21 hours (less 1.5 hour nap in >Dalton) > >I made a post a while back where I said my total time >actually working on loads was 70-80 hours a week. See how it >adds up? >Do you want my "easy" job?:o > >-Weave- Yes we do! Diane and I have not said...

>Did I read this right? Says "do not drive for an o/o" So I >have company in my line of thinking. I could not work for >anyone no offense to any of you out there o/o it is >attainable determination, LUCK, and more determination plus >a whole lot of common sense I think I have some left...

Conventional wisdom voiced by drivers is that January is typically a slow month. Even our carrier states the same in it's contractor manual. Yet for Diane and me, this January has been a very good to date. We're on track for an above-average month. Conventional wisdom also has it that December...

>Only 2/3 of the puzzle is complete. I wouldn't know if >either run is worth anything. The other 1/3 is the milage >calculation in which you have to travel to the next >potential load. There is considerable difference from a load >going to Utah verses a load going to Michigan. >Davekc...

We have relatives in TX. They and their freinds have made trips to Mexico for the same reasons. Word from them is cross at Progresso and park right next to border. Cross bridge on foot to shops. Stay away from some of the other crossings. For us, we'll pay the higher prices. Not worth the risk.

Every question you ask can be answered by reading through the posts in the EO Open Forum. Or, at least you can get a lot closer to the answers you seek while refining your questions along the way. Allow me to suggest that you set aside a good block of time to research your own questions...

I do not disagree with the advice to drive for a fleet owner first. That's how my wife and I started out. It enabled us to sample the business before committing capital of our own to a new truck. Allow me to mention the importance of being well capitalized before buying your truck. In other...