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>and used them {genset} in 2 hurrcane's to power hood had 4 freezer's >and 3 refer's running for 8 days 24/7 and only shut down to >check oil and >due pre trip each day > >nobody in hood lost anything out of there freeze or refer's Expediters make good neighbors when they are home!

The Partners In Business resource was one of the tools I used to research trucking and write our business plan before we became expediters. It's a little dated now but still a good resource. I understand it is being updated but don't know the details. It is written mostly for tractor/trailer...

My wife and I find expediting to be one of the easiest jobs we've ever done UNTIL we decide we need to be someplace in particular. Most of the time, we just go with the flow, accept most load offers (80% or more) and find ourselves wherever the freight takes us. But when we want or need to get...

That's OUTSTANDING info. Thank you for sharing it. So folks can compare, could you kindly list the price to go out and fix one tire, and two? I'm thinking of the scenerio where you are too far away to limp in on one, or where two go out on you (seen that happen before my eyes on big trucks more...

I take no offense if any of my posts are removed, if in the judgment of the moderator, removing it helps maintain the quality that EO is famous for. Forums where flaming is permitted quickly degenerate. They either fail altogether, or lose their credibility in the industry if they continue to...

>We utilize both 60" double bunk and 110" double bunk >sleepers. For me the 110" is a complete overkill. It is >way difficult to keep warm during the winter months (we >don't idle) Televisions are nice but i've used mine about 6 >times this last year. With a little "cabin disipline" I...

At what point is it a bad business decision? >Personally, I'd love to have the 150" bunk on the t-300 from >truckpaper.com. I can't help but wonder what loads I'd be >missing out on though. To my critics in the Open Forum, here ATeam goes again...speaking up. But since no one has so far...

Allow me to ask a follow-up question of the group. Why is it, please, so important to know about your deadhead/empty miles? Perhaps I'm looking at all wrong. When we receive a load offer we immediately add the empty (deadhead) and loaded miles together. We refer to the sum as "all miles." We...

I know of a local accountant in North Central Ohio that does tax work for expediters. Contact me privately for the referral if you wish.

I have one. As a former sofwaare instructor I had the skills to develop it myself. But to hear some tell it, I ought not share it because I lack truck driving experience. I guess they should send you theirs.

I walked >away unscathed, and feeling as brilliant as I thought I >looked.:P As well you should! That's using the ol' noodle!

Fuel economy inquiries are often posted here. Diane and I run in a fleet owner's truck that we've been in since August, 2004. Our fuel results through year-end are posted below. I have no point to make with the info, just sharing it because it may be of interest to folks researching trucks or...

>btw... most newbies fail to see ALL the expenses in owning a >truck... >insurance, oil changes, tires, maintenance on items never >before considered, possible tow bills, loss of income while >a repair is made, inspections, licensing, fuel taxes... and >many more not listed. > >Something...

>Both Tom and Weave offer excellent advice, both of them have >been in the trenches,worried about truck payments, high >maintenace costs etc, and have essentially walked the line. >A while back DaveKc posted that a new individual seeking >advice for entering this business should look to...

Even >if you do plunge in, get your CDL on your own, and buy a >truck right from the start, you will be limited to only a >handful of places that will lease you on if you have no >experience, same goes if you run with a fleet owner. Here is a case that demonstrates my point earlier made...

>ATeam... >notice I stated to find an honest and experienced owner. >yes... they exist and as you posted for months on end, you >drove for one. Yes we did. And as I've stated numerous times, our first owner provided great coaching that we needed early on, the value of that coaching fell to...

I am >feeling pretty good now about my decision to "go for it". Larry, Your story demonstrates one of the great opportunities expediting provides...the ability for someone to enter into a new field of endeavor and learn the business without the need to go into debt or lay out capital of...

>Now answer a question for me A-Team with a Yes or a No. >Would you have gone out and bought a brand new expediter >truck without having driven for a fleet owner, YES or without >ever having read a word on the EO website? NO >-Weave- Now that you have your yes and no answers, allow...

Note that there is a profound difference between team and solo driving. Team can be more lucrative because a team can legally keep a truck moving non-stop for days at a time if the freight is there to haul. Solos have to stop because of the hours of service rules. Also note that for solo or...

I've seen teams operating out of trucks like that, so it can be done. Also note that I have yet to meet a driver that planned to get a smaller sleeper on his or her next truck. Given the sellers market good driving teams have going for them these days, you may find yourself at a recruiting...