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Nothing wrong with carriers making money off of the QC. It is legal and they know that they can charge $35 a week and you will pay it.

In Pa. you do not need a CDL to drive a truck 26,000# and under even if it has airbrakes.

10,001# to 26,000# requires a DOT medical card but no CDL, 26,001# and up requires both and 10,000# and under does not require anything but a standard drivers license unless you haul Hasmat.

Is that your new truck advertized for sale in the classifieds Dave?

Anything over 3000# I bump the rate .30 per mile plus the fsc is fiqured on the higher rate. My ford was a 1989 1 ton that used a 4aod trans, the same trans was used in 6 wheelers with 11,500 ratings so the extra weight would have no ill effect at all. Same deal with the rearend, just different...

I used a three leaf assembly from Summit Racing on my Ford van. The whole assembly bolts on top of the original springs and is ajustable. It worked great and I could haul 4000# with no trouble.

Load offers for C at 1.00 to 1.20 not going to cut it. Have you checked Panther, Tri-state, or E1, there rates for a C or D are all between 1.10 to 1.20. And how about there van rates, .70 to .80. When you talk about low rates from Fedex just remember that they have to lower there rates to be...

When you have an exclusive use contract you are a dependent contractor and with what I read on here about how they treat there contractors it is probably closer to a employer/employee relationship. If it was me I would go to the va and labor board and see what happens. This also speaks volumes...

Hauling a load for 83 cpm is hauling cheap freight. It does not matter what the reason is for hauling it, if you haul a load for this price you become part of the problem. As long as the carriers can find people to haul for these rates the rates will never go up. So just remember, haul 1 or 2...

I run as an independent not signed on to any company but what I have found is this. All the shippers I deal with do not care how old my van is. Up until jan. I ran a 1989 Ford van that was replaced with a 2000 dodge van. I have never had any problems with getting insurance on these vans. As far...

I run a one van operation with my own authority and use a local factoring service. It works best for me this way as I can get my money quickly and not have to wait 30 to 60 days.

I believe he was talking about a cargo van which would require only $300,000 primary liability and $50,000 cargo. If you run an older van as I do your insurance bill should only be $200 or less a month. If you partner with another carrier they may require alot more insurance just to haul there...

carpunky, what you describe in your original post seems very feasible. Your insurance for your own authority with a van should not cost that much. It sounds like you know what you are getting into so go for it, have fun and make some money.

Lowes motor speedway for the 600 mile race is $39 for the cheap seats and the parking is free. I went last year and never used the seat, stood by the fence in turn two for the whole race. Seats for the nationwide race the night before were $17.

Phil I do not know for sure that Fedex keeps any of the fsc for themselves nor do you know for sure that they pay out everything they collect. On top of that there is no law that says they have to pass along any of the fsc they collect, so if they keep a portion that is there business and there...

It all comes from the fsc collected from the customer. Fedex gives you part of it on loaded miles, part on empty miles and probably keep a part for themselves.

I deadhead home after every run now and will continue to do so. Since I write my own fsc the cost of fuel will not change this, as the cost of fuel goes up I just increase the fsc. Pinching pennies to be able to work is backwards but that is just part of the price you pay for leasing to a carrier.

mcclain, what was the reasoning the company legal guru had for suggesting a cdl for a cargo van other than to haul hasmat?

I think this bill is the best thing that has happened in trucking in a long time and hope it gets passed quickly.

Using the link supplied by Crazynuff your fsc for fuel at $4.39 per gallon would be 64 cpm. Any less than this and your are being shortchanged.