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RE: odd looking straight trucks They kept dragging their feet in signing me on,so I >called Roberts Express (CTX made me aware of them by >mentioning that Roberts invented the business). Did you ever consider how many millions of dollars the owners of Roberts Express lost by not putting a...

The companys are not evil. They are smart enough to realize that straight trucks are way more valuable than vans and it is in there best interest to keep the straight trucks loaded and rolling before the vans. And straight trucks running for .90 cents per mile plus fsc, you are gonna see more of...

69 straight trucks for sale and only 16 vans for sale. And here all along I was led to believe that a straight truck with a 20 to 24 foot box was the best vehicle for expediting but this proves that a cargo van is the way to go.

You probably get the van offers before the vans do seeing that the companys value straight trucks more than vans.

I tried that route once with a major expediting company but we could not get together on a price. Although there offer was quite a bit more than they paid there O/Os it still was not close to what i charge. I decided after that to just stick with my regular customers.

When you say qualified partners do you mean someone that will become a part owner of Bolt express, be part of the group that sets company policy and get a share of the company profits at the end of the year? If not then why not just say we need qualified O/Os to run expedited freight for Bolt...

>I disagree. As Cheri so clearly put it, "...no carrier has >the authority to put another driver in a truck they don't >own." But I will bet that the carrier has the authority to pass along the bill they get from there customer for a line being down. Since you are a independent contractor...

A carriers business is to move freight. It is not irresponsible of them to add as many trucks or vans as they want. It is also of no concern to the carrier if a o/o fails as there will be 3 or 4 others to replace that o/o. The carriers are doing what they feel they need to do and there is...

My lowest fsc was 12 cents per paid mile and right now I am at my highest at 20 cents. I am in a van and I set my own fsc.

RE: how to make inputs Fr8shaker, I do not think panther is making more than the o/o is. When I go looking for new customers I have been told at different times what panthers rate is for a van. They make about 35% of the base rate from what I can fiqure. The problem is that there rates are very...

Fuel prices have not changed how I run. I just raise the fsc as needed and keep on running.

I run a van and I base all my runs at 50 mph and have no problems. And you know that when one company starts this others are going to follow suit and raise there standard too.

DOT will go by the GVW posted on the vehicle by the manufacturer no matter what it is plated at. So if it is listed at 11,030 you would have to scale and log.

In pa. a window van is licensed as a station wagon and no weight rating is assigned. If it is a cargo van the classes are 5,000 or less, 5001 to 7000, 7001 to 9000 and 9001 to 10,000. My van would have a annual fee of $198.00 if classifed as a cargo van, but because it is a window van I get...

Here is some weigh numbers directly from the carriers websites. Panther-2000 lbs. tri state-3000 lbs. landstar-3000 lbs. E-1 van at least 2000 lbs., sprinter at least 2500 lbs. bolt express- van 2500lbs. sprinter 3200 lbs. all state-2000 lbs. tst expedited-2500 lbs. One website (carrier) I found...

What happened to the post about panther shafting one of there drivers out of 850 dollars and cancelling his contract. It was just here and now it is gone.

So what do you do Terry, haul 2500# loads illegally or turn down anything over 1700# and have the carrier mad because you signed a lease agreeing to haul up to 2500#. I would think that if you are required to haul 2500# you should set up your van to haul it legally. What it sounds like is that...

Pick the lesser of three evils.

You are mostly right Ark but from what I am seeing the company is not pocketing the difference, they are cutting the rate to gain market share.

I wonder if the author got a phone call from his carrier? I do not think these companys want there contractors to know that they are being followed and watched. Too late, the secret is out.