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  1. OntarioVanMan

    Would you take Higher Rate and less Miles or More Miles and Lower Rate?

    Oh wait let me throw up my smokescreen and blame the eastern Europeans LOL
  2. OntarioVanMan

    Would you take Higher Rate and less Miles or More Miles and Lower Rate?

    IMO.. You have the best Van for this market I said in here years ago miles per gallon is what it may come down to
  3. OntarioVanMan

    Would you take Higher Rate and less Miles or More Miles and Lower Rate?

    Expedite as we used to know it is a done deal... better warehouse inventory control.. better technology for shippers.. Means Far Less loads.,.we had a load on the hook this morning and then It promptly canceled why? Because someone actually did their job yesterday and shipped it LTL...
  4. OntarioVanMan

    Would you take Higher Rate and less Miles or More Miles and Lower Rate?

    If I were prospecting now....there is no way in Gods good graces would I ever come into this business now....I am fortunate to have ridden the wave..but it has crested....now to ride that wave out for some beach time...:)
  5. OntarioVanMan

    Would you take Higher Rate and less Miles or More Miles and Lower Rate?

    stronger? to what end? have a monopoly? control more of the freight? to be even a bigger dictator...you really think bigger will put more money in your pocket?.... Maybe what some don't get...or see the big picture.....the good times are over in this business....its a done deal....this is a...
  6. OntarioVanMan

    April has sprung!

    one of your loads I delivered here......:p
  7. OntarioVanMan

    April has sprung!

    I've changed my mind....going home after a good nights sleep here in KC....:)
  8. OntarioVanMan

    April has sprung!

    great scene from a movie...US Marine vs kick boxing champ....
  9. OntarioVanMan

    Would you take Higher Rate and less Miles or More Miles and Lower Rate?

    the point is NOT to spend the money at these rates....cut, cut, cut....cut your waste
  10. OntarioVanMan

    Would you take Higher Rate and less Miles or More Miles and Lower Rate?

    You save when you should save then spend when you have to spend
  11. OntarioVanMan

    Would you take Higher Rate and less Miles or More Miles and Lower Rate?

    A couple of those packets of mayonnaise the one dollar punch of StarKist tuna... Mix it together when you have lunch for less than two bucks
  12. OntarioVanMan

    Would you take Higher Rate and less Miles or More Miles and Lower Rate?

    The packets do not require refrigeration and are easy to store very convenient
  13. OntarioVanMan

    Would you take Higher Rate and less Miles or More Miles and Lower Rate?

    And to think people snickered at me A few years ago calling me cheap stocking up on the truckstop catsup and mustard packets..using rewards cards charge cards with money back rebates even my historic cutting a hotdog in half And now running lean and mean is the only way to survive
  14. OntarioVanMan

    Would you take Higher Rate and less Miles or More Miles and Lower Rate?

    I would expect that your direct customers are at a higher rate whereas the load board rate which is in the tank would be the much lower ones now that John has taken the handcuffs off the load bidders you're seeing those low rates for the first time
  15. OntarioVanMan

    How long till this starts hitting expedited carriers?

    I'd love to see legislation regulation were three PL's or the end of the chain When a three PL sells the load to a carrier or whomever and then they turn around and resell it creating a 4 PL The broker system is sucking the life blood out of this industry in my opinion
  16. OntarioVanMan

    How long till this starts hitting expedited carriers?

    I have been seeing a steady increase in the number of people between myself and the shipper ...shippers I have talked to were paying the same rate they paid three years ago yet our rate is in decrease? Hopefully we can decrease the number of fingers in the pie
  17. OntarioVanMan

    April @ Crossroads Express!!

    A near water like substance oh they call that American beer LOL
  18. OntarioVanMan

    How long till this starts hitting expedited carriers?

    when they eliminate stupid...and logistic errors it might effect us.....you can't fix stupid but you can lay them off...LOL by the very nature of expedite....shippers, logistics managers, stores people will make a mistake, machines will still breakdown thats why you can file away them...
  19. OntarioVanMan

    April has sprung!

    I think I've broken my slump thanks to Eddie dragging out his Voodoovanman doll...LOL
  20. OntarioVanMan

    April has sprung!

    for those watching the news.....Houston is literally a no go.....closed for business....still raining...estimated almost 80% of city is water covered....interstates and beltways also covered and or closed....watch what loads you take...
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