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Say I am a team in a C truck....getting 60/40 owner pays the fuel...I be sittin for a couple days and an offer comes up,,,after figurin it out. We would make money but the owner won't, yet the fuel is at least covered....do we turn it down because the owner won't make money? or do we take it...

Like a beach ball eh? LOL BTW nice have to you makin a paycheck again....:)

The price of the coffee pays for my "appearance fee" as you'll be meeting the "Legendary OVM"....:rolleyes:

We have an "in house fee" as well...with a small fuel tank the fee outstrips the savings....

Relaxed fit :confused:...you gotta be talkin about me.:p...no ones more relaxed then me....*LOL*

Your not such a bad ole fart..especially when you still owe me coffee! *lol*

1300 a month pls R&B...not too bad for boot camp...

No, some are going broke and just haven't woke up yet... I wouldn't want to be on the bad side of the dispatchers now...they have too much time on thier hands for the manual override function.... They can show you in a heartbeat just how "independent" you "think" you are.... Your only...

Actually Dennis he's kinda right....the customer is our management and we the labour....management wants cheaper rates and gets them knowing how many fish in the sea and are hungry....and we do undercut each other by many means and reasons(excuses to justify why you took that cheap...

ya know you are right...not one elected official in this forum...a lot of "experts", alot of "doom and gloom" They are so good at politics but yet not in office of any kind....armchair politicians...opinions and innuendo...half fact, half fiction.....:eek:

You'd have to wipe out what? About a 100 years of U.S. history to get back to square 1. About when the 1st politician took a campaign contribution. IF the government hadn't waggled around the Constitution and made a mess out of it....they didn't enforce the laws..mostly out of greed...the...

Guess when the shippers bleed the straights dry..they'll have to use cargo vans....oh wait....Ban the van...

you following me around? I DH'd up to KC when your done...

Anyone with any experience in this biz knew this day was coming....not IF it came, but WHEN...that day is here...if you ran on a wing and a prayer that things would change for the better...it's a rude awakening....many an owner/driver that ignored the facts now has to deal with the short...

We are starting to do some Fibre optic cable loads....5 foot high and about 2-3 foot wide...can't put them on their side have to be straight up....a bugger to secure...only can strap thru the donut hole...and block it from rolling... BTW..we've replaced the straights they use to...

Anyone notice the ATeam is missing....anyone heard from them :confused:

100 bucks a day is nuts....theres the creep factor as your puttin on these miles the truck is wearing, PM needs to be done, rubber is wearing down...things are breaking....how long can you afford to go with 100 bucks a day??

That plant was scheduled for closure... Now Whirlpool....is closing the Oxford Ms. oven plant and moving production over the the Cleveland Tenn plant. Also expanding the oven plant in Tulsa Ok...AND ...... tada........ Now wait for the drum roll..... closing one Mexico plant and...

Its not rocket science this biz....some make it out for more then it is...like it's the Holy Grail...your drivin a truck...a glorified truck driver...nothing more nothin less....like it or not, them the nuts and bolts of it... Just get out there and git er done... I've hung in for 8 years in...

condiments? who buys condiments....I have a bag full of Ketchup, mustard, relishes, salt, pepper...even Mayo in them little packs...I get extras when I do eat out...the truck stops I take extra of each on the way out the door to keep the supply up...:rolleyes: trimming the fat...