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Quote...Save your money and when the kids are all grown, and you no longer have a mortgage and you have about $500,000 in a retirement account...then buy a cargo van and then enjoy life at a little slower pace. Are you advocating for the RV type vanner??? The way i take it.....so all you guys...

Why would you believe we'll be busy?? Ya know all them auto parts we were pickin up from them small part makers, I'd assume that they run till they caught up? If they were behind before, they sure would be caught up and ahead now. Remember it was only Axel on strike....trucks have still been...

Getting a flat rate per mile...we have no idea what the price of the frieght is...we have no clue did E-1 take thier standard mark-up or did they slice and dice to get us rollin and take less profit.....The only time we are involved is when a load comes up in the boonies...They wil call and ask...

Being empty nesters and living 1500 miles from our children Mine in Canada and JuJu's in Maryland and VA...we visit and get our granmas and grandpa hugs whenever we are in the neighbourhood....we usually stay out about 5-7 weeks with a week or so off....Everything is kinda see as we go....

Joe.....right on...... Example: you send a letter to the editor of a newspaper and he/she choses not to print it....is that censorship? Can U claim the 1st???

Actually nope the 1st does not apply here...it's a private web site and they "allow" you to access it for your enjoyment....and you upon signing up agreed to certain rules.

Sorry Dave but I beg to disagree....to "some" points. A measure of ones success is only for the one involved to measure.... $500,000 in retirement savings? I am happy...bills are up to date, debt ratio is low, no mortgage, some medical coverage and a growing retirement....If I want it I'll...

Star..you know there is no such thing as luck....come on now....just a set of circustances that favours your position.

An incentive is like the carrot before the donkey or as you call it a set of criteria to make....the pay after achieving the carrot is the "bonus"

And yes and after doing said crappy run..you did it so well that they paid you a "bonus" as well as the "incentive" that was offered "before" you did it..... A car dealer offers you "incentives" before you buy the car...not after the deal.

Thats telling it...:)

Yuppitize...verb...the act of yuppiying???*L* If someone only meets the criteria for which they signed on to make. No Bonus required. Theya re only doing what they commited to do it the first place. Now IF they should exceed the job expectations ie criteria then a bonus would be a very good...

Welcome JR... It's an age old question and there isn't really a foolproof answer. The carriers are as varied as the individual....what works for one does't work for another...I know that sounds strange but here's an example: Recently we had 2 senior members switch to the same carrier...BOTH...

In December 1891, Canadian-born James Naismith, a physical education teacher at the YMCA (Young Men's Christian Association) training school, took a soccer ball and a peach basket into the gym and invented basketball. In Springfield MA Bears Don't Run Downhill", is a book of 201 interesting...

Greg..your separating grains of salt here....drivers meet production quotas set by owner... on time, acceptance, in service....gross totals are all quotas and drivers meet them hence bonus....to an old time trucker it's a "bonus" You try and tell a 30 yr ole pro out here "Financial Incentive"...

Rent-A-Bay was a fade a few years ago...most have died off...I suppose you'd have to have some liability insurance but thats normal antways...lot of guys like to do thier own oil and replace lights and whatever...be nice indoors....especially in winter!

If I were in the area..sure why not! Sounds like a plan. How about an open bay where guys could work on thier truck while away from home...like Rent-A-bay???

So true , so true...so far this month with slowing down and keeping eye on tire pressure and all the other little things...I've managed to get my fuel costs down to 18% from almost 26% so I think I have expenses under control...to up the bottom line.

Now thats good!!!:D

Dave ...I have no idea what your teams do as in yearly mileage. But wife and I do between 120-150,000 a year and thats the last 6 yrs. It doesn't leave much of a truck at the end of term. I figure you just have to make as much as you can while it's alive. And if ya figure we've averaged...