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see post #55....

thats a bad section right there, seen many a fender bender....they come whipping down that bridge and into a bit of a bend to the left and around they go.....

yep...It is harder to get a taxi license in some areas!...we've talked much here about the chance of making it harder to get into...BUT that is not in a carriers or load boards best interests...this is something we just have to live with...

windy and cold here now...22 degrees feels like 5....on the plus side....

fine, you sit for the sake of nickle, I'll run the load.....just saying....:) meaning you know the same identical load can be bid out 3x a day and each time will be at a different rate...depending on time of day and truck availability....supply and demand

well it appears per mile rate has not budged in 16 years...so doing the math...it is a backward slide...

Less snarl would be good for a start....no one is arguing with you... I left the last part of your post...because you are correct right there.....

now adjusting for inflation...say 3% per year...we are making about .53 cents per mile now...:(

The lead lemming is the first off the cliff...LOL

Hostess would have eventually failed anyhow....IMO..mis-management, bad product line...unions were just a apart of the overall problem....the more the workers gave back the more Wall Street just sucked the company dry....they have a lot of bidders for their individual products....Twinkies may...

IF they were still in business..the question would be...What would the rate sheets look like?

Meanwhile the president of the AFL-CIO, Richard Trumka, released a statement calling the closure "a microcosm of what's wrong with America, as Bain-style Wall Street vultures make themselves rich by making America poor." Bain Capital is the asset management company founded by former Republican...

We know you want you want to be successful. We know you want it more than anything in the world. But sometimes, setting your goals too high can have the opposite effect of what you intended. There's nothing wrong with having lofty goals. But when they're so unreachable that you'd have to be...

the way this business is evolving (backwards)...we'll be back to dragging our knuckles and using a club...LOL we have people running around calling themselves leaders of the industry...piffft...them leaders needs to be fired...

16 yrs later and still struggling to make the very same amount....how sad is this business...

so basically about a $1.00 a mile for anything over 300 miles...just an estimate

My point was not to run cheaper all the time....having the ability to be more flexible and STILL make a profit to get out of a tough area...obviously more is always better then less...

No man should be on their hands and knees with pants around the ankles....

Who needs brakes? lol......my sprinter has a life of its own....

So what's your point?