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Says the retired guy with TWO jobs. Honey, the weather man says record breaking COLD tomorrow. Grab the gear Honey, we’re going FISHING !!!!

Have you asked for a raise ? With today’s market, a wise owner may cough up to keep someone that’s worked hard for five years. If you leave Ground you may soon realize how much you enjoyed having weekends off. Being home daily. Houston weather. Running solo. CR England may not be much of a...

RT, I gave up two of my favorite things ,dietary , in 1984. Ice tea and beer. Can’t give up chocolate . Do I stand a chance ? What was the hardest thing for you to give up ?

I stopped my occasional listening of Kevin R because of his diet talking. I’d think, why doesn’t he shut up, this isn’t what I tuned in to hear, etc. I should tune in and listen this time. Fantastic story.

A straight truck is a box truck. Nice that you can take into parks, many restaurants, and shopping areas with little effort. Many straights in Expediting have cooktops, large refrigerator/freezer, sinks, satellite TV, generators to be sell contained,and some have showers . Various types of...

There’s a team that used to post here that as rookies bought a $35,000 straight, $500 down and paid it off in 6 months. It’s been all downhill for them since. I know another young couple, bright, as rookies did over $300,000 thier first 12 months. Bought the truck they were driving to get the...

Humm. If you throw in the towel now, you’ve limited your loses to what you’ve spent. If you have commitments from shippers that are solid, maybe look into brokering that freight to other trucks. I know little of that end of the business other than if you do a good job it can be more...

Wow. If I wanted to go whenever they called, I’d be an employee. I’ve done very well as an independent Independent Contractor. Edit: never in a van. Always as a well credentialed straight with liftgate, HM, etc. Never let the carrier think you need the money. It’s more fun negotiating when you...

About all I ever got out of Phoenix was a pitted windshield. And airfreight to LAX.

It takes less knowledge than it used to. They have an app now....

What made him scared of doing business with you ? What was your business plan ? What’s your experience? How far are you in ? What’s your plan if you get no advice here ?

Wouldn’t LA be better than Phoenix?

I understand not everyone can drive straights, but for newbies, Vegas is great for straights. Gaming equipment out, often round trips. New machines to casinos, old machines back to be refurbished or properly scrapped.

I never said buy a reefer. I said that’s what I’m familiar with. But with reefer teams being able to do $1800 for a 100 mile run, or $4485 for 1285 miles straight through, that 2013 Cascadia Reefer looks good for under $100,000. And they said they wanted to enjoy retirement, not live in a tin...

If you haven’t checked your wheel bearings lately, do it every now and then. They will cause edge wear. And edge wear is normal with a lot of drive tire patterns. Your 120 day inspection and typical PM doesn’t check wheel bearings. I’d do it every 6 months or so unless I see reason to do it...

I’d argue that point. So much of what straights do now is really LTL. Much is set up weeks in advance or are weekly runs. My experience is reefer straights. I can name you a dozen cities that have weekly pharma runs. Sometimes would book a load and then ask can I have Tuesdays load from X to...

I think once you make the investment into a straight you change from a commodity to a partner. Less brokers and a better relationship with your carrier. Less spot freight maybe ? When you can commit to stuff a week out, the carriers love that. Zorry is loading 7 days after his last delivery...

Memorial Day 2012 in Idaho

My theory wrapped around running a week or two and then taking a week or two off to visit relatives or sightsee. Of course your carrier needs to be onboard. We sometimes would get a room, maybe book a load a week out, and rent a car to sightsee. Some areas have great public transportation. For...

Great job for someone in your position. Look into a small straight. They drive like a car now and you can be very comfortable. Also, easy to go to Motels when the urge hits you. You can always rent a car to do some sightseeing that you’re not comfortable doing in the truck. The income...