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Re: Are Any Expedited Carriers Concerned with keeping on Own/Op with current low rate So your saying you would go broke at $1.20 a mile base rate with a .05 more for a team, .05 more for a lift gate truck, and .05 more for having haz mat. That's $1.35 plus FSC. We have made more money in six...

Re: Are Any Expedited Carriers Concerned with keeping on Own/Op with current low rate That is how we did it for 14 years at Roberts Express/ FedEx Custom Critical. You only get reefer pay on reefer loads. Been that way for years. nothing new.

Re: Are Any Expedited Carriers Concerned with keeping on Own/Op with current low rate Base rate at Panther is $1.20 a mile for a D unit with .05 more for a team, .05 more for a lift gate truck. If you have a C unit the base rate starts at $1.10 per mile.

Re: Are Any Expedited Carriers Concerned with keeping on Own/Op with current low rate I can tell you first hand that carriers will always run the trucks at a $1.30 a mile plus FSC better than let's say a $1.65 plus FSC trucks. I know this to be a fact as we had reefer units at $1.65 plus FSC...

My Advice to you is for you to take a few weeks of vacation from your desk job and try driving a Sprinter for an owner for a few weeks as a co driver. You will know at the end of the two weeks if expediting is for you. If you don't like it you still have your desk job to go back to. Not everyone...

Our drivers get .52 cent or .26 each for every loaded mile. They also get 20% each for deadhead, Layover, stop offs, and any bonus's to the truck. We give them 100% of any hand loads and border crossing fees. We pay all the fuel tolls and road Taxes also too. I think DaveKC pays his teams 60% of...

Re: Are Any Expedited Carriers Concerned with keeping on Own/Op with current low rate You have to ask yourself would you run for $1.30 a mile plus FSC or $1.50 plus FSC. The one at $1.30 gets 2.5 times the miles as the truck that gets $1.50. Drivers and owners are always looking at the rate per...

Wow, this is a frist. Drivers don't have funny stories to tell about their time on the road. Wombat has told some great ones to me and my wife.

Re: Are Any Expedited Carriers Concerned with keeping on Own/Op with current low rate Also, these fly by night companies are just that. They get into the business thinking that can get rich without doing the research on all the things that comes with getting your own MC number. The freight...

Re: Are Any Expedited Carriers Concerned with keeping on Own/Op with current low rate Jesse I understand what you're saying. Carriers like Panther and Load1 work on a percentage of GP (Gross Profit) that they need to be on each load. I have seen personally where both of these companies...

Re: Are Any Expedited Carriers Concerned with keeping on Own/Op with current low rate In this business I have learned you have to keep an open mind on things. The carriers have cost just like we do. They have dispatcher's, office staff, salesmen and saleswomen that they have to pay so we can...

It's hard to even get a hold of this company so why would one support it.

Where are you from and are you willing to drive Team? That is the most important thing owners like myself from Panther will ask you.

I know the head of safety at Panther is Matt Casey and he very good at what he does and will look at all things. We have had a few accidents over the years and Matt has been very fair with our drivers. Matt looks at everything, Road conditions, was the sun shining in the drivers face. One of our...

Re: Are Any Expedited Carriers Concerned with keeping on Own/Op with current low rate I will just say this. Old carrier we had four of our own trucks and managed three trucks for other owners. Current carrier we have had as high fifteen trucks of our own and manage ten trucks for other...

Re: Are Any Expedited Carriers Concerned with keeping on Own/Op with current low rate Carriers want people to buy new trucks but want to pay everyone less than what we got back in 1995 when I started doing expediting. Why do you see companies going to a flat rate program. Its all about GP...

Wow. I guess nobody has any funny stories in expediting.

I was posting something on my Facebook page about some of the crazy things we have been asked over the years and some of the funnest things that has happened. I thought this would be a good post for others to get a good laugh. Please share your funny stories about driving. I will give a $100.00...

I sent a over the road story from back in 1996 when I was leased on with TST Expedited Services.

Go to the Expo and you will meet people and network that way. It never hurts to network.