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Quit last Dec 11th. Down to my last smoke and my little woman talked me into checking out the electronic cigarettes in this local store. Had been talking about quitting for several months. Tired of not being able to breathe and my mouth tasting awful when I'd wake up and light the 1st one...

Vast majority of my most lucrative loads are from brokers who say, "hold on, let me check and get that authorized" in fact all of my repeat business brokers say it. These are the good ones. The ones who don't play around and act as if $5 a mile on 400 miles 1 pallet tractor trailer loads are...

Farm2Fleet similar to Landstar model. No-one cares if you decline any load here. Self dispatched for the most part. More responsibility on you the business owner that way more reward potential also. Like anywhere respect is earned. Sent from my droid using Tapatalk 2

Re: Those of you that have 05-06 engines. What are your plans for California next yea Maybe not. I would think the first battle in a court case like that would be whether or not CA has the authority to impose their own state regulations on trucks based out of state. I don't think they do...

Re: Those of you that have 05-06 engines. What are your plans for California next yea Wondering who if anyone that isn't a CA based carrier can provide proof they've been cited or refused entry into CA. Seems like a whole bunch of scare tactics and propaganda but really can they enforce...

This and keeping status updates current is a very big deal in my operation as well. And I hope think all the other trucks at F2F. It's always been my thought that if anyone ever called me wanting to know "where are you at, what are you doing?" that counts as a service failure in my book. Now...

Whoever is closest to the freight, quickest to agree on rate gets the load. Whoever makes it known they are in the neighborhood when it could possibly come available, and/or has a habit of always being conveniently there. If one is a well known quantity and one is not... Makes it so quick...

Re: QRe: Landstar info please Landstar typically if they post up load it goes out on inside BCO board and outside broker board at the same. As long as the insurance requirements or customer dictates aren't such that it can only go on a Landstar truck, it will get shopped. Now when times are...

I agree wholeheartedly with the statement. From my experience centralized dispatch is a straight jacket on potential profits. I network in much the same manner as he and his wife do. Even with a handful of LS agents, as a broker carrier. Yes, all of the dozen or so I work with regularly know...

So you vans don't have to deal with IFTA fuel tax? Yes, there are even some places between Indy and Louisville where you want to be in the left lane... Some of these states use fuel tax money for nonsense instead of the roads as should be. I have even noticed here lately TN interstates are...

There is an independent owner on another forum who has a 3406E model CAT in a 2000 model 770 Volvo. This driver does power only loads and is getting close to 9mpg out of that truck. He never drives faster than 58mph, never idles, and has several the mods. Yeah, I know.... He has IFTA...

I can push near 7.0 mpg in my truck if I drive like a senior citizen. As it is I routinely see 6.1-6.5 mpg. I tend to drive the speed limit most times. When I've got plenty of time in a 70mph zone I'll keep it around 65. Although you may see me push it up to and over 70 from time to time. I...

I'm leased on at a carrier and book all my own TL freight. Free agent so to speak. Operate in exactly the same manner as an independent under their own authority, only I get settlement checks every Friday. I get loads from Landstar, CHR, Sylectus network, ITS, whoever is paying top dollar. I...

Out of 90 available days to work 1st quarter I logged 45 working days only 11 of which are deductable per standard daily deduction allowance. That's how often I get home and actually my work revolves around getting home as often as possible. Every load or every other load. I run 100% spot...

Does "Papa Smurf" still provide "crossborder entertainment services"? lol

What a difference a year makes. Last year was sure enough a feast with TL, especially expediting automotive, end of 1st Q thru to end of 2nd Q - at least for me. This year I've been waiting and waiting and waiting for that to pick up, even a little, but it's completely dead. Here and there a...

They don't want company drivers because no company driver would work without receiving any kind of benefits. Their rates likely wouldn't support any sort of bennies for possible company drivers, much less the contractors running for less than nothing. I suppose the way they see it 2007 and...

Back to topic, this do-gooder nonsense all seemed to start several years ago with the sleep apnea craze. The sleep apnea and healthcare industry in general - they are all about stripping wealth from everyone. This trend was no different than EOBR's about a decade ago when they said EOBR's...

Obviously one who doesn't pull a 53' dry van is happy to impose rediculous speed limits on those of us who do. There's really no reason the current 70 mph speed limit in rural I-65 Kentucky is unsafe for all traffic. They would not have raised it to that if engineers thought it an unsafe...

Work 70 hours with your 10 hour DOT rest breaks in between as needed then add a 34 hour restart on that. The next 12 hours you work after that restart makes for 82 hours in a week. Or something like that... For a fun exercise if you have nothing better to do figure it up... I always thought...