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They really have that in the contract? Wow... It'd never fly legally but someone would have to hold their feet to the fire...

Really doesn't matter what their contract says. If it says a contractor paid on percentage cannot see the freight bills it's illegal. The law is what it is. If you're being paid on percentage as a contractor you have a right to see what the freight actually paid.

I'd like to see some examples of this cause it sounds more like risk averse wishful thinking. You make it sound as if a successful rewarding business with 40 hour work weeks is easy and everyone else, outside of the trucking industry, is doing it. Not happening. Anyone with a passion for what...

Not with a class 8 pulling a 53' dry van there isn't. My rate to the truck on loaded miles only after the company I am leased to gets their percentage is $3.70 a mile. Deadhead pulls it down and that varies month to month or one quarter to the next depending on how busy freight is or not, year...

"Long wait times in odd locations" is something attractive about expediting? LoL

Spot truckload expedite to Laredo is a no go for me at the rates I see offered. And some of the ones offering low ball rates $2-25-$2.50 a mile on 800/1000 miles act like it's great money and I'm the crazy one for needing more to go into a bad market. It's a cheap joke is what it is unless one...

No doubt Dynamite, thanks! I just browsed over how the nominated companies will be evaluated. We've only been in business for 2 years, I was the first truck to lease on and I've only been here a year. Got a good laugh out of the "how many terminals does your company have?" etc, etc.. That's...

This is for that phony "best carrier to drive for" list in the industry magazines. Was looking at the carriers listed they all seem pretty much the same cookie cutter mega-carrier nothing really special at all about any of them. Nominated the carrier I'm leased to just for fun. Doubt we will...

Always seemed cheesy and phoney to me - like gradeschool or something. Pulling off a hot load when the customer is worried and then landing more business because of it - that makes me feel appreciated.

If you're "not getting enough miles" in a class 8 you're at the wrong carrier period. Can already see from a recent reply above about documenting pay for "dry runs", "deadhead" etc. If you get paid a flat rate to deadhead, you're at the wrong carrier. Just some personal red flags to me, flat...

That's not the point. Point is EOBR's are an anti-competive measure. The mega carriers and mid sized carriers can handle this no sweat. Anything that takes upstarts out of the picture or eliminates existing small carriers is good for them. Competition is a sin. Regulations like this are...

Whether one agrees with it or not, being able to fudge logs is a fact of life and does give small carriers an edge competing. And then there are just some loads like livestock, where EOBR's will just outrageously increase costs and NEVER work, and produce where the same might be said in some...

Maybe in a few very rare circumstances EOBR helps someone make a little more money. For the most part I think a blanket statement that everyone will is a fantasy. As far as EOBR's are concerned it won't change much about the way I operate seeing as my average length of haul is only 430 miles...

I only found this website a couple of months ago but have found it to be a real gem. One drawback from my perspective not as many regular posters doing tractor trailer. Smaller truck operators seem to be the prevailing "average poster" here, which is fine. Honestly, I wouldn't know how to...

That's because everyone wants what they want and they want it NOW. Easy credit has been the ruin of this country. I sacrificed for about 5 years as a company driver paid off debts and went into my own truck/trailer debt free with cash in the bank. That's how my grandparents taught me and how...

I don't live like there's no hope in trucking - can't relate to it. I set the rate my truck rolls for and do just fine. That would be my idea to you and others who feel the same.

Find myself wondering what great things came from the shutdowns of the 70's and why it's going to be different this time? Most of the gung-ho shut em down types never put their money where their mouth is anyways. I actually do shut down when the markets are down. I don't expect anyone else...

Always good to hear on the better shops from guys who've actually used them. Nashville CAT would be Thompson which is actually in La Vergne, TN that's their corporate headquarters/big shop. Haven't ever dealt with them other than having my truck dyno'd there several years ago but their...

Chattanooga is East TN. Anyways, what kind of experience do you have in the big truck? Good money to be made with a class 8 in expediting if a person is patient and plays the game right. I'm leased on to a company with 15 trucks, there are a couple of us doing expedite exclusively, and others...

That's the same price as a C15 in a class 8 truck. Doesn't help that almost 10% of that out the door price was sales tax, but still, CAT's aren't cheap. Just curious what CAT house you are talking about?