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You can be put out of service without the "Out of Service Sticker" on the windshield. Case in point, we had a DOT inspection in KY and the inspection revealed a loose connection screw on one of the brake chambers. Would have been tough to identify with a pre-trip unless someone else was...

eklektek wrote Not sure why you can't go home but maybe your type of vehicle is a factor?

All great advice for folks starting out. If both are new or even seasoned professionals I think a handy item is the small walkie talkies. Easy to use and no confusion on hand signals which I have seen a few times. Cheap investment for another set of eyes in a tight spot.

Another consideration that probably should be considered is the cost to insure and interest payments IF someone financed either one. Just another angle to look at. Especially when new vehicles are getting into the 30 to 50k and higher.

May want to call them again or PM Moot for their rates. Even the EO banner says $1.00 plus. That .90 cents may just represent the paid linehaul miles and nothing else?

I don't think you are comparing accordingly. If so, everyone would be at Landstar. The reality is, you guys do a lot deadheading and that is factored in your rate. You are providing a loaded rate only. Where do you get Panther vans run at .90 cents? That isn't factual and I don't even run a...

Excellent. Once one has that and one that is similar to the Sprinters, you can start to make some intelligent choices. Keep in mind also, that one would have to look at the available days and revenue as well. Only because you would need the answer of, "does one produce more revenue than the...

$1.29 for ALL miles in a van isn't realistic. The rates aren't there to support that over a period of time unless someone is just doing a handful of low mileage runs. Then maybe, but then without some quantity, you have a broke driver. That is where you get a driver running at a great rate, but...

After all these posts, it seems no one really knows the cost of each over a period of time. We have a Chrysler T&C;) so we have no dog in the fight. I think to compare you need a history or a fleet owner running both to compare. There will always be some differences but it will be back and...

No. Receipts you send to Panther is it.

Based on previous posts, I believe they do.

Panther calculates it and a statement is sent. Tax is based on fuel purchases and the miles driven in a given state.

The numbers are huge but not all of it is from the people that are on it fraudulently. Much of it is from improper and fraudulent billing and attorneys that abuse the whole system.

Not a fan of FB or Twitter. All of these sites are interconnected or soon will be. Not sure one can dodge all of it because of that. Not sure what the answer would be short of not using the Internet. As for what to put in a article or post, just use your best judgement or write it out using...

Good bad or indifferent, the reality is that folks on disabilty take out much more than they ever put in. Part of the reason it is running in the red. Medicare and medicaid are in the same boat. The average person puts in slightly above 100k in a life time...maybe. The average cost that is...

I should have called them and said to go with "BR549" and made millions. "Hee Haw".

I concur. Finding a good quality Freightliner dealership is indeed shrinking. Our finding is most are expensive and slow or we wound up doing the repair several times over. Big difference between an actual technician and a "parts changer".

She may get it for awhile but reforms are coming to California. They are broke. But I can't blame her for getting what she can. The fools out there keep electing the same people. Some cities are already going for bancruptcy to address all the debt they racked up. Debt clock is not in their...

How do you know they aren't there meeting at Isis for breakfast?

One covers travel and breakfast in or to Taylor Michigan and the other as of late covers drivers spying on each other. Not much to compare really.