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  1. x06col

    Flat Rate Pay Plan

    Problem is there Jeff, most of em typing on here, iz prolly doing the talk'in too. Little hard to run from yousef.
  2. x06col

    looking for loads

    Yes it is nite. Much better. Depending on your safety rating and claims history you estimates are plenty high. Other costs are relative. You need to average them over a "long haul period". This seems to be something many can't do in this business- - - average things out over a period of...
  3. x06col

    advice please new guy starting wednesday

    Unequiped?? It appears to have a motor, transmission, sleeper and cargo area.
  4. x06col

    How much does a dispatcher have to Invest

    Wow, a couple days, an no takers. Nobody want to chance it??
  5. x06col

    Flat Rate Pay Plan

    "We are what expedite is all about" Yak, cough, puke. Get real!
  6. x06col

    advice please new guy starting wednesday

    I wouldn't go spend a lot of funds on "things" that others "think" they need. Get out there, find out how "you" negotiate life on the road. and what will make "your" life there bearable for "you". Then get it. Just remember in this business, you are not trying to make others happy. Less of...
  7. x06col

    FECC New DIspatch System

    Thats it Dave, chocolate, or that other stuff. Ain't no guarantee. You know. Seems you want that roasted goose. Eh? An thats ok, if you choose.
  8. x06col

    FECC New DIspatch System

    I just don't understand why y'all are whining about $!.10 freight, when the Hawk whined bout $1.20 freight that'd set im up for $2.85 blanket wrap freight going 2400 miles, next load. It is all reletave, if ya jes don't wana. Ya never know what's in da box a chocolates. If,n ya don't like...
  9. x06col

    How much does a dispatcher have to Invest

    hey nite, favoritism? Is that similar to negotiating? How much time do you spend negotiating? How much time should a dispatcher spend kissing someones *** to get a load covered? Favoritism? Me no tink so. It is ALL da same, depending, which side da fence yer on. You know.
  10. x06col

    How much does a dispatcher have to Invest

    Well, like the old kc says, want extra for snow, extra for location, WANT. You can Want in one hand, an crap in the other!! Carrots have no smarts that I know of. But, sticks can hurt, if, they are needed. Touchy feely, to get someone to make a living Bah, humbug!!
  11. x06col

    looking for loads

    Loved the weather there. Actually, most of the Florida climate last winter from December thru March. Too bad it has to get so darned hot in the summer. Tink i'll try the Southwest next winter tho.
  12. x06col

    looking for loads

    Yer gitting close there bud, but, no cigar.
  13. x06col

    How much does a dispatcher have to Invest

    108K? I'd sell you a Company and two trucks, for less than that. An yer stuck being a contractor.
  14. x06col

    looking for loads

    Yes Ark, there are no guarantees in business. When you are going it alone, you WILL have to roast your own goose, then you can lift it to your face. It just don't fly in there, like soooo many expect.
  15. x06col

    looking for loads

    Guess yer right, don't make any difference. Just like the rest, a couple days a year I have too many, an the rest of the time, don't have anywhere near enough. That's life tho.
  16. x06col

    Bid Boards

    NLM calls me when they are in a pickle. Christmas Eve, new years Eve etc. Can't believe they have the audacity.
  17. x06col

    looking for loads

    "Try" and help someone? One would think that if a person is being benevolent, and helping another person, you'd think he wouldn't have to "try" too hard. You'd tink the "helpee" would pick up the ball and carry it himself a bit. But, in todays attitude of do as little as possible, for the...
  18. x06col

    looking for loads

    Tried that "helping" thing for a couple years. It don't work! Believe me, it don't work!
  19. x06col

    In the olden days...

    Never forget one offer from em. Wuz about 0100, January nite Detroit. Bleep, run offer Detroit to Windsor, $27.50. Nope! Offered it two more times, then put me out of service. That's whatcha call having the hammer.
  20. x06col

    In the olden days...

    The perceptions of it all, eh? Makes it all kinda funny. Knight, that was the corporate mentality. But, look how they caught up with you, in the grand scheme of things.
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