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There may be as many solo straight truck drivers as teams. Many of the solos get into six figures, but the average is most likely in the $80,000 range. Applying the Seal work ethic, you'll have no trouble earning well above average. Terry

I don't question any of the above, but consider this: A reason vans appear to be so plentiful and sitting idle may just be their up front location in truck stop parking lots. We all tend to gather in the front near the roadway, whereas the larger trucks are scattered about in the not so...

>For easy arithmetic and for anyone just looking into a van >then it might be fairly accurate to say 1600 loaded miles >plus 1/4 or 400 more in d/h for about 2000 miles driven in a >week for $1500 gross to the van? That would be 75cpm to the >van for all miles driven. > >Operating cost on a...

GIC and Bob: Please think twice before holding back your paperwork when you go out of service. You just give your carrier all the more justification for wrongfully holding onto your earnings. There must be a better way to convince them to pay as prescribed in the Federal Regulations than for...

>Would it be safe to presume the "average" week of $1500 >gross to the van is around 1750 loaded miles? Would 500 d/h >miles be a safe weekly average number to go with the 1750? Perhaps. With FSC, I would think typical for 2005 would be about 1500 loaded miles in a van, or about a buck a...

CB_VAN: We have driven vans all of our 17 yr expedite career. We have had great weeks and poor weeks while on the road. Our two best weeks were $4025 and $4150 as a team. Our worst weeks were $00.00, and there were plenty of them. As a solo driver, a typical week for me any many folks with...

Leo, et.al.: Let me provide an analogy that might help you understand the rationale of your carrier, and most all others, taking a portion of the accessorial charges. You just bought a basic truck and in adition to the $XXX you paid for the truck, you paid additionl monies for all of the...

http://www.expeditecarrier.com/search/Mid,045Atlantic/New_York/ Check the above link. There also are plenty of other carriers that would lease on a person living in the Buffalo area.

I suspect the solar panels provide a trickle charge for the aux batteries. The van I mentioned had a gen in the box attached to the hitch receiver.

I believe what you refer to is the McGyvermobile owned and operated by Inspector Gadget from CT; If a FedEx Custom Critical van, that is. The van's roof has a large, in motion satellite antenna, a couple of solar panels and antennas galore. The inside has so much woodwork I've wondered how on...

Bolt is an up-and-coming company with a small fleet of O/O that is growing at a pace that shows us quite a few trucks in the OH, IL, IN MI area. Whitewolf is a Bolt O/O who will surely talk positively about the company. Try a PM with him. In the meantime do an EO archive search with the...

Money and patience will be two of the most important things to bring out on the road. Three categories of stuff come to mind. Personal belongings, business tools and vehicle tools. This list is, by no means, all inclusive so other folks have a chance to include their favorites. Business...

I've heard of, but have not confirmed, a federal regulation that requires a motor carrier pay an O/O for services rendered within 14 days of submittal of all documentation relevant to a freight delivery. Does anyone know this to be a fact? If this regulation exists, it cannot be overridden by a...

Ototw: Since you are renting this house, perhaps a good renter's insurance policy is in order so that you can get back on the road with peace of mind. If your "guests" are merely helping out financially and aren't renters in the truest sense, then you should have them resolve the problem with...

Tec: Abandoned truck retrieval has long been a problem with owners who didn't hire the right person for the job, or for the owner who created an intolerable situation for a driver. You could also hire a retrieval driver, but that might be cost prohibitive. On the bright side, we knew a...

CB: Try this exercise to get your answer. Find the difference in Diesel engine cost vs gas for the type of van in which you are interested. Assume you are going to drive 100,00 miles per year for five years. figure 15 miles per gallon for a 5.7 litre gas engine and 20 Mpg for a diesel. (Or...

The FedEx Custom Critical recruiting policy, as I understand it, is not unlike that of many, if not all, the major expedite carriers, and it has remained unchanged for as many years as I've been with them. They are constantly revising their fleet size to accomodate business levels and strive to...

How 'bout some carrier responses to the fuel surcharge concern noted in another thread. Is there a difference in fsc percentage of tariff for different truck sizes? i.e. will the customer pay a different fsc percent for a van than for a straight truck? If so, whats the difference? Terry

dcrone336 We'll go along with the others in terms of companies to pick. You should talk to each of the recruiters after applying on-line thru EO. Find one that suits you. I suspect that any of the national carriers would be pleased to have a team in a D truck. EO threads are not unlike...

An empty move is dead head but often with compensation because the carrier needs the truck at a different location. Deadhead is most often on the owner but some carriers pay token money for deadhead they ask for that exceeds a given mileage, such as >50 or >100. We all like the questions from...