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Bravo to Brian for the great advice that may apply to drivers from many of the other reputable carriers.

You are right about getting started not being easy. I think the best advice I can give is my opinion that you should never try to finance your way into this business by mortgaging your house. Success is not always assured and failure could cost you your truck and your house. Put together a...

DDD: You'd be hard pressed to keep a good driver at 40-50%. As I mentioned, 60% has pretty much been established as the expedite industry standard. Some owners will provide a bonus for those drivers who exceed a monetary threshold. I've seen a percentage of 70% for all money to the truck in...

Your question is one without a specific answer, but has been responded to in many ways. The most common answer, and payment ratio is 60% to the driver who pays fuel and tolls; 40% to the owner who covers all other expenses. That answer may be simple enough for the driver, but a little too...

LEO: you said "a D unit typically gets about double the fsc of a van" Why would that be so? My understanding is the customer pays a FSC based on the tariff miles/weight without regard for the actual size or fuel type of the vehicle hauling the freight. I submit that you over-simplify the...

Flying J's frequent fueler card may be used at the 4 wheel gas or diesel pumps. Buy 20 gallons of gas or diesel and 1/2 shower and 1/2 beverage will be applied to you card account. The half credit will get you a half price shower. Get 20 gallons a second time and you'll then have enough...

The greatest majority of carriers that solely expedite use owner/operators exclusively. Some of our members operate small expedite carriers and use drivers to operate their trucks. The latter generally have their own customer base and, I suspect, cannot afford to hire drivers on an interim...

RJ: Welcome aboard. Most of the Carriers pay a fixed per-mile rate so assuming you hold one of their leases, the mileage rate is not much of a factor for you. I think your most prominent considerations for starting your first run for your carrier will be: (a) Is the deadhead to the pickup a...

You might enjoy success in expediting by contacting all of the companies that operate in your area and choose the one that makes you feel the most comfortable with your $30,000+ Sprinter investment. It does not make much sense to interview only one recruiter before making your decision.

rodderno1: You've said you've read numerous negative posts here concerning the company to which you choose to enter into a lease agreement. Presuming that you've done your homework before making your choice, perhaps you would share with us, the positive reasons that led you to choose All-Types.

RE: Greetings All, from a Newbie Wannabe Carrier-O Seasons greetings Herb: I'm reasonably sure that you expect to hear more negative than positive comments about your dream and there will be no shortage of EO members joining those of other truck related sites to provide those comments...

...and a joyous Christmas to the McCord bio-family, and EO-family of behind the scene workers who make the forum and all of the other valuable EO services that we expediters have come to value in our personal and professionel lives. Many of us have seen first hand, the appreciation that...

The National Transportation Safety Board recently divulged they had covertly funded a project with the U.S. auto makers for the past five years, whereby the auto makers were installing black box voice recorders in four-wheel drive pickup trucks and SUV's in an effort to determine, in fatal...

Magellin/ Garmin update. As mentioned above, I've used the Magellin models 700 and 360. The 700 was unreliable as it failed to operate after a short ownership and it was not truck friendly as it insisted I take parkways in NY city. The 360 was not user friendly and was too slow in calculating...

We've each had our good days and we've each had the bad ones. When we feel the weight of the expediting world on our shoulders, we're often tempted to fold our tent and move on. Fortunately for most of us, we soon get a good run offer and the sun is shining again. But for altogether too many...

Pappy: You just defined a good week for a lot of us; that's pretty much what being an independent contractor is all about. Have a Merry Christmas. Terry and Rene'

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From what I hear, Qualcomm is looking at providing gps directions similar to the Garmin/magellin/TomTom units. PantherII is one of the several carriers chosen to beta test the program. Perhaps one of the PII drivers can tell us if all or just a few trucks have the software installed. When and...

I've scoured google under "day cab sleeper" and found several trucks with day cab sleepers for sale but couldn't find any sleepers alone. Try challenging Jon Mosier, at Freightliner of Knoxville 1.800.241.0138, to find you a source for a sleeper you seek. You might also check the dealers that...

Rene' and I had considered the desireablity of pulling a trailer with a van, either to tote the freight or for creature comfort, many times early in are expedite career. We use to discuss this with other van drivers over many pots of coffee at the layover truck stops. We collectively decided...