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You might want to add the required experience to your website recruiting page Tom, so that the greenhorns don't get all excited and ring your phones off the hook :) The company I run for also has a two year experience requirement, mandated by their insurance carrier. Newcomers are just about...

I will admit Hawk the posts do sound like a sales pitch, and I don't generally like that sort of thing. But how often do you see the owner of a trucking company come on an open forum and be willing to put his money where his mouth is? I have never seen it myself. I also don't think Tom has...

Just remember everyone, you can't win! Everyone whines when someone comes on and says only bad things about a certain company. Then when people come on and say only good things guess what... more whining! That's what makes forums fun! Have a merry Christmas:7 :7 -Weave-

Cost saving devices... a hard one. Wait... Eyes, ears, nose, hands, feet! I've mentioned this a few times before. How about a pre-trip inspection. No, not the logbook kind, I mean actually DOING it! This is the #1 means of truck preventive maintenance. There is no substitute. I have...

You might be thinking of a long nose KW like the W900 Hawk. The T800 is a snubby-nose tractor, much like the T600, and makes a great straight truck, with a front axle weight similar to that of a Freightliner Century or Columbia. With tandem drive specs, getting overweight on the front axle...

I took it as a guess neither figure included a box?? -Weave-

First quarter Jan-Mar is indeed the slowest quarter as Tom stated. But, at least for me and many others who stay in service throughout it, it does not mean famine or effort wasted. No, maybe not summertime figures, but I have had first quarters that have made keeping the truck up and running...

The T800's are a steel haulers favorite, a bulletproof truck, and so is the Cat C12. Fuel mileage will not be that of the ISC Cummins for similar HP, but the C12's torque will beat the pants off the ISC. For the prices you mention, with interest at 10% over 5 years, the used T800 will cost you...

It really is just a matter of hooking up with a carrier that is right for you as an individual. There are plenty of places out there who can keep both teams and solos busy throughout the year. If you are not having luck at one carrier, it is much more beneficial to spend a little time and...

I used to see that sort of thing among the van drivers when I started out Preacher, especially at the Detroiter. Times have changed a bit, and it's more dog eat dog now, but expediters generally do enjoy at least talking to one another for a few minutes when they meet. Sometimes I am so busy...

A few words of advice to Preacher- Make SURE that nearly 10 year old '95 F350 is up to running heavy miles on the highway under heavy load before you set it out for the task. No kidding, those dually diesel pickups tend to beg for mercy quickly when ran hard. For the A-Team? "Im going to...

Yes, the spray on undercoating is excellent, especially living in the salty rust belt. Works especially great over electrical connectors on tail lights where running light wire rotting is frequent. -Weave-

Simon: Can you re-post your picture? Your truck appears to be in a white-out on that link:o Thanks, -Weave-

Darn it Rich, you gave away the Paulsboro secret LOL:7 I HATE Bordentownx( Just a safety note if you go to Paulsboro and decide to cruise around the downtown areas of Paulsboro or Gibbstown after dusk- a lot of gang-bangers there, be careful. The T/A is safe and patrolled by police. -Weave-

I hear all the talk about positive attitudes, passion, excitement, new endeavors, etc, when a new driver starts out. All great things to have, and things that will help make one becoming an expedited truck owner more successful. But all that stuff is truly just smoke and mirrors when it comes...

The fellow with the roller floor Sprinter van is the legendary Geo, George MacDonald. -Weave-

I have loaded/unloaded expedited freight from old DC3's on airport runways. These prop planes have 2 wheels on the wings, and a small tail wheel, and sit at about a 30 degree or so angle when on the ground. Most have the rollers on the floor, and use a winch to get any type of regular pallet...

RE: New Pete 335 (and the new Coronado!) On that top pix, who would build that 335 up that much and ruin it with a set of steel wheels? UGH!x( How long before that big satellite casing gets picked off by something? That Coronado says one thing to me.. Texas! -Weave-

Many of the GM plants aren't even allowing dock high straight trucks anymore. They will only unload from 102 x 102 trailers that must be less than 10 years old. I'll take it one of their old receiving managers made it to the top of the UAW:D -Weave-

It really does come down to the consideration- good professional or bad? Look at the CEO of Enron:7 The word professional has a lot of shades of gray. Or is it grey?:o -Weave-