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I have a C-10 in the truck I run personally. I have not heard of the substitution you spoke of. Doesn't mean you can't though. Any advice from the a Cat authorized mechanic besides full replacement or reman?

Possibly. But why would you spend your time trying to book a truck for one of your own customers, that very well may disappear at the time you think you have a load secured? "Oh by the way, so-and-so just offered me a longer load than the one you are offering." I know there are those who will...

This policy always troubled me for a couple of reasons: 1.-A lease by its very nature, involves only one recipient. Imagine if you had leased a Lexus for your spouse, and one evening some guy showed up with a set of keys, attempting to take the car. His response is, "I have a lease for this...

Hardly. It is irrelevant to the question of this thread though.

I stand corrected then. You are obviously in the know.

FMCSA requires a minimum liability of 300K for any vehicle under 10,000 gvwr. Add $50,000 cargo insurance required if you set up as common carrier rather than contract. The real question is what your customers require. If you want to deal with the major expedited carriers, they require 1 Mil...

What kind of truck do you have now?

Well, I am the owner/president of a small carrier (full disclosure). I own a few trucks but have no openings right now. We have no other fleet owners here, only o/os. I think the first step would be to contact a carrier, get approved with them, and them they can connect you to a fleet owner...

Lots of expedite carriers have terminals, even if you don't visit them often. Many carriers have large warehouses and do expedited distribution. They get truckloads in, break them down and shoot them out everywhere!

Keep us posted.

You live in the expedite mecca. Lots of companies have freight in and out of there, because there are lots of places that use expedited service, ie. manufacturing, in that area. The bigger concern will be reasonable expectations for getting home, as well as a company who whose dispatchers will...

Any reason why the carrier must be based in THIS area? If it's OTR work, the carrier can move you from wherever to wherever. No need to visit a terminal every time, like you would with your local courier company.

I'm sure not growing my "small carrier" by trying to run reefer freight, let alone hazmat. Any truck with me would have to run either of those back to back in order to justify the expense of liability insurance, much less equipment. We stay ahead by doing liftgate, blanket wrap and other...

You have the option to NOT eat at the buffet and just order off the menu. Then, you will only need worry about those filthy people in the kitchen who just flushed and walked out. Yes, this happens a lot. If you had approached him nicely, he might've even apologized and washed up. Who knows...

Don't forget the Tornado Magnet Trailer Park Association of Greater America.

Well, when you have contractors making demands that they deserve employee style benefits (while still retaining control over hring drivers, and buying/selling routes), you're bound to have this kind of backlash. The answer is: Only do business corp to corp. Some contractors just need a...

If you're still filing to be a intersate carrier from Florida, expect to pay 7-8 grand a year for a package with 1 mil liability, 100k cargo. Yeah, I know. Thank you Charlie Crist, for bringing back "no fault."

The FMCSA requires no such thing. Some contracts might, but normally not, unless you have employees.

Actually, I think this thread has indeed served a wonderful purpose. Quite humorous actually. Rhodes made an accusation against Layout. Layout gave him a good natured opportunity to fulfill the bet. Rhodes declined, and offered no alternative venue. Game over! Well played, Layoutshooter.

AZ isn't that dumb. Obviously CA and NY are. They use these "Greenhouse" laws for income, and yet CA is STILL bankrupt.