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They way I read it, the ONLY way a carrier really deserves to be listed on this site, is if they pay their advertising bill. Plain and simple. Advertising is simply the means of marketing what you offer. Some ads work and some don't. Some ads don't work because they have yet to understand...

Ok. It's now May 7th and I'm back from my EO sabbatical. Anyone do anything stupid and get banned while I was away for about........oh......24-1/2 hours?

Interesting how all of these sabbaticals are coming at once. I was planning on being on hiatus until May 6th at the earliest. I know I'll be missed.

Becoming an employee is one. Being a union employee is another. With a slowed economy such as we have now, I don't give it long before the union drives another good company into the dirt. Benefits mean nothing if you're laid off in order to cut expenses.

If it was a commercial line and the attendant didn't suggest it, it's because he's too lazy., He gets paid whether it flies or not.

So was the first load a charter, or was it going on a commercial flight? If commercial, then that one is easy. it may even be easy if it was a charter. If load bearing weight is too high for the size, they just need to secure it to a larger size pallet. That will spread the weight around, but...

Sitting in my office: Orlando, Florida. Sunny and warm, but with a cool breeze.

My bad. I said that load had six skids, but it actually had ten. It would've filled my truck, but he had no problem asking me to move it for less than .50 per mile.

Right now brokers are between a rock and a hard place. Shippers don't want to pay very much and want to haggle with the broker on everything. "But it's only one skid...." The brokers sometimes can find a carrier to move it, but when the load numbers get too high for the truck, they panic...

It always seems easier to run. So sad.

So I understand from his most recent thread that he is now leaving us......again. I guess he didn't want to answer my question concerning his failed McClain Logistics. He's crying about not being paid, and yet he closed the doors of a brokerage last, and his time ever since then, evading his...

Hey McClain, It's only been 12 months since your closed your brokerage. Now the shoe is on the other foot. Have you forgotten so quickly what it feel like to owe five figures to carriers that you've been unable to collect from your customers? Oh, I've heard all the talk. So did you settle...

Yeah, that is old news. They're probably still on a payment plan with the Fed. Or else, the Fed keeps garnishing their bank account, which might explain why they are slow to pay.They had always made good with me, however slow. I do admit that they've gotten much worse though recently...

If it's a one skidder, he might be able to couple that with another like it and make out decent.

Charles, You say good things. But if it weren't for us, who would they have to blame? Bakomk, What kind of vehicle and license you are running will determine the drug and alcohol thing. Unless you're running T/T, I doubt OOIDA will be able to helo you with the load thing. The glamor...

You mean all of those LTL loads on their broker site? That's like measuring apples and peanuts. Not even similar. Only every now and then do I ever see an expedite posted on their site, FOR THE WHOLE COUNTRY. If an agent wants an expedite from a partner like my own company, they call me. It...

Being a "go to" guy is what usually gets the job done. Wish there were more around. "Go to" guys tend to stay busy and not lose their contracts when things slow down.......:p Excellent point made.

Sounds like time to make a road trip to NC and knock on somebody's door. If it's who I'm sure it is, then PM me and I'll tell you what I did to collect.

Yeah, that's it. That's the company that handles a few of my receivables for me, will extend me $300,000 in load credit for them, while they will extend me $100,000 for Panther and only $7,000 for Express-1, should I ask them to.

Traditionally, that might have been so. Right now though, it's a different problem. If you don't run the load, the load will still go that cheap, but to a different carrier. Or they just pause when you tell them the usual tariff, and they tell you they really don't need it all that bad and...