Search results

Would like to ask forum members a few questions: Need a summer job as school bus company I drive for is very slow in the summer. Want to team drive with non-smoker. Available from June 10 to August 15. Have CDL B, air and Hazmat, some expedited experience. I expect to run hard, and make...

Rarely do I browse this site and reply, my trucking daze are over. However, and I think your topic deserves a reply, the United States is in for a very, very difficult economic spell, and will no longer have the financial ability to lead the free world. Obviously a financial shakeout is headed...

Good point about the environmentalists that prevent our country from exploiting our GOD GIVEN resources. Seems to me that the environmentalists would rather waste 19 year old infantrymen in Iraq and elsewhere, than solve our energy problems. Doowop

Yes, there is a lot of abuse by the UAW in the plants, and that is hurting the Auto Industry. I saw similar abuse up close and personal by the steelworkers union in the steel industry when I drove for an owner operator, and now we have very little steel produced in Western Pa. Good bye 100, 000...

I rarely browse this forum anymore. This is a topic I saw and it needs spoken to. Once again we have a scripture verse taken out of context. The verse in question is from II Thess.3:10. Paul was addressing a problem of idleness and indolence, by people who refused to work, and were using...

Crunching a carrier's numbers for Solo C unit...Roughly gross of $5k per month, with an 80% availability. The expenses I projected add up to roughly $2700/month ($750 truck payment and $1450 for fuel) plus to that the various insurances of $260/month, plus routine maintenance of $100 per month...

Talked with FDXCC, and have picked out a (used) truck, trying to get the financing set up. Plan on staying out 3 weeks at a time, and would like to stay east coast mainly. Please...O/O perspective on FDXCC solo D unit-- the good, the bad, the ugly. God Bless DooWop

Found a truck on EO that I can afford, and is currently leased to a carrier. No longer fat and happy, realize I need to work really hard at this...last 3 years were tough, not whining,just a fact, now much wiser, smarter, and learned a LOT of humility. Plan on being out 3 weeks at a time and...

I think that there are 2 major economic factors that have a negative impact on the expedite industry. The first was alluded to as a shift in manufacturing, and that is an accurate appraisal. Since the year 2000, 3.5 million manufacturing jobs have vanished from the USA. These include everything...

T-Hawk: Been laid up and off work with pneumonia, and looking at the posts Ive missed reading. Did I read correctly that your take home is over $3600 a month??? To me this is phenomenal!!! I've NEVER had a job where I took home that kind of money. Question:(1) Is that with all of your taxes...

Highway Star: Thanks for the "props". Sure didn't get them back in the day. I stand by my statements. No, I don't have "some special training" only years of experience and observation of human behavior (some of it under the most difficult of circumstances). What I have seen is that...

Right on Broompilot!!! That is why I got out after 2-3 months and a net of 7cpm. I was hurt somewhat financially, but not as bad as I could have been. Diesel was still less that $2.00 per gallon, and I was able to unload the van, tho at a loss. (Why do I still want to do this?) Driving a...

WHOA.. Wait a minute...yes, Lisa made a mistake and it can be turned into a good learning experience. But we also need to address something that needs addressed,and that is law enforcement officials who over step the bounds of courtesy, propriety, and respect, as this officer did. I certainly...

Need some help and answers: I would like EO members to help me write down a list of questons to ask a possible team driver/OO. I would be the "employee" There is a world of experience and wisdom on this site, and I would like your input. Also need advice as to what qualities to look for in a...

Have browsed the classifieds and seen several very recent ads to sell cargo vans that have been leased to FXCC, with the option to pick up the lease. Is B-unit freight that slow with FXCC? Is it true that most of their vans are down to 5-6 loads per month as someone has told me? I drive about...

A new take on Ford and GM troubles: When I grew up the people in my neighborhood bought Fords, Chevys and Plymouths. There was 1 Pontiac, owned by an operating engineer, and a Buick convertible owned by some bachelor who never seemed to have a job but had plenty of girlfriends. Most families'...

Generally, a "Penny Stock" is a stock that sells for $5 or less, and as such are VERY speculative. By this definition Express-1 is a penny stock, as its price is about $1 per share. Lucent Technology, which closed yesterday at $2.53, would be a penny stock by this definition also. My personal...

Penny stocks, such as this, are notoriously known for costing their investors plenty. Be very, very careful with penny stocks, in fact most knowledgeable people won't touch them with the proverbial 10 ft. pole. If I recall correctly, Wal-Mart IPOed at around $15, McDonalds at $22 and Microsoft...

That may be true, Shady, and I have no reason to doubt you. However, wages for blue collar workers have stagnated (or fallen) since 1973. Let me put this in perspective. In 1970 I worked for a Pittsburgh based LTL trucking company. This was a unionized workforce, represented by a Teamsters...

The problem is not one of supply and demand, but rather excessive government regulation. Corrupt politicians (an obvious redundancy) have sold themselves to special interest groups. In this case it is the environmentalists, and their strident, vocal groupies. They have succeeded in closing of...