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My message machine says they called back again. OK, I'll give them one more try.

I'm giving up on this one. 3rd call back in 3 days, at there request, now it's a recording asking me to leave my call back number. Not a good sign of there ability to communicate well.

Not starting out on a good note. I called the number from there Sunday ad this morning at 9am. A person took my name and number, said they would call back. I waited 5 hr's for the return call which never came. Came back home at 3pm to find a message from them that was left at 2:45pm, that would...

Thanks for the response. I made a call and here is what I get from the company. I'll make this a short form instead of a story. They were a city del. type operation using mainly vans. They have now grown to 140 Terminals making over 150,000 Del. a day. It seems they have now found there is a...

Anyone know anything about this rapidly growing company?

RE: Now I'm not sure if expediting is the way to g Dang, what a great bunch of replies. Thanks. Can I ask another question? Companies like Panther and FedEx have tractor trailers as part of there force. I don't recall hearing from any of them on the forum. Are they mostly hauling expedited...

RE: Now I'm not sure if expediting is the way to g Thanks everyone for calming this old cat down. After two years of waiting for this opportunity to become reality, maybe I was reading too much into that article. You see,terryandrene, have been our insperation for some time now. So when I read...

RE: Now I'm not sure if expediting is the way to g Thank you. That was all I wanted, an answer to the question. You folks have been out there for a while and by the looks of it making a good living. I'm going to be going into "virgin" territory. Yes, I'm a little apprehensive, weren't all of...

RE: Now I'm not sure if expediting is the way to g Is what I type get on here in full? It seems I'm not expressing my question properly. If you go back and read any post I have put on here or any reply I have given, it has been pro Expedite. I have one question about a possible negative aspect...

Just read Todays Top Story titled, "Long Road To Success". The author is someone I have listened to many times on this forum for advice and knowledge, due to there many years in this profession. So when he gave the opinion, that he thinks Expediting has reached it's plateau, it caught me by...

When making our decision to come over to expediting, one of the issues was cost. I started with the equipment. It is less costly to operate an expediter than a tractor trailer. Fuel consumption, maintenance, etc. So if your spending less on the truck, which is your biggest expense, that would...

I see where you are coming from (not bashing expediting) because I have worn your shoes. One of your questions had to do with why the pay isn't higher. You stated you pulled your own trailer, we both know you get paid more per mile when you have your own trailer. Yes, I know the box could be...

Djcoak, I'm (and the wife) a 25+ year semi O/O who is going to switch to straight truck expediting soon. We have spent the last 2 years "observing" this side of trucking. We have gone to the truck show in Louisville and the Expediting show in Detroit. Talked to many drivers and a few companies...

This is a true story that does not have a happy ending, so I gave you fair warning if you do not want to read on. Short form: Pulling a 53' dry van through Indy around 3:00 am. Speed was around 60mph. I'm in the middle lane of 3, because at that time of morning, you don't know who is out there...

Talking about sudden snow squalls reminds me of the stretch of I-90 Cleveland to Buffalo. Man, one minute clear skies, forcast calls for no precipitation and bang you get hit with a lake effect white-out snow shower. Hope you all do not get tired of my questions, but Glenn just touched on...

Great replies, thank you. Even though we have so many years under our belts driving over the road, this will all be new to us. I can't count the times the wife and I spent Thanksgiving in a truck stop. We will never forget our first year on the road, not knowing our main shipper shut down...

New to this form of trucking. We have 25 years as an O/O hauling general frieght cross country. Every Holiday season,(Christmas) you could count on shutting down for a week as most shippers were doing the same. It's never to early to plan ahead. My question is. Is this true for Expediting as...

RE: can a moderator tell me why my post was sudden Raceman hit it on the head. #1-I missed the topic when Tom asked for information from drivers. I also then did not see if he got any replies. However, nobody had to give him any private information, if they didn't want to. It is your choice...

RE: can a moderator tell me why my post was sudden Gambler, this is not directed towards you. This is a genaral thought on how to conduct business inquiries. There are many ways to make contact with a potential employer. Phone, email, direct one on one contact or by simple mail. To call one out...

RE: can a moderator tell me why my post was sudden This is to Tom. You had emailed the wife and I when we very first posted on this forum, about being new and asking for advice on who to go with and type of truck. You invited us to look into what you had to offer, even though it would be...