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    Incorporating?

    Anyone have some opinions/info on incorporating as an LLC? Im a driver not an O/O but Im an independent contractor(filing a 1099). Any tax/liability advantages or disadvantges to it?
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    update

    Looks like I will be hitting the road(again) in early May. This time with FedExCC in a DR unit..I think my co driver this time will be willing to run a truck instead of bringing it back in a WEEK!!! Expensive lesson learned the last time out(I'll also have my class B CDL instead of jsut the...
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    Rest area and straight trucks

    I was told you could park a straight truck in the auto part of a rest area if the truck lot was full. Anyone know if this is true or BS?
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    Landstar

    Anyone have any storng feelings pro or con about them? I'd be working as a driver for a fleet owner(the owner seems OK)
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    Lanstar Truck in Athens GA ..Sunday 2/19

    Just wanted to pass along a hello to the Landstar Expediter who was laying over at the WalMart on the eastside of Athens GA this past Sunday. You were buttoned up or I would have stopped to give a personal "hello". Drop a line the next time youre out this way and coffee is on me.
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    air brakes on a downgrade

    Im new to AB and Ive gotten two very different lessons on using brakes on a long downgrade. The DOT exam study guide says to apply the brakes until your speed drops to 5 mph below what you consider(or what is posted as) safe speed. Then ease off until you are again just easing over "safe" speed...
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    Abbreviations

    Im pretty sure LTLmeans less than truckload, but what do 3PL and 4PL mean. Ive seen these in regard to the type of operation a particular company has
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    T-val

    Exactly what IS a T-val system?
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    Team driver / learner

    Can anyone tell me if a company will or wont allow a holder of a Class B learner permit to drive as part of a team on a unit requiring the Class B license..assuming the co-driver is a Class B licensed driver. I currenty hold a Class C CDL with hazmat endorsement. Ive taken and passed the air...
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    Fed Ex Custom Critical

    what is the difference between Fedex Custom Critical and Fed Ex White Glove?
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