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Just a quick question. Started expediting this January, and decided to crunch some numbers while I was preparing my IFTA 100. I am a solo o/o in a Super-D and have averaged $2,250.00 a week before expenses, since I started. Are these good numbers for a Newbie o/o? No complaints about the job...

I have a Class 8 single-axle with a pusher axle and an in-cab-control. I was given the impression by the dealer that keeping the pusher down while turning corners especially under a heavy load was hard on the pusher axle and should not be done. Is this wrong? Can you actually leave the pusher...

I have an International 7500 with the HT 530 engine and I am noticing that when I idle it in the driveway that there is a little bit of oil coming out of a rubber tube that is coming out of the bottom of the engine. There is also what looks like exhaust coming out of the tube as well. I am not...

Can anyone give me an address or phone # of the Michigan IRP/IFTA office? Can't find anything on the State of Michigan website. Also can anyone tell me what it is that I am going to need to take with me when I go to get my plates and IFTA stickers so I am not unprepared. Thanks for your help.

Will be buying a used 2003 International 7500 Class-8 with a single axle and an additional pusher axle. The truck is rated at 33,000GVW, but I am unshure as to what I will have to tag it for when I go to Lansing, MI to get the IRP Tags. The pusher has dual tires on it if that makes any...

Getting ready to jump into expediting and will be buying a new FL M2 from AlumiBunk in Woodhaven MI. The carrier that I will be running with requires me to carry a 1,000,000.00 Non-Trucking Liability policy. I am new to this and was wondering how much this is going to cost per month on average...

This is more of a question for the Truck Talk forum, but I have posted there in the past and haven't gotten much response. I am a newbie getting ready to purchase my first used truck and I have a couple of questions regarding engines as most of the used trucks out there are pretty high mileage...

Newbie here getting ready to purchase first truck and will be buying used. I am looking at two trucks and am curious as to how much an in frame overhaul runs, so I can budget a reserve stash should I need to overhaul an engine in the next couple of years, as both of the trucks that I am looking...

Going to be making the leap here in about two months and am going to be starting out running solo in a D-Unit. I know that teams make more money and are usually given preferential treatment, but teaming is not an option for me. Can't come to terms with the prospect of living in a closet with a...

Going to be making the leap here in about two months and am going to be starting out running solo in a D-Unit. I know that teams make more money and are usually given preferential treatment, but teaming is not an option for me. Can't come to terms with the prospect of living in a closet with a...

Has anybody ever had any experience with First Class Expediting out of Rochester Hills, Michigan? They are advertising for O/O's in the paper locally, and I was wondering if anyone could give me some input on anything that they have heard about them. They seem to be a small mom and pop outfit...

If possible I would like some input from any solo D-unit o/o from the Detroit area. I know that there are some of you out there, and I would like to know what your experience has been. I will soon be entering the industry and would like to know if a solo D-unit can operate profitably out of...

I am a 31y/o laid off autoworker living in Detroit and considering a career change. Spent 7years in the plant and 5 years prior to that was spent as a truck driver working various local jobs, including a brief stint as company driver for a local mom and pop expediting company called REI which I...