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    TRACTOR TRAILER EXPEDITER

    HI BEEN DRIVING FOR A LOCAL COMPANY FOR 2 YEARS. USED TO DRIVE A 22 BOX FOR CON WAY NOW AND LAND STAR , AM THINKING OF GETTING BACK INTO IT AGAIN . THIS TIME WITH A TRACTOR TRAILER CAN ANY ONE OUT THERE RUNNING T/T LET ME KNOW HOW THERE DOING :-)
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    Bolt Express

    WHO??????
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    hey all ...is it still bad ? and whats the future hold??

    Let me check my crystal ball,............................OK,after looking into the future there all going to promise you the moon & the stars.AS far as running just the north east and doing 3000 miles?.Between fuel prices,tolls,& traffic,that's a hard 3000 mile's.Going out to the coast we've...
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    Automatic Transmission

    Hey randy,WE have an allison in a fl 106 w/detroit 50.runs good came factory installed.Get 9-1o agal.It will cost you more to run it because service on it is about $240 a shot. Every 25-28,000 miels.It holds about 38 qts atf,and 2 filters.WE like it We deal with the detroit /allison shop in...
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    Who's getting runs???

    I hear what your saying!. I run for landstar also i found loads in n.j upstate n.y & p.a.but when i get south we find it hard a lot of trucks little work.two week's ago we ran non-stop for 14 days.if you get west make sure you call john in omaha,they have been a great help to us.they seem to...
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    Conway ? ? ?

    Hi, well there problem over there is they go places they can't get work back out of.they say they get work from dallas ,little rock,tulsa.Sure 1-2 loads a week, so your in laredo tx.they tell you dead head to dallas.Ok 428 miles then you get there your #3 or4 out that nite depending on what...
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    Landstar

    Hi you can get loads off there load board they pay 73% of the load or you can go to other boards and get 63% .But you gotta be fast they don't stay on the board long.keep inmind your dead head to the load and fuel cost.And maybe you can make a few bucks.good luck out there.....
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    south florida

    Good luck pal. there's very little that comes out ,i no i live there. every now and then.landstar maybe need to work the phones with them.but it can pay off,the rest i know conway when i worked for them every now and then got us out but most of time deadhead up to ga. jax. sc.cant tell you about...
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    Conway ? ? ?

    My wife and i ran for them for all most two & 1/2 years .There are nice people over there,but thats where it ends.the first year we did good the 2nd year not so good this year forget it.I know every one says its this its that,but bottom line the don't look very hard for workj they wait for the...
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    conway-now

    Hey slowpok . Yeah they got wook its always 2-3-400 miles a way and ed thinks the price of crude oil is just fine where its at,and his poor cheap discounted customer's don't have to pay fuel sur.becareful over there & bring a sharp penceil to work
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    Is the grass greener for real

    is the grass greener for real iceprincess25 Dear Iceprincess25.. the only thing you got right is 1,Jimmy is an xxxhole.2,You will be doing a lot of dead head.And 3,you will be running discount freight.Other then that this is the same company you just left.Oh,don't get me wrong there are some...
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    hey fdell you out there

    hey frank whats up i bet i just wrote to you on the grass is green story.just got one day left in landstar orientation everything is going good.its like nite and day over here next to con job talk to you soon bigb
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    Is the grass greener for real

    Boy oh boy i know what you mean con-job -now is going down the drian.Well look at this way they still have ed & ruby & there 12 or 20 trucks.From what i hear ther the only one's making any money over there.I guess they don't dael with rodney(what a joke).The first thing they need to do is get...
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    week-of-the-4th boredom

    Thanks for the help,i hope we don't have to do that again any time soon.Bigb....
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    making contact

    Have to agree this is the best forum i have seen.i have found some good info on it.good luck ,bigb..
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    week-of-the-4th boredom

    well we had plenty to do, took the week off.and scraped the conway sticker's off or truck.what a pain in the #####.But getting away from c-way made it seem worth the time & b.s.Found this stuff at home depot called goff-off took the glue off easy.Just sitting around waitting to go to work for...
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    Landstar

    My wife and I are getting ready to join landstar.Any feed back about them pro or con i'd like to hear about.thank,s
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    CON-WAY NOW ? OR CON- JOB

    Is every job at cwnow going to be a discount load ?.when you want to go home after being out 6-8 week's do they get you a load going home or the other way ?.Is there open door open or shut?.Will they ever find loads in ar.? Or do you just dead head to Chicago to get on line? Why are THESE LOADS...
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    c or d unit

    buy a d. you'll haul just as many d as c loads.if your with a good company.sounds like vernon drives for fedx. stay away from them .d unit is the best over all its not a van and its not atractor trailer.keep the motor serviced tiers with the wright air presure. keep it around 65 and you;ll do ok...
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    Info about Lanstar

    hey can't help with landstar.But i can tell you about con way.They want company driver's who own there on truck's.2 & half years ago we went to work for them there loads pay 107 a mile.every now & then $129 or 135 if your lucky.oh and dont f orget the dead head.Which they think is ok.400'...
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