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Thank you xiggi. That is very good info to have when talking to people.

I couldn't imagine having to call someone to verify every load either. I would expect the type of guidance that says 'don't take a load to this area because there's won't be any loads back', so I wouldn't get stuck in the middle of nowhere. Also, some owners want the drivers to do things a...

Even without the W-4? I met with an owner at the expo. After talking with him he said that he had a truck he could put my wife and I in, since we are not interested in purchasing one before we know the business. We never discussed leasing the truck from him. It is my understanding that the...

What purpose or good is a contract if the driver can just abandon the vehicle when he wants too? How do you prevent that?

If I choose to go to work an owner, that does make me an "employee", not an owner. I would hope my employer would prepare me a little better though, like making sure I was actually able/qualified to go to work for the carrier he leased his truck with. Makes sense to me, but then again I'm not...

IF the owner is not keeping up his end of the bargain is the carrier a source of redress, or is the driver just stuck?