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The most interesting forum posts to watch are the enthusiastic newbies that like you don't heed warnings . They have the , all you need is a good work ethic , you can be anything you want to be , and they won't do me that way attitude . We watch them go through CDL school , orientation , then...

Not necessarily for made up but petty . One trainee brush the mirror of the truck next to him with his trailer . No damage but the trainer reported him and he was gone . Trainers know rejected drivers mean more trainees needed . I've been reading trucker forums since they first appeared on the...

No , I'm not one of the ones the odds are against . I would never work for a megacarrier . The training for some carriers is the traineee driving while the trainer logs his sleeper berth . Training companies train drivers then find excuses to terminate them and bill them thousands of dollars for...

The difference with expediting and OTR trucking companies is new drivers can come right of an approved school and get in a straight truck . Some carriers don't even require a school or experience . I've reading trucking forums for several years . Over 80% of trucking school graduates will leave...

The thing with OTR training companies is they make trainees drive 4 to 6 weeks at $300 a week actually serving as cheap team drivers . Then they get pushed to be lease/operators and most of them end up thousands of dollars in debt . There are good semi jobs but mostly for drivers with several...

The CDL mills and training carriers are now targeting veterans as their latest victims . Veterans deserve better and I think they have much better opportunity in expediting . I've learned since expedite drivers are I/C's and not employees state employment offices and the VA will not assist...

Not quite merged . UPS bought Overnite in 2005

True hotshotting is a flatbed version of expediting - emergency moves , frequently to bring needed parts to a piece of production machinery that is down . Rates are often over $3 a mile . However , as in expediting these days hotshot contractors can't survive on the amount of available true...

Yeah , the members and admin of a hotshot forum I belong to always criticize U-ship . The admin dropped it as a sponsor . When the admin signed up for Google ads U-ship was one of the first ads to pop up .

I find it interesting one of the forums we can't post a link to has an EO link pop up in their Google ads .

Can't say specifically - forums rules . But it was on one of the largest trucking forums on the internet

There is rumor going around on another truckers forum that Panther is going to require CV drivers to log . Since I have seen no mention of it here I give it no credibility but wanted confirmation .

Have you guys checked with Panther and FECC recruiting ? They know when their fleet owners need drivers

Finding another co-driver wasn't an option ?

Ran a search here. http://www.expeditersonline.com/forum/newbies-paradise-forum/33370-midwest-expediting-good-bad-ugly-tell-me-please.html

I know of a couple of companies that took cube vans and you wouldn't want to sign on with them . Watch out for these fly by night companies . It would be well worth your while to trade your truck for a Sprinter if you want to stay under CDL . Your truck is probably over 10,000 lbs. GVWR so you...

Keep up to date with vehicle specs . The last I heard Ford was allowed to use remaining inventory of 6.0 diesels in their vans but when that supply is used up there will no longer be a diesel available in any E-series Ford . Chevy diesels had a bad reputation for a while but the Duramax is now...

Most of the flatbed freight is handled by hotshotters . The hotshotters making reasonable income have their own authority and equipment and usually at least 1 base customer shipping from close to their home .

Check the archives . It has been stated many times a van cannot produce adequate revenue split with an owner and driver . Check the van mileage rate , figure what your share would be , and the hours you put in to earn that amount .

RE: Can a one ton dually with enclosed trailer get >Kenjo3; > >Back in the early days of expediting, some companies did >operate with dually pickups in their fleets. I think that >customers feel that the duallies lack adequate protection >for the freight, and most important, the insurance...