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Hustleandflow before thinking of buying a truck I would consider driving for an owner and make sure expediting is for you. I would consider you getting your tanker and also both of you getting Hazmat endorsements if you are wanting to go to FedEx. Expediting is a specialty niche and some love...

richboucher call the recruiters and ask them would be your best bet for the most accurate information.

January is a typically a slow month and this is where patience and knowing freight lanes is beneficial. Do you have any other drivers you can talk to that run the same operation as you? We found that talking to others that were a team and had the same or less endorsements as us could offer the...

Green Lights in Missouri for us but.... saw lots of traffic inside the scale with tire trucks in attendance.

If she has experience driving a straight truck it might also only mean that she will have to take a drive test.

The benefit vendors get from mingling and getting to know drivers comes back in big ways as we talk amongst ourselves about products we use. Most of the recruiters miss out on this great opportunity. Years ago Landstar had a cookout after an Expo and invited any drivers they saw wandering...

I like the ideas of spot something odd, or the scavenger hunt. This could take place inside and in the parking lot outside at various participating booths. The vendors could decide if they wanted to participate and then go from their on that special hidden treasure or object would have to be...

FedEx pays FSC on all dispatched miles and they pay a percentage of tolls on dispatched runs. The key to decide whether to accept or decline a load is to look at the pay and look at the miles. If the pay is high enough to meet your requirements for pay per mile or what you need for day pay...

This would be a good question to ask OOIDA's Lawyers.

From what I understand the insurance is cheaper as ES have had no major accidents. Their insurance prices will stay good until there is a catastrophe within the fleet. FedEx Custom Critical insurance is high due to their long history with some major accidents. Those with no accidents and a...

I believe you get a referral bonus if you get someone to sign up for this service? I checked on this program as curiosity got the better of me and I sat down and chatted with Paul as well. I believe one of the stipulations is you cannot all ready be an O/O leased to one of the companies and I...

She will probably have to pass a drive test in a straight truck when you find the carrier you are going with. Not a big deal and your experience is what will count. Ask questions and read away on this site as there is lots of information on how to pick a carrier that will fit your needs.

I am sure others will jump in with their thoughts on this. We haul emergency freight and the problem is it is hard to plan an emergency. We often haul as little as an ounce to in our size truck 13,000lbs. We do not return to where we started we continue on our journey waiting for the next...

You might want to read a little bit more... Expediting is not a part time job it is a 24 hour a day job often seven days a week. An owner would want someone full time and to be able to stay out for extended periods. I believe there is at least on courier company in the Saint Louis area, but I...

Have you looked in the free classified section on the tabs above? You can also call companies listed on EO and ask for a list of owners. Good Luck on your search. You might want to read back on some of the threads about traveling with pets.

One of the things we were told when we first got into this business was secure your freight so that it becomes part of the truck. It does not matter to us if we are getting paid to blanket wrap freight or not, or to use corner protectors, or anything else to protect what we haul, we will...

Yes you will have to pay for the road test. Your best reply will be to call in and get the answers you need straight from FedEx.

pjjjjj I said talk to the recruiter to get names of guys doing what you are doing so you could get the facts. The recruiters have names of people in your area willing to talk to other drivers. Maybe we just have an odd recruiter but from day one here he has called to see how we are doing as...

I really would suggest he talk to a recruiter and ask to talk to a Canadian who is running as he would like to run. With the new laws in Canada and everything up in the air it just might get to be a little more profitable to be able to use the cross dock situation to his benefit. As pjjjjj has...

Turtle you are amazing as you got registered! I used your link looked like all went well but when I tried to log in received message login failed. So I will wait awhile and see what happens.