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Welcome JennyMae. I'm sure you will discover alot of "food for thought" material in here, as we did.

Do you want to work harder or smarter?

Did you speak to any of his other drivers o/o's ?

Re: How are straight truck drivers driving for fleet owners doing mileage/income wise It sounds like you will be driving solo? if you are I can not give you an answer but will tell you as a general rule, teams do better then solo's. Just saying.

I would read as much about each compaNY and Talk to as many drivers (from all companies) as possible. You need to make an informed decission to the best that you can. Each company has thier warts you need to decide can you work/live with those warts.

As Lawrence said alot of info is in this forum.. Do yourself a favor and read, read, and read. Call some carriers and fleet owners and ask them questions. Good Luck

Isuggest you search the classifieds on EO and maybe place an add.

Excellant input from the above. My wife and I asked just about the same questions to owners. Regarless how simple the question might sound.....ask Best of luck to you

Welcome to this site. Our acountant advises that we hold out 15-20% each pay period. Since we are new like you and being independant he continued to point out that for the first year we will not file quarterly because we have no foundation to work with. Save your driver log books for 3...

Welcome, You will find most of your answers in here. But i would suggest that if you are interested in this BIZ that you make contact with a veteran driver, o/o. My wife and I read this web site for over a year, posted alot, contacted alot, and talked to quite a few. WE just started out...

Thanks so much to all of you that have replied to my wifes (missbuddy) questions. Yes we will continue to read the EO forum as we have done for a while now.

Even though I'm not a licensed Mechanic I have allways made repairs and PM's on all my vehicles. However I have discovered that the owner we will be driving for wishes us not to do any repairs or pm's excluding light bulbs and such. Wow, This will be another change I need to adjust to...

I have numerous tool boxes and chests filled with various types of tools. Obviously I dont need all them on the road, however I'm sure it is good idea to have some. So, what do you reccomend? Any and all input is appriciated...Thanks

As some of you have read we have a 80# Golden Retriver (buddy). We bought him as a wedding gift to each other, now he is going out with us when we start in December. Our concern is getting him in and out of the truck considering the cab is narrow and the height of the steps and then over the...

I'm thinking this could be a challenge, but hey, life is a challenge. I did recieve a grant for the winter semester, hard to turn that down. I will be sure to check out the web site. Phoenix was way to expensive ..Busisness Management Associates degree is $20,000.00:confused:

Anyone here tried taking college classes on line while trucking? I have enrolled at Delta college in Bay City Michigan, however when I enrolled I signed up to take on-line courses simply because I was not sure where employment would put us. As it turns out all the classes I need to get my...

Looking for input/feedback about C&M located outside of cleveland. Thanks

I have been thinking...(imagine that). Let me give a couple of senarios. You are a driver for an owner and your carrier wants you to deadhead x number of miles and your carrier will only offer x number of cents per mile (and even then after certain number of miles before they start to pay DH...

This thread was originally started in August of 08' with nothing since. So I would appriciate any current opinions, facts or comments. Feel free to PM me if you wish. You all are welcome to pitch in. Yes they do have trucks w/ E-1, Panther & Fed

The thing is WE have not signed on yet with anyone. We would be a H/W team and go into a str truck. So what I'm asking is for you all to pm me with your phone number as to where we can talk about the industry and get some more info. Yes we have read numerous posts/ threads on here its...