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Don't be offended by what I am saying but that's the whole problem with people today, too many times putting the cart before the horse. I would not put any credence on the carrier and would not have gotten any van until you first understand what you want out of this work and base your desire...

Here is something that is rather important. BEFORE you do anything else, get a truck that you intend to drive weighed to see what your unloaded weight is. I am thinking that 3000 is going to be a bit over the 10k you have targeted for a truck like that. Now with that said, if you are...

Well the first question I have is can you go to Canada? If so, then my advice is this; If you want to get into a van, get an E350 under 10k. The biggest body that you can get. Then as suggested, contact TST and maybe even ask Load-1. There are others who are looking for people who can go or...

Layout, the only way to learn about FedEx is by signing on with them and learning. There is nothing that prepares one for their type of attitude and type of work other then experiencing it first hand. The same goes for LS.

No hint hint, I understood what you said, I am adding more stuff because he may want to hear it or need to hear it. Please don't decide for people what we do to help others because it seems to be a theme of this site of late.

True that each company follows their own rules but here is what I have found out, with one company purple, there are rules and then there are rules and sometimes you can't find someone willing to share those with people who don't participate in the fun stuff but want to work. Not knocking the...

Actually no it can't be. There is a lot to be said that no company is perfect but a package company is not a trucking company and worried about getting there on time at any cost.

You are if you think like that. Your company is do it by my plan company - no exceptions ... sorry. Don't get my wrong Layout and other purple people, I am not saying it is a bad thing for all and you can't make money with them - just that they are the way they are. It is the detention thing...

Layout, I thought you worked for FedEx.

Go to Landstar. No wait don't do that, it is already flooded with Purple stuff all over the parking lot in Rockford, wait until they clean it up. Newtothis, you have to understand that refusing a load should not by any means followed by a move on a virtual board, a punishment of any sort and...

He is contracted with Load-1, if you can see his post, it has that load-1 image plastered on the bottom. I think they all do.

I agree, there are a lot more that you can do, but Slugo is doing all of us a favor by saying things that should be said more often. Like I am saying some are told and some ignore it thinking that they will make it back home or keep running. When I started, I was sitting for two days at a...

Kat I'm not mocking any one at all. I'm one who started a thread about being away from home when things happen and further spoke about my personal issues with it. I hear it all the time of how hard it is, and I am sympathetic of some but not all who realize how hard this can be. Unlike you...

This was discussed a while ago at length and still we keep hearing how bad it is after they were warned.

Soon?? Sorry it already is.

Part of it. See the thing that hasn't changed is the trust issue, most companies do not treat the owner as part of the service chain and as a child. Even yours has problems like that. IF there was the trust, it means that the owner/driver has more latitude to judge loads and be part of the...

But see that's the problem with the thinking that many have, the frieght isn't anywhere where it is dependable enough to count on. The problem is with the company, they fail the truck when they don't use the resources or trust the owner enough to find work.

In this business a business plan always works if it is allowed to work. This stuff isn't rocket science nor it has changed in the last 7 years. What has changed is the lack of evolution in this niche market for both the owner and company from blurring of the lines of what and where the frieght...

Rush trucking out of michigan?

Fair is relative. What I mean is unless you have no clue what your operating cost is, it could be a loss or a profit.