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Please do not above all else either take equity out of your principle residence or use it as collateral to finance a truck, period! That is the best advice I can give. I get the feeling that you are trying to strike out on your own right away because nobody will hire you due to your previous...

provided you are not planning on going to Canada. If so then you want to stay under 9920# or 4500Kg

While its true that many don't or are unable to have 6 months of savings just in case, if you don't have say even at least three months savings or some kind of secondary income stream, more than likely they are the people that will end up running for cheap just to keep the wheels turning to...

I think the fact that the ball joint broke would be a red flag to me. Yes, :censoredsign: happens, however if proper pm's are being done then this should have been caught before it got to the point where it actually let go. The fact that the fleet owner wants you to play a charade to get aaa to cover the...

Agreed. However I can understand the business model that the op presented and I can see how it could work as far as driver pay is concerned. As to someone getting taken advantage of for 50.00/day I think was a little bit of an off the cuff statement as obviously all drivers talk to each other...

You belittled me twice in one posting telling me I didn't think things through yet offered no reason or info as to why you thought that way. If you had simply said "I disagree because" or had even just asked me to elaborate why I thought that way and then said you disagreed with my reply and...

As far as pay goes, how is that different than sitting in a truck (or at home for that matter) while on a percentage split with no or unacceptably low load offers for a period of time? No it's not, as with a contracted per mile rate you have no control over the length of the trips being...

Yes Dave, but it's just like anything else, if you hire those on say at a 65/35 or even 70/30 split or whatever you feel would be taking advantage of them, how long do you think they are going to be around when they see everyone else getting 60/40? You will either have to renegotiate or they...

Right, but the point being is i do not believe he is taking advantage of anybody. No one is putting a gun to your head. You agree on a rate or you don't. The driver is the only one who can decide what their worth. Like you said, no need to complicate the simple 10-4??? :-/

Your right Dave, there is no need to complicate the simple, and the simple fact is you know as well as I do that that's the way the industry works now. He's really not proposing anything new. I wouldn't work for 50 a day but some might. Just like some might take that .30 cent a mile load to get...

How is he taking advantage of other people's ignorance? If people don't know what their time is worth on a daily basis then they get what they deserve. I think he is being very fair. You tell him what you need to run and if he's got enough in the load he pays you what you are asking and you...

Is it an aluma-bunk truck? If it is (which many of that year were) I would pass on it all together.

Good info LDB. I would like to add the following for people who are "running the numbers". 1) you will always have a truck payment I have heard so many people say "once my truck is paid off". Your truck is never ever paid off. Don't fall into that mindset. If you are financing the truck...

Actually you are probably right. In reality there is only about 38, however according to Sylectus there are 2200. :-/

Since the thread has been revived, I am courious if Phil remembers what dispatch software JS were using?

With no disrespect intended to the advertisers here on EO, if you are reading the trucking magazines, most of the recruiting ads you are reading are there not because they have been "awarded new business" as they would love to have you believe, they are there because they have a very high driver...

You might be right Greg. This may be a result of integration. From all the complaining I've been reading about here lately regarding their lowball offers with lots of time for pickup and way too much time for delivery, then this is obviously not expedite freight. So what I don't understand is...

This is true for the most part. Usually anything I need to do personally I can work into my "on duty" schedule. I think there has only been two times in the last two years that I have actually needed to log personal miles, and that was only because I was layed over for the day and didn't want to...

Unfortunatley the Fed doesn't seem to want to recognize "personal miles" with their EOBR's from what I have been reading. Looks like your "lifestyle" just got a bit more restrictive.:( Not everybody however is under the Fed's thumb (yet).:D For those that still have the freedom to log...

Hi All! Just curious, has Landstar changed their policy regarding only taking on experienced expediters? The reason I'm wondering is, since they are co-sponsoring the expediter workshops advertised here on EO, I have to assume they must be willing to, or are they just there to court those...