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:-( I looked at what it takes to obtain one's own authority. It is not too problematic. The problem I found, though, is that the insurance to cover your operation is ASTRONOMICAL. If anyone has a different take, I found numbers hoovering in the 10K per year range. Makes it hard to be profitable.

;) I caught a documentary on the History channel (I think) the other night. In this piece, the producers highlighted the Brazillian answer to rising oil prices. The entire of Brazil is fuled by alcohol. They have an entore infrastructre and mass produce ethanol for thier vehicles. They have...

Okay Eddie, I am trying to follow your logic. Is it your position that you don't turn down any run because you are basing your revenue on a monthly total against monthly expense? If that is the case, you might have a problem if you extend yourself too many times during the month. If you...

I'm not at all proud of this. I was north bound on 35 in southern OK at night. I notice a vehicle dart from behind into my West Coasts so I knew I had a T-G. I had an ungoverned tractor and was on CC at 70. I saw a large object ahead, partially in the left lane, just enough to be about a half...

SUV's and their drivers are my favorite pet peeves. What they don' understand is that their super powerful vehicle is a truck. Its handling dynamics are those of a truck and worse yet, they do not know that their vehicle will accelerate and drive INTO marginal weather but will not STOP any...

I ran skates out of OK in 2000. I ran from TX/MEX border to MI/CAN border with many stops from IL (Chicago) and TX (Houston/Dallas). I must tell you that flat bed is work and you will need to masted load securement. It is very critical because the load can easily crash forward and crush the...

What scares me the most about the scenario you have described is that you have been required to place personal identifying information into the hands of someone that you do not know. That person might not have any criminal intent with your ID, or maybe he/she does. I just don't like that. If...

It is not a good time, when someone passes their bad day onto you. It seems that the lowly truck driver gets more than his share of guff. I really don't understand it. Most of the drivers that I have come in contact with would give you the shirt off his back. Probably some of the women would...

Hey Broom, Check out the card member account information on that application. There might be a restriction for "commercial" usage. The banks that offer these cards are very aware that business owners will use these cards. The bank will also monitor the charges for fraud and that can affect...

Hey Rich, Are you sure about that? I understood that diesel is that last to crack in the refining cycle. Gasoline requires far more refining that diesel. More diesel can be cracked from a given amount of crude than can there be gasoline. I think the current gouging is on the account of...

If I may chime in here, I wonder what the high cost of ENERGY is going to do to the US economy over the next decade. If I might, our economy, while much more adapted to higher energy than in the '70s, is still energy driven. In order for the freight to move there must first be demand for...

Good stuff there Doug, I am considering a cargo van. even though the two are vastly different, the principle is the same. Thanks for your post. It really helps me more than you will ever know. Thanks Bob;)

RE: Would any Pnather II cargo van O/O's please re Thanks Dave, I appreciate your input. I have some more research to do and I feel that Panther is going to serve my purposes well. Everything I hear from my recruiter is being verified by the average driver I speak to. I have found a very...

Hello to all I have some questions here and I hope you will be so kind as to allow me a few minutes of your time. I am thinking about signing on with PantherII with a cargo van. I spoke to the recruiter and he threw me some numbers and I want to know EXACTLY what the numbers will equate to...

I just read my hastily prepared post. Sorry about the typos. I also realize that I did not properly do my equation, the average miles for 5 days would be @350 and not 145. Sorry about that Thanks again Bob