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Think "Refrigerated Van" The profit margin is incredible. I've found that people think reefer units are too costly or maintenance intensive, but they're really not. If you keep up with the little things you can do extremely well. Expect going in that every 6 months or so you'll be putting...

Move to Georgia. ATL Courier would hire you in a hot second. Their trucks all go out and come straight back. Overnight or 2-3 day trips are rare, usually part of a specific project for a customer that schedules it well in advance. Training pay for the first few days (sitting in a...

LOL@ "fully endorsed by Sylectus" In that case, so is Arrow Critical... Who, by the way has no trucks and owes a ton of cash to everybody they ever dealt with.... Including Sylectus. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I717 using Tapatalk 2

Jzalesky, If you live near Atlanta, preferrably in the northwest region, send me a pm. I need an owner operator with interstate authority and a big liftgate. Think 60x80 platform with a smooth incline and 4000# capacity. Kenworth or Peterbilt 34000 pound gvwr is ideal. Ten wheeler is even...

Zero3nine is reading the mail, running your meter from wall to wall.... ...and I'm back quiet. Sent from my Droid using Tapatalk

Medical card is required at 10,001# 3,000# will likely put your truck over 10k, but who is going to weigh you? A bored DOT officer or state trooper with a portable scale, that's who. Likelihood of that is very low, but the possibility exists. Sent from my Droid using Tapatalk

#1: avoid sleeping in truck stops when possible. Campgrounds and regional parks abound. I know sometimes it's not possible. #2: get your own authority and cargo insurance with the ability to generate Acord certificates on the fly. #3: stop in and show your face at local courier companies...

+1 Good Sam. They will send a tow truck to places where others fear to tread. fired at you from my Droideka

Yep I usually get 40x48 skids which means I can fit two perfectly behind my bed in a standard length E350 van. Most of the time my loads are a single pallet or odd shaped piece of machinery though. fired at you from my Droideka

New plans are getting capped. This is why I am waiting to switch to 4G as long as possible. I have 3 smart phones on Verizon with 1400 shared minutes and unlimited everything else. I pay $158 per month. Original Droid, Droid 2 Global and iPhone 4. fired at you from my Droideka

1200 a week to drive 1000 miles? My bet is you will be delivering appliances or furniture, doing assembly and all kinds of debris removal. No way is that deal going to include straight forward deliveries. fired at you from my Droideka

Are you an Amazon? I stand up in the back of my Ford van and pull my pants on all the time... bent at the waist, but standing nonetheless .... fired at you from my Droideka

Opinions + sour grapes = see above. fired at you from my Droideka

Not sure about GM vans, but my Super Duty Ford has braking power to spare. My axles are rated well in excess of the registered GVWR. My wheel bearings seem none the worse for wear every time I've repacked them with fresh grease. I understand your concerns with safety and I have taken all...

I really don't see the issue here. My van can scale 3516 legal all without the spring upgrade. I installed them along with steering stabilizers and sway bars front and rear so I could do it comfortably. 4000 is technically over the limit but for short trips I will even go 4500 without breaking a...

3516 lbs legally. I'm comfortable with 4000. E350 Super Duty with Deaver spring package. fired at you from my Droideka

I've got a Walmart first aid kit that I added some things to. And I do actually keep it next to one of my two fire extinguishers. Also got my hard hat, safety glasses and safety vest in there. Antibacterial wipes are a good item to have... a rain coat... saw horses.... miter box.... lathe and a...

Here's a tip: take the flak with a few grains of salt... and maybe phrase your questions as a request for comparison between two things you have already read about. Like "I noticed driver A has 4 batteries in his bank and driver B runs only 2. In the interest of conserving space, would 2...

Seriously, right? Come in breaking the cardinal rules of every online forum since before the internet existed, asking for positive feedback? Some of us here remember the one-at-a-time message boards, dial up only BBS systems where you could be automatically disconnected after 30 or 60 minutes...

Would have to be pretty good friends to pull off a team operation in a CV... I do "team" runs solo on a regular basis.... I get $1.50 a mile plus FSC on those.... at least 2-3 times a month. I know when Panther farms out work to one of my vendors they always request a team and they pay...