It has probably been two years or so since we have made an appearence around here. My wife Wendy (she was one of the original mods on EO) and I came in off the road about 5 years ago, and call us crazy but we are considering doing it all over again. :+
After being away from the industry for so long, we are sure there have been some big changes that we need to know about, before making any final decision. We are hoping you can help us out with this.
One of the first things I can think of is getting some info about Fleet Owners we might hook up with. I actualy remembered there where a lot of good things said about Housworth Trucking, but I just did a search and found the sad news of his passing awhile back. Would anyone know if his company is still operating, and if it is, does it still have the same good reputation for dealing with their contract drivers? How about other Good Owners to work WITH?
In the past we ran for Roberts Express (Now FedEx Custom Critical for the real Newbies
), Panther, C&M, and Landstar. We did pretty good at all of them except for Panther. We never did seem to get into the flow of things in the time we spent there. We have been both Contract Drivers and also owned our own truck, so we have a pretty good idea of the differences between the two. We have also experienced the special treatment given to the trucks of the larger fleet owners, and would prefer to work with someone with more than 2 or 3 trucks leased on at 2 or 3 different companies.
We both still have our Class A CDL's (Looking for a "D" unit ride though) with clean driving records, and can pass a drug test with no concerns. We also have been driving commercial vehicles (City Bus, as well as School Bus) so I would hope this would keep us qualified on this issue, with at least most of the companies.
Well this is turning into a novel, so I will cut it off here. We would like to here everyones opinion of our situation, and information about the questions I have asked. Let us hear it, even if you think we are crazy.
Kevin
After being away from the industry for so long, we are sure there have been some big changes that we need to know about, before making any final decision. We are hoping you can help us out with this.
One of the first things I can think of is getting some info about Fleet Owners we might hook up with. I actualy remembered there where a lot of good things said about Housworth Trucking, but I just did a search and found the sad news of his passing awhile back. Would anyone know if his company is still operating, and if it is, does it still have the same good reputation for dealing with their contract drivers? How about other Good Owners to work WITH?
In the past we ran for Roberts Express (Now FedEx Custom Critical for the real Newbies
), Panther, C&M, and Landstar. We did pretty good at all of them except for Panther. We never did seem to get into the flow of things in the time we spent there. We have been both Contract Drivers and also owned our own truck, so we have a pretty good idea of the differences between the two. We have also experienced the special treatment given to the trucks of the larger fleet owners, and would prefer to work with someone with more than 2 or 3 trucks leased on at 2 or 3 different companies.We both still have our Class A CDL's (Looking for a "D" unit ride though) with clean driving records, and can pass a drug test with no concerns. We also have been driving commercial vehicles (City Bus, as well as School Bus) so I would hope this would keep us qualified on this issue, with at least most of the companies.
Well this is turning into a novel, so I will cut it off here. We would like to here everyones opinion of our situation, and information about the questions I have asked. Let us hear it, even if you think we are crazy.
Kevin
