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spongebox1

spongebox1

Expert Expediter
I'm thinking I could lay out my box with a couple card tables, a roulette wheel and some craps tables and next time I'm in Laredo we could have casino night in the front lot at the TA, free admission for expeditors of course!

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guido4475

guido4475

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Murraycroexp said:
As I consider the next one, I feel I'll probably end up with a Chevy 3500 chassis with one of those narrow boxes like yours. But I'd love to get about 12.5'-13' inside the box. I can get a FULL 12' in my van and would NOT step back into a shorter cargo area. It's just helped pay for this van many times over again. Many.
And I'm way partial to gas burners, Chevys, van chassis, etc.
Mainly, I'm sure, because I know nothing else.
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A Cargo Max is what it sounds like youre after.I think it is a good alternative to a Sprinter.This being my first gas van, I love it. It took me awhile to get myself out of my "Big Truck" way of thinking.

A Spartan body (What I have) would be so awesome if someone made it out of aluminum instead of FRP. The side door? priceless. I can't tell you how many times I have used it just to access the front of the freight as it was being loaded, unloaded, etc. This is the main entry/exit for when I am laid over as well.The same goes with the stand up from the seats and being able to walk into the cargo box option, as well.and recessed e-track to eliminate the need for plywood on the floor.

Sorry for going so far off topic.........
 
guido4475

guido4475

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spongebox1 said:
I'm thinking I could lay out my box with a couple card tables, a roulette wheel and some craps tables and next time I'm in Laredo we could have casino night in the front lot at the TA, free admission for expeditors of course!

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Sweet idea! And go one step further and cleverly disquise it as a yellow Penske cube!
 
Murraycroexp

Murraycroexp

Veteran Expediter
guido4475 said:
A Cargo Max is what it sounds like youre after.I think it is a good alternative to a Sprinter.This being my first gas van, I love it. It took me awhile to get myself out of my "Big Truck" way of thinking.

A Spartan body (What I have) would be so awesome if someone made it out of aluminum instead of FRP. The side door? priceless. I can't tell you how many times I have used it just to access the front of the freight as it was being loaded, unloaded, etc. This is the main entry/exit for when I am laid over as well.The same goes with the stand up from the seats and being able to walk into the cargo box option, as well.and recessed e-track to eliminate the need for plywood on the floor.

Sorry for going so far off topic.........
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Yes, CargoMax would be nice. But 12-15 MPG is a tough nut with some of the current rates. I just lost another bid because I wouldn't go down to $1 a mile. Not that I don't, but I wish ALL carriers would inch up their per mile.
A boy can dream, right?!?!
 
guido4475

guido4475

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Murraycroexp said:
Yes, CargoMax would be nice. But 12-15 MPG is a tough nut with some of the current rates. I just lost another bid because I wouldn't go down to $1 a mile. Not that I don't, but I wish ALL carriers would inch up their per mile.
A boy can dream, right?!?!
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I sincerely applaud you in standing firm in you're rates, and not selling yourself short.We need more of you in this business in order to turn it around.The "Well, at least I'm moving" mentality is something that can destroy a person's business, IMO. And this industry.
 
paullud

paullud

Veteran Expediter
Murraycroexp said:
Yes, CargoMax would be nice. But 12-15 MPG is a tough nut with some of the current rates. I just lost another bid because I wouldn't go down to $1 a mile. Not that I don't, but I wish ALL carriers would inch up their per mile.
A boy can dream, right?!?!
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We need more people doing this across the entire freight industry. This just goes to show it isn't always the small guys that are driving down rates.

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Murraycroexp

Murraycroexp

Veteran Expediter
guido4475 said:
I sincerely applaud you in standing firm in you're rates, and not selling yourself short.We need more of you in this business in order to turn it around.The "Well, at least I'm moving" mentality is something that can destroy a person's business, IMO. And this industry.
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Sally and I are in a unique boat. And we know that.
But $X.XXXX per mile to VA helps a little.
 
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Murraycroexp

Murraycroexp

Veteran Expediter
Dispatching is HARD!!!
Doing that and bidding the "right rate" on loads is brutal.
I sympathize with every dispatcher
Bidding low enough to get the load and high enough to make money on the load is virtually impossible these days. I feel that a lot of the awarded loads out there are truly just to keep trucks moving.

3PLs and air freight, along with other factors, have killed rates recently. Couple that with trucks that are willing to bid $.75 on every single load, and it spells disaster. This is a free market economy, and eventually the correction will happen. Problem is, it will take a lot of good people down in the process.

Holding out for the extra seven cents per mile is virtually impossible to do and keep rolling these days on a regular clip. Rolling and profiting don't have to be independent of each other. Profiting a lot and rolling a lot may be more independent than in prior years.

All this is just my opinion and my two cents. Take it or leave it. I've seen a lot of good people do the right thing and still fail. Some of their own hand and some of the market's. It is truly survival of the fittest some days and that day is now.
 
Murraycroexp

Murraycroexp

Veteran Expediter
Splurge.
CargoMax with a small nuclear reactor generating its power under very controlled circumstances.
Realistic? No. But if I could, I would.
:)
 
Murraycroexp

Murraycroexp

Veteran Expediter
I am a FIRM believer that we would be virtually OFF the internal combustion engine, with very little sacrifices, if it were not for the historically deep pockets of US automakers. Way too many decades of inventions and patents were lost to payoffs, corporate pressures & probably threats for some of the incredible advances to get to production. IMO.
 
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