I once "saw" a 40 foot container that upon delivery, listed 125,000 of load INSIDE of it, so add the weight of the container, the trailer and the...
So, there are truckers doing local runs, home every night making something like $180,000 a year? These rates are set by the 3PL's and I know it's...
HMT is a small family owned company looking for Owner Operators. We schedule at least 2 loads a day and when we can find them 3 loads. One of the...
A couple hours to load, then 3 or 4 hours to get to the next "Appointment" that is less than 30 minutes away, then 3 or more hours to get unloaded...
I don't get it either. I talked to JB, CH Robinson and Coyote, and they all want it done for less than it costs and act like they are handing out...
That HUGE gap between the slee[er and the trailer looks like a lot of PITA dead space that just makes manuvering a hastle.
So, how far (radius?) do you run at the $2.25? Any others that pay a wage worth driving for? Is seems as if most do not even want to pay the...
Hey dieselboss. Are there any options for smaller or flush mount cameras for the 4 camera recorder? I have a Promaster high top 3500 and those...
Because when an suv runs your wife off the road and there were no witnesses to the jerk that did it, you will have video of the approach and...
Bungee cords are only needed if you do not want the tarp to shred itself to pieces or the tarp to slap a bald spot/hole on/in whatever it is...
Just don't ask why they stap down with the straps on the outside of the rub rails rather than under them so they can protect the straps if...
HMMMMMM. Does that sound like a broker? I hear ya, but if I were making a decent living as a broker, I would want to pay a fair price to those...
I would love to be able to bypass those brokers all together and get the loads directly. How much do they take off the top anyway? Anyone have a...
Are you are a leased owner/operator under their dispatch? NO, you must have your own authority and the required insurance levels are the highest...
I just signed up with and talked to Coyote yesterday and they act as if $1.60 per mile was rolling in the cash!?!?!?!
Yeah, what he said. JB called us recently ad tried to get us to go out on OUR OWN AUTHORITY for $1.70 a mile, (and that INCLUDED THE FUEL...
That's a good one! I'm going to borrow that if you don't mind!
I might as well get a big rig then. My point of going that rout was to not have a commercial truck only but something I can drive anywhere at any...
When I first heard the term "Hot Shot" it was to indicate a just a puckup truck pulling a trailer as if it were a smaller, light weight version of...
100,000 mile in a year is more than I would drive as we have mostly a 300 mile radius and most of what we do now fits in a transit connect. There...
