Are you wondering yet why everyone seems so negative? There's a very steep learning curve in this business and the lessons are extremely...
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Yep. been there,done that. I liked your description of slow motion, time to think. For me, thirty years later with a good case of CRS disease,...
I think the terminology was confusing. Running under my authority vs a lease agreement. The OP has now cleared that up and stated that he's new...
So, there will be a trip lease for each load? I'm no lawyer but, these things can get sticky real quick in the case of an accident. If he doesn't...
So, is he leasing his equipment to your company or are you double brokering the freight? If double brokering to someone who has his own authority,...
And I'm betting she gets it too. To the topic, the problem with putting the older trucks back into otr service is cost of operation. The old...
Pulling a tank is a different world, lazy man's trucking. It's easy but, it can also bite you in a heartbeat. You will learn how to feel the load...
I assume there's a really good reason, other than you just like the punishment. I lived quite a few years in Co. and had to check the map to find...
Oh well, looks as though he might have baled on the job and the forum. But, maybe someone else can benefit from the lesson learned here. I think...
I would place a bet on that one. Most trucks now have fairings so low to the ground that you can't even find a place to crawl under it. But I...
Ya think the PackRat has something going on around there that he keeps quiet about? :biggrin_255:He sure seems to spend a lot of time there. I...
The older and more wore out a man gets the longer it takes to recover from those beat downs like he got. He's probably happy to stay horizontal...
I have never, ever seen a thread with so many posts by people who have zero understanding about the transportation industry. That doesn't apply to...
I knew someone in your situation who found a guy through DMV who had a truck and trailer that he used specifically for that purpose. You should...
Sounds like a good start to me. I had forgotten about your other job. Considering that, you can't expect normal revenue in the beginning. There...
It's not a good trucker story anyhow. He didn't start with, "you ain't gonna believe this #### but, it's the God's honest truth."
Rollin coal, I agree that the bigger numbers are more important to some extent. But, for a beginner I think it's also important to pay some...
Why not, you didn't seem to mind jackin the thread with the other 75 or so posts.:biggrin_25523: I get your point that the ice is not as slippery...
