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Message:: [QUOTE="jakebrake12, post: 911693, member: 14435"]Can't PM yet - not enough posts. Yeah, the freight side is booming right now. All terminals are bringing back all drivers on lay-off and hiring on top of that. Hiring 15-20 drivers at some terminals. The new management at Freight seems to be much more open about what they are trying to do than our former chiefs. John L. seems much better than Dave M. and it is starting to filter down. They have stated they are aggressively going after market share at this point. The East Region seems to have picked up a lot after USF Holland pulled out of the area. Also, we have seen an increase in day/night line-haul because they are eliminating some vans as we get drivers back to pull the freight ourselves. They are also starting to put the new trucks that were parked back in service because we need more trucks. So all in all, business is heavy over here on the freight side. They have also stated when capacity decreases on our side, we will go after the rates again. From what I've been told by our management, Freight and Truckload are not the cheapest options, but both our rates are at near all time lows - however both companies are doing surprisingly well given the economy. Hope it keeps going.. How are you guys making out on the Truckload side?? Miles, freight, etc..[/QUOTE]