Stop #####ing about rates and lower your costs

Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by double yellow, Sep 2, 2015.

  1. poppapump1332

    poppapump1332 Road Train Member

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  3. AModelCat

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    No trailer lights, wiring hanging out all over the place. I wonder if it comes standard with the "hole in the floor" option.
     
  4. haycarter

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    Pretty sure that trailer has Old TUBE type rims & tires as well...
    Haven't then in general use for years..
     
  5. Studebaker Hawk

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    Bet that many DOT or police officer has seen it and didn't want to spend the rest of the day on paperwork -seizing the unit-immediate public safety hazard cancel hauling rights etc.
     
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  6. zinita17601

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    I wonder what is his cpm?
     
  7. not4hire

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    At least $0.15 lower than everybody else... because you know they're not setting anything aside for maintenance.
     
  8. Derailed

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    I was thinking more like $1.00
     
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  9. double yellow

    double yellow Road Train Member

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    At least another 15cpm by using an unqualified driver & paying him on 1099
     
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  10. Long FLD

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    I was at the Petro in Colby KS a while back and a guy comes in and says "I need a new steer tire". Well, that's what he was trying to say, it took them a few minutes to translate what he was wanting. This is the tire they pulled off. image.jpg
     
  11. Scooter Jones

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    One thing I see frequently in California is the reader sign will read, SCALES CLOSED DO NOT ENTER, and yet I see guys who hesitate, then pull in. Invariably when I look over, the driver looks foreign. I think there is an increasing volume of drivers on our roads that cannot speak or read and understand our language.
     
  12. S M D

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    One of my dads friends back in the day couldn't read/understand. I was young so I didn't know anything about cdls regulations bla bla bla. I heard him over talking and I still remember it. " A friend of his told him 4 letters means go in 6 letters keep driving" green means go red means stop.
     
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