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Howdy I wish you good luck in your moderating careers.....You will probably need it, as you will soon be the object of others wrath as you do your jobs. Kevin

Howdy Just found out Wendy has at least one more Dr. appointment to get cleared. Seems we have to much room in a house and we can't communicate. Might end up doing a me drive first, then have her join in a bit later, we shall see what the Dr has to say. Might not matter to much anyway...

Thanks for the Welcome back We will definitely going the drive for an owner route. find a great wner and you can do great, and not really needing to be said a bad one can be a disaster. I'm working now and have no plans of leaving until the day I go driving. Well I'm driving now but I...

It looks like we are going back on the road, in a few months, Wendy should be done with her st sometime around the end of march. For the Newer guys/gals around here Wendy was one of the original moderators around here. I know it is probably a little soon but I placed an ad in the...

Don't worry, I called and they will be open on Saturday, and the directions are correct. Get to the delivery and something just doesn't seem right, starting with the big faded For Sale sign on the property, down to every window in the place being broken. Checked at nearby businesses and...

Howdy Ahhhh I hope she doesn't come on here and see that post. You might not have anything to worry about if she sees it. Kevin

Yup that is a load of crappers you found there. I had a sudden urge to go after going to that page. There were way to many options there to try.

Howdy Let me see, 1999 that was the year, we did something. Oh that is right, we were expediting for Roberts Express, and C&M Transport. Along the way we made it to the first EO Expo held at the Detroiter (still have some T-Shirts from that). My wife Wendy (WendyCal) was one of the...

Howdy Back in the day, when my wife and I were running team. We would stay out for two or three months at a time, and we would take advantage of those weekend layovers to catch a motel room (if the price was right) just a chance to recharge the batteries and see some sights. Of course that...

Howdy The key to all of this is to know your cost per mile to run that truck. Add to the cost the amount you feel you need to make to justify you moving YOUR truck. If it isn't close, tell them to do un-natural things to the load and themselves. Back in the day, our figure was $1.00 per...

Howdy We used to stay in Primm NV, just over the CA border. They seemed to be a lot cheaper than going to the Strip area, and had cheap rooms. Kevin Former "D" unit Driver and Owner Operator with my wife WendyCal. Possible future Driver of a "C" or "D" unit with the same wife.

Howdy This brought back memories of a terrible trip I had in a "Real" truck many years ago. Seems like every time I would stop I had another tire problem. I don't remember how many times I was searching for a tire repair shop. It was a east to west coast trip and I lost a ton of time in the...

Howdy Well my experience with them is some what dated, but Of the companies we ran for Roberts/FECC, Panther, LEA, and C&M I would rate C&M at the top. The last expediting gig we had was driving for a O/O and we tried to talk him into signing on with C&M, so we were really happy with them...

Howdy When we bought our expediter truck and were living in Texas we didn't have to pay any sales tax. Here if a vehicle is business owned, versus privately owned it is subject tp a personal use tax. We found that out when we moved here from CO and had a leased Pick Up which was considered a...

Howdy I checked out working for IdleAir as one of their flunky's in the TS. One of the big problems i had with the whole operation was the cost. As an expediter plenty of time is spent waiting, and at $1.85hr (I think) it could add up quick. Seems to me that a APU or a motel would be...

Glad to hear that all seems to be working out for you, and getting some real food. That 1959 in your name got me to wondering if that was the year you were born. Not just being nosey, but that is the year I was born, and that was when I really started thinking about how I take care of myself...

>Weave left EO some time ago. I sent you a PM as too why. Well that is a bummer, I seem to remember he was leaving C&M for some reason, but on good terms. Former "D" unit Driver and Owner Operator with my wife WendyCal. Possible future Driver of a "C" or "D" unit with the same wife.

Hey Rich, Dave and Phil Great to see you guys are still around. Thanks for your responses. From what I have been reading the 2000-2001 period was considered a terrible time for expediting, well seeing that was when we got off the road (didn't seem to bad for us) things should be great now...

>These questions are for you experienced O/O out there. > >I created a spreadsheet to get an idea what it would cost me >per mile to >operate my own truck. Based on 120000 total miles driven per >year(20% deadhead) and a $2000/mo. truck payment and using >9mpg fuel flow at $2.50/ gal. I...

I remember having a few of those short but HIGH paying runs like Rich mentions. I don't remember the exact details, but it's nice to see instead of those 200 mile dh offers on a discounted load, to the middle of no-where. I also remember a couple of times where the pieces just lined up right...