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Another van, another driver. A handful of shippers at best, shipping expedite van loads maybe once a week. Tough to keep one van busy, certainly not two. This is expedite which is very unpredictable. When it comes to meeting shippers needs, service usually trumps price.

The oil could be from residual oil on the pavement. I'd go with replacing the water pump and hope for the best.

Its your business, your customers, you set the rate. Your rate per mile will be what ever amount you need to be profitable and competitive. Can you compete with larger carriers on price and more importantly service? It will be difficult for a single van owner to find shippers willing to work...

I've been referenced to many things in my long career in the transportation industry. Some wouldn't pass the E.O. censor but I have never been called a planet. I like planet! Planet sounds powerful. Can I suck my carrier into my orbit and control them?

Loves has been on a tear the last couple of years opening new truck stops. It appears to me that most if not all are new builds from the ground up; in locations where there is no competition from other national chains or a location that can support another national chain. Just my observation.

The problem with handicap (paratransit) high roof vans is that most are converted window vans. Also, the extended height doors may give you up to 60" of clearance, but that opening is only about 40" wide at the extension.

Yes it means more wear on most components, transmission, brakes, tires etc. Total mileage is an important perimeter to consider when buying a used vehicle. I just wanted to point out that a low mileage vehicle isn't necessarily the best buy. How it was driven, who drove it and how it was...

I don't know if it was the right decision; it was his decision and more power to him for having the balls to follow through with it.

That also means it was most likely driven in an intercity operation. 292k tough stop and miles, unlike 292k over the road miles. Certainly something to consider.

Even self driving trucks need fuel, oil, tire repair etc. and lot lizards to service the hard drives.

Carriers probably differ on minimum age somewhere between 21-23. Best to start calling carriers and ask.

I been with this company since 2009. But been expediting since 2004. :)

Yeah, just as long as you're not a trucker.

Tim and WOM do you have the limited slip differential?

I understand. One of my favorite trucking company names is Fargo Cargo, located in Fargo. Another is Chi-Cargo out of Elk Grove Village. Go for it! Many years ago while running a nightly meet and turn line haul for Con-Way I co-authored The Spicer Big Road Truck Stop And Restaurant Review...

Magnum?

Oh, ya, I almost forgot; say hi ta all my friends up dare in Fargo, ya, at Super Value on dat perishable dock. Okay, den?

Good for you! Hope everything goes well.

Panther requires an annual DOT inspection for vans and a quarterly maintenance record that includes a list of all repairs, parts, oil and filter changes and tire rotation and replacement.

Its an on going thing with this newspaper in particular and the MSM in general. A Mexican kid on a bike gets hit by an suv and Trump gets mentioned because he hates Mexicans and is anti-environment. A few weeks ago a reporter on the NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt did a piece that referred...