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Blizzard, The load in question was offered to a 12 foot truck. After equipment, that truck can probably haul 4 skids max. This is not a thread about a carrier's profit margin, it's about the rate to a truck. Evidently, the owner op felt that this load was beneath his minimum, and that's...

Even better.

If this was being delivered by a team truck ( a 12 footer) that can deliver direct, then where is the downside?

Dave, Well, let's see what this load really was. If figuring in all you guys that have all your TVAL, bells and whistles on, then you might be a bit offended at a 1.40 per mile run and need to wait for a better run to put all of your extras in use. (It was cleared up as being 1.40 for all...

I agree. Truckpaper.com seems to be where Penske puts there trucks up.

Skyraider, You were asking where you could get a 10k GVW cutaway? The DRW model for GM that was 10K has the letters GBH in the vin. The 12K GVW version will have GBJ in the vin number. Not sure if GM still makes the 10K. I know the 12K version is now a 12,000 GVW version.

Zack started this thread specifically because of a response I made about the need for dock high trucks as opposed to vans at the moment.

I'll have to admit, while feeling as if I were driving while sitting on a beach ball, the air-ride cab and seats in a Freightliner class 8 are pretty doggone comfortable, even at the end of 600 miles. I really can't vouch for the Hino. Let's just say that not all trucks are created equally.

Turtle, while using humor, makes some good points. There is certainly money to be made in vehicles that are not dock high, such as cargo vans and sprinters. However, in my estimation, the current market is flooded with vans and even sprinters now. We have the unfortunate situation where banks...

Oh great. Another van. Sylectus sends out an email welcoming new carriers to the system. I looked up the two newest ones added and between them it was 30 new vans added to the system. Nothing else. Just more and more vans. If you want to be ahead of the curve in this biz, buy something...

This has nothing to do with road safety. It has everything to do with recouping lost budget revenue.

Good luck to you, John. Give me a call when you have a chance.

Falligator, If they won't take you, I will. I know you're a hard worker. We don't require a CDL on under-CDL trucks. Just log it and keep your medical card up to date.

Contact Sylectus. They are real good at crunching those numbers, which while not covering all, do cover a large portion of time critical freight.

Besides Panther, who? Landstar is a huge player, but they keep a lower profile. Their requirement levels are high for contractors, as well as partners. They could probably add more trucks, but most likely won't. Landstar is not a "nanny state" kind of operation, so I doubt you'll see a huge...

Congratulations. We've been able to make friends with a number of really nice people there. I hope you enjoy it!

No offense taken, Chef. My qualifying remarks were only intended to explain my reasons for choosing to do things the way we have chosen to do it. There are others who have explored a different business model. Which I have room for. However, there are definitely reasonable expectations that must...

Well, because there have been further responses, let me just say this. I have no particular predjudice towards van owner ops who do this. I have attempted to do it with a couple of people in the past, in the midst of others who only ran for us. At the end of the day, I found myself going out...

The flipside to this is the expectation that any one of those carriers is going to give you the attention that you would expect on an exclusive contract. If you have 3 companies that you're hauling for, then think of it as giving the carrier 33-1/3% of your effort. I would not expect any one...

Don't worry about the heckling too much, Southern. It's better to get a bit of razzing from the boys on your entrance than to be ignored altogether.