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Hawk, Is it not drivable at this point?

One of my van drivers totaled out on I-75N, back on Wednesday, between Dayton and Lima. He escaped with his life. Bolt Express finished the run to Troy, MI for us. Was that anyone on here?

I do agree. Some sales people get paid by units moved, not by profit margins.

Texas has been a touch-n-go area for some time. That being said, the last two weeks were better than expected for the post-Christmas stretch.

The interesting thing is, I had heard about this sort of scam sometime ago, but not so much recently. Yesterday, a good friend of mine sent me a warning about a similar scam. His mother received a call from someone claiming to be her grandson (named Alex). The caller even knew what per name...

I wouldn't mind one either, or at least a mobile version of the website.

I am showing an N & M Transportation with a Cleveland address. Close enough? They are an Alliance partner and are showing a fleet of 10 cargo vans. Never dealt with them.

I'm trying to figure out what expedited carrier has 600 extra loads to broker in a day. Sounds like truckstop banter to me.

There are many reasons that a carrier brokers a load when they have trucks sitting. Many times a load is booked because the carrier can cover the pickup within an hour. If you're 90 miles out from the pick, your carrier will broker it, rather than lose the customer. The good news is, there is...

I have one sprinter on the road that has logged about 2250 loaded since Monday. Three loads so far. All sprinter loads. Van freight has been slower though.

This is old news, and so far has not gotten anywhere with FMCSA. Ralph Nader's group was pushing for that a year or so ago. I guess he didn't factor in that if each driver works one hour less, it will mean that we will need more trucks on the road to make up for it. Remember, big trucks are...

Hey John, I'm going out of town in the afternoon, but if you want to call me in the morning before everything gets busy, I can help you with the signature thing.

OK. Since all the LOOOOVE is gettin' thrown around here, I would like to publicly thank BOTH John Elliott AND John Clark for their valuable help and insight into this business: Mr. Elliott, for helping me know who's who in the expediter zoo (and who's not), and to Mr. Clark, for opening some...

There will always be trucks in whatever city you are in. However, your carrier should hopefully provide you with info as to how many of THEIR trucks are in the area. They may also be able to provide you with info as to whether the area is overloaded with similar vehicles.

Wha? Drive by?

I like to carry and extra set so that I can continue to "warm" the global climate while I stop to take care of business.

Oh, I complete agree with you that the driver needs to stay. However, if the driver cannot gain access to the parking lot, then I would be ok with him waiting at a safe venue within spitting distance. Unfortunately, this was NOT was the driver did.

Sounds pretty simple to me. The driver shows up and finds that he cannot be immediately load, eg. snow covered parking lot, ice on the ramp so the fork driver can't come out and van can't back up. Driver is told to hang on, while the customer is contacted about this. Driver decides to wait...

The driver would have done better to wait it out, and nogotiate the detention to stay. If this was a third party bill or even collect, then there is nothing that the shipper can verify to the driver. He abandoned the load, in violation of his contract. I would abandon him. BTW, I understand...

You would think so, huh? But as Greg said, there are different types of factoring, recourse and non-recourse. Companies that practice non-recourse will not come back on the carrier for a load factored, but are generally very restrictive as to whom they will factor. In the grand scheme of...