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To save some money and weight with a lift gate, I use some truck inertubes tied together, and to load the freight I expand(pull) the inertubes and freight away from the cargo area (box), and let go. This method takes a while to get used to. You have to get your "kentucky windage" down pat...

RE: CONFUSED!! Turtle, very, very well placed on their plate.

Two Horses, you have way too many dollar signs dancing in your head. You, i'm going to suggest, will not, come outa the chute, with a fist full. If'n that's your goal, keep doing what you are doing. Don't know whom you've been talking to, but, this all takes time, AND, attention to detail...

Yep. If you have to be at a Truck Stop, Stockmens is about as good as it gets, in that neighborhood.

The "but Phil" line, is just a greeting or, something, that might get away from "your brand" only for a moment or two. Nothing at all intended. But, to answer your question, no, just word o mouth.

RE: CONFUSED!! Yes, the "for that matter, me" kinda threw me, I guess. Makes no difference. Possibly, turtle got to some of em.

But Phil, i've got 5500 pieces of equipment (cargo vans to semi's) available to me nation wide, plus, 350 or so aircraft. Not necessarily size that matters. It's simply, from what vantage point you are looking at it from.

RE: CONFUSED!! There ya go turtle. You've convinced some that they should get rid of (some) of their toys, and creature comforts, to get about the business of safely moving freight in a cargo van. IF they have paid attention to your list of "tools" (which I doubt) they will be better off...

But Phil, do you really think for a second that splitting hairs on "claims" is going to make any difference to the Momma Rabbit Shipping Lady, that is more engrosed in getting her kids picked up from the sitter, or, what to get for dinner, than "just" having to make one call and get "that"...

RE: CONFUSED!! I'm extremely pleased the info was helpful. Cheri, the fella,(I read) has no equipment. E-trac/straps/2X6/nada. Let him wear it.

RE: CONFUSED!! Sounds to me like you should invest some funds in you avocation, or, you'll probably be wearing your freight. one day.

And so does us "others"

RE: CONFUSED!! Pictures and splain'in won't do much (if any) good. ALL trucks are soooo.... different. The density of freight is soooo... different. About the only thing you can really do, is, learn your equipment by: Loading (close) loads, and scale. Commit to memory, or paper. Load...

RE: how is Fedex to work for and can you make mone Horses, you can make money anywhere in this business, jes depends on YOU.

Buckeye and Anne, I would'nt expect or, care if you typed a Carriers name. 99% of the time a Carrier has nothing to do with a exiting in this business, or, anyone whom is super successful. Luck is quite anuther thing. For most it depends on how soon you get unlucky. And, how you have...

Joe, we have had no increase in rates. If that helps.

Well typed Greg. Just because you wanna be, don't mean you can be. Don't work that way in the real world. You really need to show some reason to expect you WILL be there. Just likk'in stamps and packing the envelope don't get it.

Welcome there Dave. But yous clowns wit the toy trucks an dem wit a dozen foot cargo areas, jes gotta sit an wait fer da homerun. An dem dat don't have tollerance for a hose'in, dat don't pay tention, got no business wit the biggboys either. so, what's da answer???

Love that crank'in, keeps my wrists limber. Sides, I can crank a lotta windows for a couple grand.

Well Buckeye, if'n you'd like to fess up, i'd like to read about how those "low rates" caused your exit. Was it in fact "low rates" or, like many others: Enter underfunded? Enter under equiped? (meaning wrong equipment) Enter not matching your motivation to your carrier? Enter not having...