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  1. x06col

    going to look at new trucks this week

    Yes, it's amazing. Some of those clowns must be on Straight salary, and are paid if they do something or not. Recently, I was a buyer for a machine (in fact they had 8 of em) tandem camper chassis at Morton, IL. Was Sunday when I passed thru and I got my tape out and decided this'll do just...
  2. x06col

    Plywood

    Get creative. You'll find a lot of uses.
  3. x06col

    Need help from the seniors of expedite...

    Ya bud, you can't hit a home run EVERY trip to the plate. Also, would some of you experts enlighten me on where the "bad" areas are?
  4. x06col

    expo

    I dunno what was wrong with Hawks suggestion. We have known about this event for a few MONTHS now. To my thinking, someone whom would want to attend, might have had ample time to make sleeping arrangements. If, planning ability is that poor, we might want to reconsider entering a business...
  5. x06col

    Who said Rich was leaving EO?

    Actually, I was look'in forward to you're joining our team. Sorry to hear about your malfunction.
  6. x06col

    Bowling Green,KY

    Exit 2? What truck stop you at? Where did you unload Bowling Green? 50 miles to a truck stop and back to a load'l be 50 miles by 7mpg, about $22. Then ya got the idle'in I spose. Could rent a room for $30 and vedge.
  7. x06col

    Deadhead Percentages

    About 7-8%
  8. x06col

    Landstar express ?????

    Sent you a Pm and EMAIL
  9. x06col

    UPS and FEDEX

    UPS does have their expedite arm. Like many of us, we ask other organizations to help us out. They ask me to help, and I ask them to help. Cooperation.
  10. x06col

    Accepting every load...

    Maybe. Or maybe, you have been learned, and are a little wiser.:+ :+
  11. x06col

    Accepting every load...

    BTW, I want to congratulate Broompilot on his home run to Sask. Happy you broke the bank that MONTH. I'm setting here wondering however, how thin you're soup will get before you step to the plate and hit another one.
  12. x06col

    Accepting every load...

    Maybe I can help someone considering this business. Following is a real life fact about costs. We purchased a 330 Peterbuilt with a 60" double bunk sleeper (austere but adequate) for $40,000. We Have run that machine for 550,000 miles. Cost per mile $.072. Lets double that for Ins, Maint...
  13. x06col

    Accepting every load...

    Broom: Certainly, there are times when a truck stop visit is necessary. However, if I don't need fuel, or a shower, it is not acceptable to me personnaly to dead head fifty miles to a truck stop. If I do need fuel, I more than likely still won't dead head that far to a truck stop. Fuel is...
  14. x06col

    Accepting every load...

    Yes Rich, this job can be extremely personnaly rewarding (warm and fuzzy rewarding) as well as financially rewarding. Unfortuneately, the next one might not be as warm and fuzzy.
  15. x06col

    Accepting every load...

    Absolutely, this business was in fact built on service (pulling peoples fat outa the fire). Have a fine fort o july folks.
  16. x06col

    Accepting every load...

    This has been a great discussion so far. However, for typing about "cheap" freight, we need to understand that not everyone lives in Columbus, Ohio. Now, I submit that if you were in columbus, Ohio and have an agenda in Denver, Sioux Falls, Bozeman, wouldn't you rather go to your agenda for a...
  17. x06col

    Accepting every load...

    I wouldn't Dead Head ten miles for twenty cent, let alone a hunder'd. There are more ways to view this industy than from one five degree angle, there are three hunder'd fifty five left. And if you folks are thinking you're getting taken advantage of, or, it don't go where you wanna go, then, by...
  18. x06col

    Accepting every load...

    Insult that contributed nothing to the discussion removed.
  19. x06col

    Accepting every load...

    ATEAM: Better yet, read the recruiters post over, and over again. Internalize the parts about the freight on the truck being "your freight" , and, the part about the customer being "your customer". Way too many O/O, if not the vast majority, have not got this figgured out yet. Internalize...
  20. x06col

    Dream Expedite Company

    AMEN ATEAM
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