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2007 is the first full calendar year for Diane and me as owner-operators. After delivering a load reasonably close to home this morning, we decided to call it a year and head home. Financially, we achieved what we set out to do. Staying out a couple more weeks before heading home for Christmas...

When I was in college, one of my philosophy professors said, "Philosophy is not a body of knowledge. Philosophy is a skill." In the same line of thinking, you do not go to school to learn a trade. You go to school to learn how to think (not what to think, HOW to think). The days are long gone...

Random surfing brought me to the van web site linked below. I don't know anything about this company but thought van operators might enjoy the photos. http://moreheaddesignlab.com/_wsn/page2.html

And this is going on during a period of economic GROWTH. The slowdown people refer to in the financial news means the rate of GROWTH is slower than the rate of growth this time a year ago (or month, or quarter). A recession is a period of economic DECLINE. If things are this way now, they will...

I don't know if a van-only forum would be helpful or not. I do know it would be helpful if all posters identified the kind of trucks they run, their carrier and driving style (solo/team). When someone comes on and says how strong or weak freight is, or how much pay is down or up, or how the fuel...

Here is the link to info about our camera system: http://www.expeditersonline.com/cgi-bin/dcforum/dcboard.cgi?az=show_thread&om=1409&forum=DCForumID16 I was surprised to discover that the TS2 web site has disappeared. While the people we dealt with are still around, they have merged with...

RE: availability Thank you all for your replies, both public and private. As I said above, this is more of a daydream about a class 8 B-unit than a serious inquiry. If we decide to proceed with a class 8 B-unit, the next step would be to run our current truck into the ground to pay for the...

We delivered in NJ Wednesday afternoon, received an offer a few hours later. That load picked up in NJ on Friday and delivered near Phoenix, AZ Monday morning. Thursday was spent at the Petro truck stop at Bordentown, NJ where we enjoyed a Thanksgiving meal with about a dozen other expediters...

RE: availability >phil >this is getting to deep,the truck you are talking of >building,would never ever pay for its self. As I said above, "We expect that our current truck would have to pay for the next one, and not that the four-skid truck will pay for itself." No groundless expectations...

>Ummm..... OK this is a far flung assumption, so you been >refusing a lot of loads lately maybe because of the rates? You are correct, Greg, it is a far flung assumption. I'm surprised you would even make it, rational man that you are. Our acceptance percentage in the 30 day period ending...

Accpetance percentage is the reason I am inquiring about LEA. LEA does not have acceptance percentage or in-service requirements. Work when you want to, don't when you don't. If you have to wait a day or two to pluck a four skid load off the board, it's just more liesure time to enjoy. We're...

There are some things we are not at liberty to discuss. I would not want to tip off the bull.

>Phil we have a 120" sleeper and a 16' foot box and are A&E >with Panther and very rarely do any physical labor and are >making great money. Then again it's all in how long you want >to stay running or parked in the rv parks too. LOL ;) I did not think about Panther. Would Panther put on a...

I'm just curious why it would be built as a 449" >unit (17' + 10' + 125") when 480" is allowed. Because this is a casual daydream, not requiring specifics. If and when it gets down to it, we would of course be more rigorous in our thinking. The sleeper space/cargo space tradeoff would have to...

I'd love to meet your A&E friends and learn what they have to say about revenue possibilities with a 10 foot box. I'm also curious to know what kind of four skid (or less) loads of any kind can be found on Landstar boards today.

>So I ask you... In your experience, How many times have you >carried 4 skids or less and what is that ratio compared to 5 >or more skids. I don't keep track of skid count in our loads so this is just a guess. Our CR-unit has room for six skids. Almost always, our loads are four skids or...

Thanks for the replies. I'm not contacting a recruiter because this is a daydream about something that might happen 15 years from now, not a serioius inquiry for today. I don't want to waste a recruiter's time. Let's make it easier. Let's pretend that we are talking about today. Today, what...

This is a question for Landstar Express America BCOs (contractors). Diane and I are happy as can be with our present truck and carrier. We also know that every sunset leaves us one day older. At some point, hopefully many years from now, we will not be able to do the physical work of...

There is a way. Become a bicycle messenger in New York City. Your rate per mile will not equal but will exceed your fuel costs. As an expediter in a truck, there is a way too. People in the Open Forum have talked about how FedEx Custom Critical pays higher rates for short runs than some of the...

>You have never had a failure to end up in a better position? Of course I have. If all you remember me talking about is one success after another, you are not remembering the failure part of the stories I write. Setbacks is the more accurate term. Most of the time, Broompilot, not all of the...