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  1. ATeam

    straight truck expediting.

    This is a really good post for people to read who are considering a career change into the expediting industry. Note that while the author paid cash for his truck, and is thereby free of truck payments, he is still expressing concern about his revenue, expenses, and future in the industry. The...
  2. ATeam

    Meeting your goal(s)

    >Life's Good.........and wer'e living Very impressive and inspirational. Congratulations!
  3. ATeam

    Going out of your way!

    >How many of you get a great sense of satisfaction doing >this and enjoy talking to the new O/O? That is part of what makes the business fun; sharing tips with others, and receiving the same.
  4. ATeam

    Tax Question for drivers of owner operators.

    Another firm that specializes in providing tax and business services to owner-operators and drivers is American Truck Business Services. See: http://attrucktax.com/ The busy season for tax preparers is about to begin. The sooner you contact one, the more they can focus on you without getting...
  5. ATeam

    Pallet pullers

    What about driving backwards real fast and slamming on the brakes?
  6. ATeam

    What I want

    RE: Don't ask for something, you may get it About hauling for high rates, you said, "if anyone else thought with there right head they would do the same then we would see how fast fuel prices would come down or the goverment would have to come up with some form of public aid for owner/ops."...
  7. ATeam

    Concluding Our Rookie Year

    Aruba? Folks are shoveling snow in Minnesota and many other parts of the country right now. Some people just dont' know how to live! ;)
  8. ATeam

    Concluding Our Rookie Year

    There will be >changes within Fedex next Febuary that will make him regret >taking December off. Greg knows what I am talking about. At the risk of moving this off topic, RichM, your words about upcoming changes at FedEx raise more questions than they answer. Would you or Greg care to...
  9. ATeam

    Concluding Our Rookie Year

    >Phil, > >Your idea of success is very different from ours. And that is as it should be. I would never presume to tell you that your idea of success should be the same as ours. We have >been in expediting about the same amount of time (as you) >but we started as owner operators (in a used...
  10. ATeam

    Meeting your goal(s)

    We did everything we set out to do in 2007. The financial and personal goals we wrote down at the beginning of the year were all achieved. Thank you for asking. And thank you for giving people the opportunity to say something good about themselves and the business.
  11. ATeam

    Concluding Our Rookie Year

    >Phil what kind of goals did you all achieve? I'm just >curious. We have had the same goals since we entered the business. They are (1) increase our income, (2) simplify our lives, (3) spend more time together, (4) share a business project, and (5) see the country. All have been achieved each...
  12. ATeam

    Concluding Our Rookie Year

    The post is here because a number of people "gives a rats #####." When I write about expediting, I do so mostly with expediter wannabees in mind, and I write from the personal experience of once knowing nothing about the business and later doing well in it. The people who "gives a rats...
  13. ATeam

    Concluding Our Rookie Year

    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...
  14. ATeam

    3 fleet owners selling trucks

    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...
  15. ATeam

    Of Interest to Van Owner-Operators

    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
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    3 fleet owners selling trucks

    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...
  17. ATeam

    Van Forum

    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...
  18. ATeam

    outside viewing and recording units

    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...
  19. ATeam

    RE Landstar and Thinking Way, Way Ahead

    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...
  20. ATeam

    OK who did it?

    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...
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