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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...

Well now, that's interesting. I respond to a piece RichM posts and his post quicly turns into something about a black bear. But the original post (I have a copy) had nothing to do with a bear. That's OK. If moderators are going to leave my reply intact, I ask that they leave this explaination...

Well, here we go again. RichM has inside knowledge about my situation that he half reports here and then says, "Best to leave the rest alone." How special. RichM has sent me private messages in the past mocking the fact that I once sold Jesse Ventura bobblehead dolls and seemingly thinking that...

Poison, It is considered bad form here in the Open Forum to post specific revenue numbers. At least it seems to be since virtually no one ever does it. So, I am not going to either. Another reason I will not do so is because at least two moderators agree that doing so would only create a...

>t hawk,if the newbies dont understand what youve posted,then >they wont be around long.I just read your post,its right on >the money.hope it does some good That may be a false hope. You can tell people what you think is important for them to know, but there is no force on earth to keep them...

>My question, again: >Why is it, when someone posts about it being slow, the same >few come on here and claim how busy they are? I can't speak for others that talk about being busy but I can speak for myself. When someone posts about it being slow, I come on and say that our team truck is...

>I have no doubt you learn from every job. Just seems that >one could not master everything you claim to have done in >the posts I have read over the years to master all of the >claimed jobs and careers? In my biography, I do not talk about mastering everything I have ever done. I talk...

>There have been some great replies to this thread. Based on >what I've read thus far, it sounds like no matter how the >owner of the truck feels about a stranger driving their >truck if a freight transfer can't be arranged, the carrier >is going to see to it that the customer is served...

Thank you, arrbsthw. As you said, and others missed, I have never been a Corrections Officer in a prison. One of my gigs when I was a computer guy was in a high-security prison in Minneosta. They have a program there where businesses donate used computers and inmates restore them to like-new...