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You are asking about busy or slow week by week? Are you new to expediting?

Asking which engine is better is like asking what star in the sky shines brighter. For every experienced driver that swears by a certain engine brand, you can find another that swears by a different one. Far more important than the kind of engine you buy is how you take care of it, or if used...

It depends on how you view deadhead miles. Are they really unpaid? If you deadhead say 500 miles to go home, yes, the miles are unpaid. But if you deadhead 500 miles to pick up freight that you will haul 2,500, some expediters would consider that a 3,000 mile run. Diane and I could care less...

In the last 12 months, 78% of our total miles were loaded miles. Which, without further explaination and comparison to other expediters, is a meaningless statistic. When you ask about loaded miles, what is it exactly that you want to know? By asking the question, what are you trying to get at?

Fresh said, "I just want to make sure that this venture can be profitable and not extremely high risk." While not doing half-bad as an expedier, I have never been a fleet owner and never would be. I view fleet ownership as an extremely high risk venture with profitability resting on numerous...

People have different things in mind when they buy trucks, many of them NOT business related. The non-business factors should be thought through too, as they affect business outcomes. While there are drivers out there that don't feel like real truck drivers unless they are driving real trucks...

There is a lot to know about truck tires and tread wear patterns, and I'm no expert. Not so long ago, I would have said the same thing Greg said about your tires, underinflation. On car tires it would be a good bet, but on truck tires, it may or may not be. That is because truck tires are...

F.Y.I. I talked by e-mail with Shurepower. They plan to charge $0.75 per hour for electric only. Nice to see they will make the electric only option available.

Very cool!

It would be redundant for me to continue to defend my view on luck, my view being that luck does not exist. I made my points as best as I know how above. Further examples would cover no new ground. Part of the problem, I think, is different posters mean different things when they say "luck."...

>David, >For some their point of view; Prays are like Luck, it does >not do a thing in reality. That may be true for some, Greg. I hope you are not talking about me. While you and I have been going back and forth about luck in another thread (in a friendly fashion), and while I have shared...

>I stand firm that luck in any way, shape or form has a lot >to do with this business for most of us who are contracted >to a company. Stand as firm as you wish, you lucky fellow you! I don't believe in luck so have nothing to defend, hapless no-luck man am I.

You are asking good questions, Raynchk. That's nice to see.

OK, Greg. I'll modify my statement. An RV park that will let you in is an attractive alternative to paying $36.00 for 24 hours of IdleAire. We have been denied entry one time to an RV park, "No Commercial Vehciles." And one time at a California state beach (though other California state...

This is where it is very important to not let the tax tail wag the wealth-building dog. Here is a quote that explains it well. It is written by someone that promotes business tax decuctions and is favorably disposed toward them. "When you add up your savings in federal, state, and...

Having never used IdleAire, I did not realize it was that expensive. $1.50 an hour will buy you a 24 hour stay in an RV park ($36), which is an attractive option if your truck is equipped with shore power. Most RV parks provide laundry, showers, water, sewer, cable TV, Wi-Fi and a place to stay...

Read this thread and follow the links that are further down in some of the replies. It may provide some clues. And yes, a 1,000 watt inverter seems small. You might also have your alternator checked. It may be working well enough to keep your dash board warning lights turned off, but not well...

>...but the idea is be >specialized,then when things are slow,you are busy. Bingo!

That's why I keep a blog named "You Learn Something News Every Day." I want to remember today one year from now and ten years from now. It helps focus my thoughts as I go through each day, so each day counts for something. A private journal serves the same function if you wish to keep your...

Depreciation is not a function of truck payments. Depending on the depreciation schedule you select, the deduction for depreciation may last more years or less than the truck loan. The interest on the loan is a deductible expense but that is something different than depreciation. Given our...