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Do you get to negotiate for more money, since you're doing part of their job for them? Sent from my DROID RAZR using EO Forums mobile app

Yeah, probably FedEx Ground. You know, because it says FEDEX FREIGHT on the trailer in the crash photo. Next, I'd bet the driver's QC doesn't show squat, except maybe what melted plastic and glass look like.

Been our motto for a long time. Sent from my DROID RAZR using EO Forums mobile app

Wrong quote. You get the point....maybe. Sent from my DROID RAZR using EO Forums mobile app

Who says it's small thinking? If it's so spectacular, why aren't you doing it? You're assuming that's somewhere in our career trajectory. Maybe I want to live in a trailer and own a gym. Maybe, just maybe, being leased to a carrier, capturing your own freight, letting the carrier handle things...

You also have much higher insurance premiums, your own collection department and waiting to get paid. Sometimes it may be easier to lease to a carrier.

Absolutely perfectly said. While the "spreading the losses" conflicts with Linda's comment earlier (another thread, perhaps?), the asterisk would probably apply to heavily-leveraged fleets. I would not want to be in that spot right now. Save, save, save. Live frugally. Sent from my DROID RAZR...

Fuel economy. I realize you didn't ask me, but it's the best place to start as a one-truck operation, IMHO. Sent from my DROID RAZR using EO Forums mobile app

Depends.......wg, hazmat, NYC or Canada? Sent from my DROID RAZR using EO Forums mobile app

Really? Sent from my DROID RAZR using EO Forums mobile app

I sent you a PM. Sent from my DROID RAZR using EO Forums mobile app

Which belt.....generator or accessory? Sent from my DROID RAZR using EO Forums mobile app

So, Denny, why don't you tell us what the costs per mile were on the truck you owned, and how far off from "profitable" the new pay plan is to your truck's numbers? Sent from my DROID RAZR using EO Forums mobile app

My pleasure. Sent from my DROID RAZR using EO Forums mobile app

http://www.coloradostandby.com/catalog/extras/document_general_gen4_service_manual.pdf Sent from my DROID RAZR using EO Forums mobile app

You say the starter is hot, but is the solenoid hot when the key gets turned to start? Doesn't that solenoid click when the key is turned normally? Has anyone checked every single fuse? There is a fuse that controls the bridge of info between transmission controller and truck ecm that won't...