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Recenlty I read a post by a guy who had his drivers sign a contract before hiring them to cover his assets. I can not find the post and I thought I e-mailed him as I wanted to get some advice on how I should go about doing mine. His story was of how drivers wrecked his equipment, now he has...

Buying Tractors. Umm, I know this is an Expediters site but I made the assumption that the knowledge about fleet ownership would be the same, I should have thought that each segment of the industry has it's own special situations. I've been a company driver for 25 years and just getting into...

I forgot. The container company pays both ways, bobtailing miles and loaded miles, so there little to no deadhead miles. Containers are generaly a 8-5 business M-F and there is generaly freight always coming off a ship and the company I'm leased on with owns a huge international shipping...

I'm currenlty leased to a company that owns it's own shipping company, so we carry container freight. They do all the work in regards to freight contracts, dispatch, etc. Right now as a single owner operator I'm paying all the fuel, insurance etc. The gross is generally $3,500, after fuel and...

I'm seriously considering purchasing 12 trucks next year and moving into fleet ownership. The company I'm currenlty leased with is good and I'm making good money with them, after all expenses (fuel, bobtail, liability, workers comp) I net about 56% of the gross with weekly settlements. I was...