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I wouldn't call it interesting but have done several 1 pallet loads in my 53' van before that paid phenomenally well. Just ordinary expedited really. They were nothing oddball like coal from Wisconsin to West Virginia or cheese from Kentucky to Wisconsin lol.

Could probably consult with some former Navy Seals talking it up at the truckstop counter.

They do that already at big mega carriers with TT's. Put their drivers into a huge weekly payment, nice brand new truck, call them lease operators, pay them on 1099, pay them peanuts per mile, run them into the ground grinding out miles. Make huge profits off people willing to run below costs...

I thought tipping was more for people who do not get paid minimum wage like servers in a restaurant. Actually those are the only people I know of who don't get paid minimum wage. They get paid about $2 an hour and so depend on the tips to actually earn a living. If they excell at service they...

I had 1 million safe TT miles at my previous carrier. It was general freight although they did have some contract automotive and looking back I am certain some of the extra weekend work I was accepting years ago was automotive/expedited. Wasn't until I left them that I started doing it on a...

I find expedite brokers all the time on various loadboards. I've never really had anyone tell me "Chris, here is an expedite broker go work with these people". If you know anything about freight you know what kind of broker you're talking to just a few details into the conversation. What it...

I agree that it ought to be based on volume but even that is no guarantee if carriers do not practice due diligence necessary to weed out the potential bad players. If a person wanted to they could go into the brokerage business and skip out from town with hundreds of thousands or even millions...

Truck load. The thing is you don't see many truck load drivers paid on percentage. Seems like it is more common with open deck or specialized haul but your typical door slammer is paid by the mile. The only reason I can think of why that is so is because the rates for 53' van freight are so...

20-30% is a going rate for TT employees on percentage. If they have benefits with that 20-30% they are way ahead of anyone expediting in a van for a straight 40% cut. At a good company with solid rates I'd take 20-30% over 40% of typical van/sprinter rates any day of the week. You'll work a...

Interesting, 2015. This thread gets resurrected every 5 years.

You shouldn't have to go OTR for a month at a time if you live anywhere in the eastern half of the US. Daresay anyone in the western half shouldn't have to either. It's not that difficult to find a job in trucking that gets you home weekly. Now if you choose to stay out that us one thing but...

Why do you feel sorry if it puts people out of business? It should be about that if it is truly so bad. I don't believe it though how are others able to stay in business with the right coverage? Those businesses allegedly operating with several thousand units who can't afford proper insurance...

There's no mistaking one of those motors. Never driven or even seen one but I know what they sound like. Awesome lol

Over a year wow had no idea. People are gone for a while and you wonder but it could be anything. That was Tennesseehawk that thanked a post of mine a few weeks ago on another forum not Tenntrucker.

Very sorry to hear that. Had a few pm's back and forth and some phone calls over the past few years. Tenntrucker was a good guy and will be missed. When did he retire? I didn't know it. Hadn't heard anything from him in a long time aside from a thanked post several weeks ago.

I was at my first truckload carrier as an employee then contractor for 11 years. They were not a perfect company but they kept me busy. I can count on one hand the times I had issues with a paycheck. And those times it was quickly taken care of without question. I did my job and paperwork...

No they didn't. Honest work deserves honest pay. Not lies and deceit typical of most every chicken :censoredsign: carrier out here. That's trucking. Not to excuse what they did because it was wrong but did you otherwise leave on good terms with them? Did you give notice? Did they require it?

It's not so much that speed is the problem. Discourteous selfish people seemingly everywhere out here is the problem. On the German autobahn you don't have individuals intentionally tying up traffic.

The last Qualcomm I used about 4 years ago was the latest greatest. It basically reminded me of windows on a small lap top. It even had a scanner for POD's and the antenna was very small unlike earlier systems with the goofy plastic dome. I believe it was a cellular based system at that...

A smartphone can do everything a Qualcomm can do and then some.