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cutout 11-04-2007 01:44 AM

why can i read where an honest man fails(has set back) yet have the same dream and expect a differant outcome? i appreciate the honesty. i guess "leased" is looking best for me (chicken at heart)!!!

gcal 11-04-2007 01:53 AM

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Originally Posted by heavyhaulerss
fld 120 flat top. 350 big cam cummings, 9 speed, with 390 rears. short wheel base and a sliding 5th wheel. good enough ?? but i dont have my own trailer YET.
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looks like with this setup you will not be getting good mpg... saving 2 mpg would make a trailer payment.

lol the good ol days that I hope never to experience

pepe4158 11-04-2007 03:31 AM

he-he...sounds like where i was 6 months ago....i feel your pain bro

Stick with onlky the big brokers.....someone...came me a list here (think Sonny) it was sage advice.
Why is they will always at least pay....The one time I used a small...he burned me....never again unless 1/2 up front with no penalties....n i know they wont agree to that....better to walk away from them if you can

pepe4158 11-04-2007 03:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Sonny Pruitt
This is a problem about being mislead
by some posters on the boards
To anyone wanting to get their own authority
This is not a piece of cake
I wrote about it then and I will tell you now
you can lose your shirt

Hmmm Sonny...I honestly dont see how you will lose yourr shirt...Im as dumb as they come and I can stay afloat
Bottom line tho...I gotta tell you...its not worth all this extra grief, pacing, and sleeples nights for a few pennies if your not lined up ahead of time.
...He-he
Well maybe worth it when i got to tell the lumber forman to kiss my rear....he-he Steve probably remembers that great rant of mine.
Clown tells me.......well dont get hostile with me
I replied no buddy Im just telling you how it is!
He says well will you put the 4 pallets back on your truck (oh now i know hes an idiot)
So i reply no...n im not hostile yout just a DMF (he-he) to ask me that!

solo379 11-04-2007 02:11 PM

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Originally Posted by pepe4158

Hmmm Sonny...I honestly dont see how you will lose yourr shirt...Im as dumb as they come....

Don't worry! You are in a pretty big company, in this field...! :lol: :wink:

heavyhaulerss 11-04-2007 02:45 PM

pepe . have you considered going flat & leasing as an o/o ? leave the headaches to others. i've done extremely well as o/o. take only what you want where you want only if it pays what you want. let the dispatch make the dozen calls & do all the paperwork. while your out you could notice all the co's write down the info & after you collect sufficient co's you can later contact them about hauling direct & use your authority then. when i used to run long & would go to a steel plant, i would notice any co that shipped out items that would go on a flat anywhere withing 50 mi of where i was loading/unloading. after writing down the names & loc. i would give to my dispatch & say if i'm in this area again here is some co's we may get set up with to have more choices to haul from.


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