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Is this what your 85 page post is about?
Some of it yes.....:lol:
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I currently haul logs as an 0/0, but this has dried up so getting ready to make a change. Will have to trade my daycab truck in and lease on with some company and LS has a terminal close to my home. Plan on doing the van hauling and see how this goes.
I live in Rainsville AL, and hope to run the South and be home weekends, although this might not be a possibility.
Any advice you could send my way would be greatly appreciated.
before you trade in your equipment you might want to contact LS 1st if you havent already done so. I say this because they are very picky as to whom they lease on, and not saying you wouldnt qualify, but sure would suck to get new equipment only to find out later they wont lease you.
As far as terminals go it doesnt really make much of a difference over here who your "domicile" terminal is. There are a few that have actual terminals with truck parking or a yard but most are actually the agents home resident. I cant even remeber who or where my domicile terminal is :lol:.
I pull a flatbed so I am really no help to you when it comes to the van side of the house. One thing is for sure over here......your success or failure is all on you for the most part as there are no dispathers or truck managers here, you are responsible for finding you own loads within the LS system.
As far as running the south and being home on weekend that is VERY plausable as again, you are your own boss and decide what loads you want going where you want, when you want. Last year I spent 2 weeks out and 2weeks home on average. I did fairly well with that and I ran mostly the south, south west. When it comes to being leased onto a carrier, this is about as close as you get to having your own authority....you and you alone call all the shots.