Posted on 30-09-2006

Your Going Back Where???

Filed Under ( Trucking, Trucking - Driver Shortage ) by Wayne Weisser

Yup! You guessed it, Florida. One of the companies we do a lot of work for calls us and wants us to go to Miami. I don’t think so. Gave him a brief explanation of the trouble we had last time (we took what usually was a flatbed load, thanks to our 12 ft side [...]

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Posted on 17-09-2006

Economics of Trucking in Florida

Filed Under ( Trucking, Trucking - Industry ) by Wayne Weisser

In a word - Sucks.  Most times it’s bad, sometimes it’s worse. The trade show we (and 25 other teams) haul from San Diego to Orlando finished on Wednesday. On Friday we have a load that reschedules and now we have nothing on a Friday afternoon, in Florida. Cindy was scouring the load board we [...]

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Posted on 14-09-2006

Profitable NAFTA Superhighways

Filed Under ( Trucking, Trucking - Truck Stops ) by Wayne Weisser

Since my last post this question has been bouncing around my brain like a BB in the back of my trailer.
Cheap crap coming from Asia is going to travel 30% further to get to a
Mexican super port. Plus the extra miles in Mexico and then add-in the
expense of a toll road on one of the [...]

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