- December 15, 2017“Of all the opportunities available to us in transportation, we chose Expediting and ES for our independent contractor business,” said Randy Kernan. When you think about that’s a powerful statement and says a lot about the focus, direction and thought he and his wife/business partner Susan Wicklund, (and soon to be driving partner) put into their future success.
- December 11, 2017The road to truck ownership is strewn with unfavorable lease purchase agreements. Unfortunately, the lease purchase used to be just about the only option available to Contractors looking to “own” a truck. But thanks to ES’s Much Better Alternative (MBA) and Path to Ownership (PTO), those days are now gone and Success in Trucking is becoming the norm.
- December 5, 2017Chances are good that if you’re in a Lease Purchase, you’ve asked yourself what would it be like to truly own your own truck. Spotlight News has answered that question in our recent series about Expediters who have taken ES’s Much Better Alternative (MBA) to truck finance and Path to Ownership (PTO) and experienced Success in Trucking. In this issue we feature Jason Williams, an over-the-road trucker who chose to leave the Lease Purchase merry-go-round when he took advantage of an opportunity to come on board with Panther.
- November 28, 2017Expediter Services is pleased to announce that Forward Air is now utilizing the programs and services offered by ES to help develop driver capacity. Forward Air, based in Greenville, Tennessee, has been a leading provider of ground transportation and related logistics services to North America for air freight and the expedited LTL market since 1990. According to Ryan Gilliam, Forward Air Vice President of Recruiting, the true value of Owner Operators holds high importance to the company. “The value of true Owner Operators is extremely important to Forward Air. As everyone in this industry recognizes, they are a hard-to-find and valuable resource that helps bring stability to our operations.”
- November 20, 2017We continue to shine an investigative spotlight on Lease Purchase agreements with our latest story featuring Kenneth and Amy Williams, an experienced husband and wife Expediting team signed on with Panther. They recently took the Much Better Alternative (MBA) to truck finance after a trying experience with a lease purchase agreement.