I'm just curious, as a former AE associate our terminal had a few contractors pulling AE pups and 53's, I recall one contractor pulling 53's to Jackson, MS...Anyways, how common is this practice nowadays at AE? The reason I ask is the other morning I noticed a Landstar unit pulling a 53' down the main drag from the AE terminal to the interstate. I usually see quite a few Rosedale Group tractors sitting at the terminal too, some sleepers a few daycabs along with Rosedale trailers in the yard. These amongst other carriers, notably Sunrise outta Nebraska and S&H but I remember they brought us freight for the distribution shift to break...

Also a few months back the ready line had about 10 Werner 53's sitting there, not sure what the deal was...haven't been able to get a hold of anyone I used to work with to ask why...