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    Mistakes you have made?

    We're doing alright, and we're still enthusiastic about it, we just have to get our house in order so to speak. We're giving some thought to going over the road in a 70+ ft 10-18 wheeler for a while, with a TL company, and get some headway in that respect. One way or another I will be involved...
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    Mistakes you have made?

    All the advice these people have offered is very true, and Holly and I would probably be on the road had we done some/most/all those things, especially the undercapitalization. All that aside, if you have barn doors, remember to open them before you back into the dock. On our very first load...
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    States restrict truck traffic

    Ah hah, I see you guys found the article I found while I was sitting on my bus waiting for time this morning. And I had some of the same thoughts as you guys, especially about terrified Joe Blow. Of course, if Joe Blow would actually pay attention and quit texting, shaving and talking on the...
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    entertainment at the consignee

    My entertainment wasn't at the consignee as much as it was at the shipper. We rolled up to the shipper and the first snafu was that they wanted to put 10 skids on our truck, but b/c of the pallet jack and dolly, and other handling/securement equipment they weren't able to do that. So while we...
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    WHERE WERE YOU 9-11-2001 ????

    Generally, Texas A&M Corpus Christi, specifically my 0800 US History class, we actually had no idea what had happened until class dismissed and I went to the Student Center. Bleary eyed as I was that early in the morning I wasn't even sure what I had seen was actually true. The reality of it...
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    Expediting with our Pets !

    That's a good point about the heartworm stuff, and something I forgot to mention, I have a years supply of it that's in the truck. And, I agree on the water thing, in fact just 10 miles up the road from home in Kyle, when I was house sitting for my mom whilst she was away, I'd give her dog and...
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    Expediting with our Pets !

    We brought our hound, Max, a Jack Russel and Whippet mix, along with us in the straight truck. His schedule really hasn't changed, at least not a degree sufficient that we've had to plan extra stops on any given run. We tend to drive about 3-4 hours at a time before taking a break and that's...
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    Only in NYC

    While I've never seen the Quiet-Hospital Zone signs in the states, when I was in Monterrey, Mexico I did see them there.
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    Expediters Helping Expediters

    Well, the California thing was just an analogy; however, we on Monday we got a run that took us from LaGrange, GA to Meridian, ID. It was a great load, so we took it as soon as it came through. Afterwards, we headed to Portland, OR where it looks like we might have to sit over the weekend. I am...
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    Expediters Helping Expediters

    I remember there was a time that I said I was never going to move again, maybe that was a direct reference to me moving out of my apartment, because since I've said that, I've helped two couples move. I have to say that, despite the soreness and the sunburn, I enjoyed what I did this weekend...
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    The Story Thus Far

    Well, either way, it is done, and they sent us our paperwork with the results in absentia. Just looking forward to getting out there again.
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    The Story Thus Far

    Well, after some fairly invasive dental work performed by us and the truck owners on various people in various authoritative positions we will become available again tomorrow evening, after a 1.5 week respite turned into a 2 week ordeal due to delayed repairs and administrative things with the...
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    Computer Based Sleeper

    RE: Sleeper Based Computer I like the idea on how to resolve the shock issues with the drives as a whole, but a concern I still have is on a standard CD tray is having a CD hop up and down. Slot loads are hard to find, and are either expensive or worthless in terms of usage (ie no burning...
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    Computer Based Sleeper

    I love to tinker around computers, heck I build my own desktops, and it seems that laptops and I don't really get along and something occured to me: with most new sleepers available with an option for x" LCD TV, why not use an LCD TV/Monitor and install a desktop computer in the sleeper. You...
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    Objects in Road

    There was one time when I was driving back from El Paso, albeit in a 4-wheeler, and I was behind a Jeep Cherokee type vehicle, and it lost its rear bumper, the whole thing fell off and slid across the lane and into the shoulder. That was something. Luckily by that time (20 y/o) in my driving...
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    The Story Thus Far

    Well, after discovering that the Texas vehicle inspection was expired on Wednesday, when we tried to test; however, this morning we were first in line to test, and she took the test and passed, and with a better score than I did. But then we ran into another snafu, Panther wants Holly to take...
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    What do owner's expect drivers to be able to do?

    RE: What do owner's expect drivers to be able to d Well, I've been somewhat fortunate that in my bus driving gigs, I had to at least be able to check the fluids, and recently on the truck we're driving I changed out a marker light...it was a lot easier getting it out than in though. (The fender...
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    The Story Thus Far

    Well, with some prodding from myself, and the owners of the truck, the DPS office in San Marcos has been made to understand that for an apportioned Texas plate, the cab card is the proof of registration sufficient for testing, since it is sufficient for everything else that I'd have to talk to...
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    The Story Thus Far

    The truck is plated in Texas.
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    The Story Thus Far

    When I took my CDL test with the university bus system all we had to show was the cab card, I don't know what it is that this woman was looking for. Like I said, this is one of those people that knows the book inside and out and follows it to the letter. I guess I'll get on the horn with DPS in...
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