Recent content by Blackbeard

we made our donation to Jazzy's personal account to thank her for the time and conviction she and her dad made to help truckers in need. How many teenagers do you know that would complete this journey?

He is not only a thief, but a lying incompetent communist-like idiolog driven to make sure the private sector (trucking,top blue collar jobs) are to be calibrated to the 3rd world standard of pay-I.E: make sure ALL of us working with a work ethic are: 1. reduced to "illegal alien wages"per...

Another dog in the hunt...My husband and I drove tractor - trailer for 7 yrs before expediting last Nov. Rule#1: arguments usually happen because of an outside force. Dispatcher was mean, load cancels, friend calls and wears one of you out, human nature and mood swings. When this happens it...

As a husband/wife team we were hired the 1st time via an ad here on ExpeditersOnline. We wrote about this experience oin the Newbie Forum "How to Choose a Good Owner to Work For" and "What to do if the Owner Doesn't pay". The 1st was 60/40 split, owners pay fuel and tolls (the tolls nearly...

We just had the pleasure of having Don and Jamie work on our CC Tval C unit. You could not ask for a more gracious, service-minded bunch of folks to help you in any way they could! They dropped everything t work on our unit! Real nice pull in warehouse, comfortable waiting, easy to find. BOLT...

BENTZ: Don Bentz and Jamie are located in Ft. Wayne at 4532 Allen Martin Drive. WHAT A PROFESSIONAL! Personal and attentive, loves Expeditors and has handcrafted most of the finest units out there on the road today. 260-438-5059. If it is a Bentz, he done her! We are here now having new sound...

we on our second PCMiler GPS - got the bigger screen because we are a year older LOL! We love it. Has not steered us wrong. Tells you how fast you are going, where the scales are, programs even for Canada addresses accurately. For $299 you can get a 5" screen. Many many features and easy to...

UPDATE: the owners so far have not bothered to give us a reckoning of why they withheld over $1500 of our money due. They put new drivers in the truck right away and hopefully they are a sight smarter than we were and found the loopholes in the "contract" before turning the key. But, you know...

us - the poor drivers who did the work. lol

I'm not sure how to take your post, so I will think positive. I see you are a new member to the forum, but possibly not new to independent contractor status of working as a driver? We received 1/3 of the funds due us today. Better than nothing. Pursuing the balance.

i HAVE A SMALL SIZED RICE COOKER FROM WALMART (WISH I HAD THE STEAMER INSERT THOUGH). IT ACTUALLY WORKS AS A SKILLET ON THE COOK CYCLE FRYING THE MEAT, ONIONS, MUSHROOMS, ETC. I MAKE RICE AHEAD OF TIME AND PUT IT IN ZIPLOC BAGS TO SAVE FRIDGE SPACE. I HAVE NOT HAD THE SLOW COOKER OUT NOR THE...

We will let the Forum know what the steps are after the Judgement is won.

Hi Everyone. Some of you found it helpful when I posted some thoughts on how to choose a good owner to drive for. Now we shall discuss being stiffed by the owner. 1. The parent company usually will NOT participate in the issue. The contract is between Owner and Driver. 2. Document...

Tips for Choosing Your First Private (not company-owned) Truck Owner: 1. Do they have a contract with the driver? Do they sign it? Will they send it to you before you arrive to pick up the truck? What are they providing and paying for and what are you expected to pay for? Does your pay split...

I use ear plugs and take a tylenol pm if I don;t have to drive for the next 6 hours. It will put you to sleep in about an hour and you will sleep soundly and wake up fresh no matter how many times your husband hits the alligators on the side of the road!