Recent content by cargojock

I've never seen anything factual about this guy being a convicted murderer, but he definitely is a TRUCK DRIVER. (Or was - he now claims the bullet wound to his sorry behind has disabled him.) WorldNetDaily: Jailed border agents case tied to Mexican trucks This article says he claimed he...

Definitely get a copy of the police report. ALL accidents you've been involved in show on your record, whether you are at fault or not. Problem is that they just show up as you having been involved in an accident - they don't specify who was at fault. I discovered this when I first applied...

I just sent you a PM. Might be able to help you out! I agree with everyone else - don't give up. There are plenty of GOOD owners, co-drivers, mentors, etc. out there who can help you get off to a better start in this business.

This is getting stranger by the minute. I see it says I joined January 2008. Guess that would be true with this user name for the forums! But actually registered with this user name in January 2007.

Maybe I'm the only one with this problem. I probably screwed up before this changeover, but originally I registered to post ads and I used this user name and password. A few months after that I registered to post on the forums, but with a different user name (cargojock) and password. For some...

Didn't mean to imply the problem might be with the inverter. Was thinking it might be a main wire feed from the batteries to the sleeper, and that probably splits off somewhere to go to the inverter. My thought was that tracing from the batteries to the inverter, if you can get access to do it...

Sorry I can't answer your questions about the fuse box in a '98 sleeper, but I might be able to help you contact Alumibunk. I'm working with them right now on repairs for damages done by a forklift. They're in the process (pretty much, but not quite complete) or moving from their old facility...

As an owner, I am also interested in how a GOOD lease-to-own program works. I'm thinking of something that winds up being positive for both the owner and the driver, but of course doesn't leave the owner stuck holding the bag. Just this week I was approached by a driver looking for an owner...

I'm sure also that there were plenty of others besides OOIDA working to get this bill passed. To me, the benefit of OOIDA when it comes to legislation like this and other urgent issues is that if I don't have time to get on here and read the EO forums or other online forums or news, OOIDA makes...

Remember the Border Patrol agents now in prison for shooting the supposedly unarmed drug smuggler? Seems he has given an interview with his version of what happened. Interestingly enough, he says he was smuggling drugs in an effort to earn enough money to renew his CDL. An article in the El...

RE: Time to make those calls to your Representativ Just in case you still aren't convinced that you should contact your Congressional Representatives about this TODAY, you might want to see my post titled "How Mexicans Get Their CDLs" at...

Yes, I think "refusal guidelines" or any sort of penalty could be considered a form of "forced dispatch". I think if we look at the big picture, though, in most cases there is a reason for it. Carriers have to keep their customers happy if they want them to renew their contracts, and they...

Nope, we never had any low rate offers during the time this was apparently going on, so we were unaware. None of it makes sense, though. The pay rate is part of the contract, and it is NOT based on load weight. Any changes in the contract must be signed by both parties, so to do something...

Sorry fastrod! I guess I didn't word my post very well. I didn't intend to imply that you were stating or starting a rumor by making that comment. What I meant was that people sometimes take a statement like yours, and then combine it with the initial statement that Tri-State may be cutting...

I've been reading the posts for several months as I've had time, and finally decided it was time for me to sign up and contribute when I saw this one. As a fleet owner with trucks leased on to Tri-State, I can definitely tell you that they have NOT lowered (or changed in any way) their rates...