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    Electronic Trip Planner? Destination Software

    Thanks Guy's: Nothing is ever supposed to be easy is it! or done right the first time, but the company always wants to make sure you are busting your butt to get back ASAP while you are working through their screw-ups and heavy traffic & weather and heaven for bid if you take a little time to...
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    Electronic Trip Planner? Destination Software

    Hi Everybody: Can anybody please help me? My son is a truck driver for a new company hauling house doors in the Southern states leaving from Mich going out for ten days than dead heading returning back to the factory. (The Problem) The truck is loaded by the shipping dept who for the past...
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    Panther drivers wake up

    Spoken like a true company man LDB being a fleet owner for Panther. I know a team who for the last several weeks is only being offered solo runs when they are a team who has accepted almost everything offered to them. A friend of mine told me yesterday his team was offered a 400 mile run but...
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    Hurricane hits Fuel Price sky rockets

    Does it really matter anymore how much fuel costs? Our sell out Government is run & controlled by the oil company's and big business, lets not forget the insurance company's. Oh-Boy big election coming-up, it makes me sick every time I hear either one of those no good liers talk on TV. It's...
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    How much money do you make?

    How much do we make? IT'S NEVER ENOUGH Or, It's not the money! we simply enjoy living out of a truck for weeks at a time to experience the feeling of the open road. Than I throw-up. Garman
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    What months are really busy?

    I'm totally confused by your posting? Who do you haul freight for God? Also what are you smoking to be so brain washed & confused by our sell out President. Garman
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    Hino Service Issues With Hino Reps

    I'm sorry Broompilot Ive been beaten to death with the freight business, service issues with the truck it's non-stop. If you read some of the replys back to me they sure sounded like some personal attacks, like I have a warranty so we run the equipment in the ground because it's covered, to your...
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    What months are really busy?

    It's all a bunch of crap anymore. It was the big push from July until the end of the year. I'm just glad I Incorporated my business so I can Bankrupt it when it comes to an end the third week of December. My team can find local jobs for the same crumby pay and be able to go home at night...
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    Hino Service Issues With Hino Reps

    X06col: (WOW) Folk's rely on warrantys. Thats right! Weather it comes with the vechile or we pay several thousands of dollars for the protection we are intitled to have (reasonable service) and to be treated fairly. It's just like paying big money for health insurance for your protection only...
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    Hino Service Issues With Hino Reps

    X06col: You seem to be missing the point, asking me if my honeymoon is over defending Hino trucks etc. I will also address trucks having problems as they get older, "of course they do." We have had nothing but good service out of our Hino truck since we brought it home back in Nov of 2006. With...
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    Hino Service Issues With Hino Reps

    Hi everybody: One bad fuel injector in July and we were down several days before the corporate service Rep authorized the repair and ordered the part. (One Injector) Five more to go to deal with? August 1st: Truck was runinng rough and blowing heavy black smoke? corporate Hino Rep has to...
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    08 Hino fuel milge ???

    Make a complaint with your Dealership Salesman, we have had our Dealership salesman call his district service manager and we had a $190 service bill refunded back to us because the Hino Dealership down south we stopped at ripped us off for a computer diagnosis bill on a dirty fuel filter, they...
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    08 Hino fuel milge ???

    Our 2007 Hino came with a 4.11 rear gear and we had it changed to a 3.91 and we get close to 10 Mpg depending on conditions and how much we carry. We have 170K on our unit and it's been almost trouble free, other than a couple of minor repaires. Garman
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    What Truck To Buy??

    Thats funny our Hino has made many trouble free country miles going on 170K I would question your Nephew's driving habits and if he is just a driver? because most drivers are never happy with the equipment they drive or who they work for! Interstate Trucks has treated my drivers and my...
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    Workman's Comp Insurance In Ohio

    (VINNIE T) You are the man my friend! I called Trans Risk Mgt, and they will save me $1,802.76 per year for the same coverage as I'm getting right now through my current carrier for the physical damage to my truck. Of course I still have to pay for Unlaiden insurance $51.96 monthly. The Comp...
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