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well for one thing Sni.pretty much quit taking students and closed there trainimg fac.down.They also was looking for more exp.drivers since Jevic there is a few others that went out of business due to the economy and fuel prices.I heard they was going to shutdown Green Bay training also.So if...

i 2nd what the moose said

i was reading the thread and wondering who was going to bring up Mcdonald's Coffee,i also think there coffee is alot better than StarSucks.What gets me is ppl.will go into SS in the mornings order there drink and a danish it comes to $10 tehn wonder why they don't have money.I know it's there...

hey Moose that is a damm good buffet at Ameristar Casino in KCMO,i love going there getting a bite to eat and giving them a couple bucks

Lets discuss that shall we,since this was kind of bought up in another post.Well i want to say how great it is and NO ONE should be without the insurance.In Oct.07 i had a bad enough wreck to put the wife and i out of service for almost 1 yr.I had to have 2 operation's during that time frame and...

You change companies and within just a couple of weeks you know all there is about that company,and expect everyone to follow you there.Now your suggesting non of us know the difference from an owner opp and a company driver.I guarantee you that every company that puts on owner opps has looked...

thanks for the replies.i kinda sorta thought the freight was not really at it's greatest right now.the next few month's are going to be very tough in this type of industry.The wife and i have been thinkin of going back to Expedite coz.we really love this type of trucking,but it appears we might...

the wife and i have not been out there since Oct.07 running team for Fed Ex. so give me the good bad and the ugly on the freight as it is now,so just curious how the cruel world is now-a-days.Since the economy is going south i thought expedite freight might go that way as well,the wife and i are...

when the wife and i was out there we used our own towel's we had 2 each,worked out pretty good for us,all we had to do is put em in the laundry then add some softner which the T/S does not do.So when u wipe off it feels you are drying off with 60 grit sand paper no thanks or drying off with...

the OOIDA enrollment is going on right now till 03-31-08,they sent me info.on it a couple weeks ago,yes it is kinda pricy good luck.

i really hope the wife and i get to make it and to meet some great ppl. that i have followed on this site for the past 6 yrs. or so that i have lurked here and put a face to the name,the only problem we have of not making it we are stuck in El Paso doing the hurry up and wait game.

we have a Thermo King on our truck it is supposed to be the mercedesof APU's or so i've been told by a few tech's unrelated to T/K all i can say it does it's job and doe's it well.

in out T600 S/T with a C11 Cat eaton auto 10 we got right at 9 mpg on this trip out west to NM up thru the Mountains to Durango Co. then on to Denver via US 285 that was with 9,000 lbs in the box.i was impressed espesially with the winds out here i was running about 68 mph.

we always P/U the load and go straight thru to reciever no matter if it is a 500 mile trip or a 1200 miler and has tons of tme only time we stop is to get coffee or a cold drink, outside of that we boogie,then when we make it at the other end we can find the place etc.take a nap or what...

just wanted to thank you all who repyed back to my post,somegreat idea's which the wife and i are working on getting done to make things easier out here again thanks.