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NOW for you van dreamers....with all the know how out there, Dock level vans? A device that will lift to the dock? We have ground to the truck why not the other way? Think about it...

yes the DOT will step in... NOW for you van dreamers....with all the technolgy out there Dock level vans? A device that will lift to the dock? We have ground to the truck why not the other way?

On the issue of upgrading van weight limits I was refering to Technically improving the vans capabilities as in heavier trannys and bigger motors even going back to a manual tranny if needed. It's been said necessity is the mother of invention. I am always looking for ways to improve on MY class...

Well, up here in CanLand we're getting a little innovative. If ya seen those vans at Expo 2003 with the Unix bubble. Some owners are taking on 6,000lbs and then some! AND one guy even upgraded his rear end and taking nearly 8 thou! Taking some loads off the 5T's and getting what we have is a 3T...

Tony I absolutely agree with you! We van drivers may get our single skids back. Dispatchers will have to save thier big loads for the right truck just not give a skid away to keep the big guys happy. Smarter dispatchers gee what a novelty! This mess will eventually get straightened out but...

five days on a run just reading what my juju has done you people are a blast I wonder if this is the last! My poetry sucks but I tried! *LOL* I've run so much Michigan So I says to dispatch "anywhere other than a place that starts with M" MICHIGAN So where do I end up MONTREAL!!! and then from...

Yes Tony and Groundhawk It IS possible, JuJu and I are in the 6 figure average this year so far and we do that small stuff and the big stuff! The market forces here in Ontario are VERY competitive and the per mile average is lower then one would like to see, but the opportunities to double up...

Poodlenme The ways I sees it..Owners will be a thing of the past cause I think rates have room to drop again ( here in Ontario different marketforces at work )from an independent point of view, I'll end up driving more for less unfortunately! There is little profit margin for owners now after...

Tony.. Yep we missed ya by about 1/2 or so...and "I know exit" ?? I must be in a fog! We been driven, driven, driven for weeks now beeeen soooo busy honest to goodness, (2x drop coming)we're off to Warren (Wed) and then unto Dayton (Thur drop)area and then P/U Friday afternoon on a return trip...

Hey team..JuJU and I were in the Detrioter yesterday ( our 2nd home of late )and bumped into this guy who was reseaching expediting, he was recently talking to a Panther2 recruiter and was told they are NOT looking for more van drivers at this time! If true I know this is good news you you...

There are Timmys in the Detroit and Ohio area now! But the U.S pricing is higher then Canada. Can't figure that out, but then again I find prices higher for alot of fast food in the U.S. when exchange is figured in! AND Timmy's does rule!!!

I have a pager I no longer use! Dynamex made me get it till the satalite was installed. In Canada, They're called a Flex-15 ( frequency 15 )and had to order it thru Bell Mobility about 50 bucks Canadian 35 U.S. Worked fine all over the place! Now it's just an expensive alarm clock! HA!

Rich..Did you see my post about Jim Bunting? He's returned to his old job at GM as he was laid off and got recalled. P.S. I stand corrected about who started things, goes to show who's really running things. Also my hats off to Tri-State to cut ties with GM if thats whats happened, more...

This article states as high as 75% rejection rate for Canadian Drivers to date! All you Canadian drivers here at this forum anyone been rejected? JuJu and I are half way there, we now need to make an appointment to be fingerpainted and interviewed with the FBI aka Federal Band of Idiots. The...

Hey Lawrence!! Dynamex is having I think their FIRST Driver Appreciation Day. Sunday August 17th why not make a long weekend of it and drop on into Ontario?? I could e-mail you's the details.

Well gosh, I signed up here online, was I to get tickets? As I got no acknowledegement of my signing.

RE: Teacel receives world wide acclaim in print!!! high five's to Teacel!! He's a hard workin guy and deserves the recognition! Ken and JuJu

Early last year I was in the newspaper distribution business making a somewhat of a go of it, But it was alot of heavy and tedious work. But newspapers was in my blood, I had invested in my 3/4T van I have right now, but it was sitting 50% of the time, the bills were piling up and JuJu my wise...

On a golf tour in Ireland, Tiger Woods drives his BMW into a petrol station in a remote part of the Irish countryside. The pump attendant obviously knows nothing about golf, greeting him in a typical Irish manner completely unaware of the identity of the golfing pro. "Top of the mornin' to...

*LOL* Darn, reading back over my somewhat excitable post it reads like a recruiting ad!!! That wasn't the intent at all and to you skeptics NO I am not in management in no way not even related, we're on one of them rolls that just happens and I am not about to shake the tree! Luck, patience...