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There is a fleet owner who contracts with Tri-State and he uses Hino. I talked with him about his overall experience with them and for the most part he is favorable to the point he is selling off the other non Hino trucks and replacing them with new ones. For the money you get a good economical...

The other day I was on a load that was originally scheduled to pickup at noon, then changed to 15:00E. The delivery time was for 7am the next morning. No problem, except with the 15:00 pu time caused me stopping at a later time. To get a proper break for HOS The 7am deliver would need to be...

Thanks all you who replied. Reaffirmation on some of what I did know and definitely some added information for my trucking know how inventory. Be safe, EJ

Yes, I kicked myself for not doing as you mentioned. As quoted: Better to ask forgiveness than permission. As far as the fuel, I had been through several fuel stops refilling and they were all northern territory. Hey thanks for the info. I apprecaite it and welcome more advice. Though I...

I have a question regarding Anti-gel additives. I recently experience my truck being down due to the fuel gelling I had asked my fleet owner the day before it got in the minus below temps about putting an additive in and he said absolutely not. I am sure they spent over a $1000 in towing and...

Cheri is right, I had a similar experience with North South Leasing who I bought a truck from. I had enough money, did research etc, decided to cut my losses, enough said on that dead horse. But as Cheri points out, there are people out there that prey on the trusting, the ones who want to...

When I had all my problems with my truck, a lot of them were HP oil fittings blowing and losing all my oil. YUK, what a mess. My truck always stopped. Alarms, lights, and then it stopped, no matter where I was. Also, most of your oil / pm stations will give you a summary of torque items...

There have been times that this is the only place to park without driving for a good bit. So I approach, signs or not. I usually approach the manager or assistant manager. I have had much more positive results than not. This is one where it IS better to ask permission that for forgiveness...

yes after the trucks on the road were plummeted with meteors it slowed the industry down drastically.

i will make a point to try and see them. I am in Il, and the clouds are rolling in. But maybe I will get lucky and catch a glance. Thanks for the heads up.

There are some down falls to firefox. The Netflix watch it now choice can not be viewed in the firefox browser. I got some fixes by surfing, and I found a hack page that led to me to a fix that allowed me to use IE just when I need it. VERY COOL For those of you that have not tried...

OK now we all make sure we eat our veggies on the road right? Yeah Right. I picked up a neat little product from Walmart, it was a bag of cut up veggies and a cheese sauce, directions: microwave 3 min in the bag. I got it and it was great. I did not bother putting it in a bowl, since I am...

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I took some advice from Lawrence and change my browser to Firefox. I noticed a significant difference in loading speed, than IE. Thanks, now I can be patient and learn the tricks of the new EO site. OH, and I do like the new look ,the drop down menu to navigate into different forum is...

WORLD'S SHORTEST PSYCHIATRIC JOKE: A man walks into a psychiatrist's office wearing only underwear made of Saran Wrap. The psychiatrist says, "Well...I can clearly see your nuts."

not working I was trying to post a short video. Had not luck so I tried to delete the post and could not.

I am in search of some phone buddies. I like to chat while I am driving. Of course hands free and if I am in heavy traffic, city or searching for the right turn off I will excuse myself from the conversation. Two of my buddies have hung up their keys due to the slowdown in the business. And...

JibJab Sendables | "In 2007" - A Non-Crappy Holiday eCard pretty funny ha?

RE: near death experience near benton harbor michi I was on I-64 when a car with no lights on was coming straight towards me. It was 3 am, raining hard, I was in the granny lane, after I did a 360' scan of what my options were, I knew I had only one, maintain my position but decrease my...

IT'S NOT WORKING!!! No ruby slippers. I am heading south after this drop tonight. It seems like the days go by so slow when I know it is just a few days before I know I will be home. And then it just flies by. I went Christmas shopping for my daughter, she is 10. I got her one of those new...