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    GPS for 200 Bucks

    Same here w / the magellan problems (700 series) On my second one now, and it will be the last one. Doing some research online evidently the problems w/ magellan are pretty well widespread. Customer support is over in some non-English speaking country somewhere. The operating system is windows...
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    Oh those women drivers...

    If those were trucks instead of buses it would be the truck drivers fault. evening news lead..."careless truck drivers sandwich helpless 4 wheeler, drivers drug tested, DOT initiates intensive investigation on drivers and their companies.
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    Tipping the mechanic

    We got a crisp hundred dollar bill a while back out in L.A. @ the shipper as an incentive to haul --- ...we did.
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    Tipping the mechanic

    showers...if it free (on the card because of fuel) I always put a couple dollars in the card holder thing they ve got on the mirror. If they look like they re working hard the same. If the shower cleaner is a goof off no tip. Can you imagine a more distasteful occupation? You know some of those...
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    Fax Service

    Going in and out of Canada is where I d see the benefits. The confirmation page (or lack thereof actually) can be an extremely costly thing not to have in your possession coming back in.
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    Freeway Entrance

    I think the vast majority of 18 wheelers look out for us the same as they do for another 18 wheeler, theres a certain accepted rythym on the road, and you just have to abide by it. Some 18 wheelers are just plain dangerous idiots, as well as any other group, personally I see a lot of straight...
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    Fax Service

    Will these sevices return a confirmation page as proof of the transmission/? thx
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    GIVE UP

    I will probably regret this, but here goes anyway...It seems if memory serves, from reading your previous posts on various threads, 1.you had some type of lease purchase agreement with this guy. 2.the owner got 500 + some odd dollars per week + a percentage of the gross which I believe was 15%...
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    Someone has some cahones!

    Mr. Donater, That automatic transmission thing might be throwing you, No problem here with a manual. thanks in advance
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    Rose Colored Glasses

    >How pathetic is it when all that can be done is to waste >time and energy on counting words? > >There is a program that counts all that stuff with a quick >click. What is strange is that you took the time and >responded. > >As in typical fashion, Terry, Dave and everyone called it >right...
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    Rose Colored Glasses

    That's got to be the longest post in EO's history.
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    So whats the industry to do?

    Sounds real comparable to most class 7 s that I ve driven, but you ve got to have a smoother ride and more overall durability.
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    OOIDA Members

    Never heard of it, but it sounds like it could really add up to some big money quick for a dishonest fuel stop.
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    Convoy

    Was the dark of the moon, on the sixth of June In a Kenworth, pullin' logs Cabover Pete with a reefer on And a Jimmy haulin' hogs We 'as headin' fer bear on I-One-Oh 'Bout a mile outta Shaky-Town I sez Pig-Pen, this here's the Rubber Duck An' I'm about to put the hammer on down ..............
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    OOIDA Members

    what's "hot fuel" ?
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    A trucking brotherhood, you’re joking?

    That is a cool site, easy to remember the name too...thx for sharing that.
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    A trucking brotherhood, you’re joking?

    Theres just no accounting for people sometimes. You know they ve got these shop lights at autozone that'll run off your ac in your truck with very long extension cords and hooks on the light itself, to hang somewhere for just such an emergency.
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    A trucking brotherhood, you’re joking?

    Maybe next time join in the conversation with those " "truckers" " for a minute, say hello yourself, and ask one of them to hold the flashlight for you. Bet you a buck everyone of them would have helped out or at least, offered some kind of advice.
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    Hino Truck

    A little curious what you re going to do with it now...Will you continue to put drivers in it knowing what you know, or take an enormous loss getting rid of it? Like I said.. just curious.
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    tickets in NY for running APU's

    Personally I think every truck driver in this country should boycott all these communist punk ##### no idle states until they come to the conclusion trucks idling isnt so bad after all.
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