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Expedite isn't about miles.If you expect to run lots of miles,you better not even get started.THe expedite companies offer a specialized service,so their pay is higher than the rest of the truck load carriers.If you want miles,most of the expedite companies now have a truck load division,pay is...

By now most know that my truck is sitting with a blown up motor.Been driving a company truck for TRI STATE,BUT Monday,starting orientation for Colonial Freight System Inc,KNoxville Tn.Going do a lease purchase,which I haven't believed in,but after much concideration,think this will work.Going on...

Cheri,really sorry for your loss.This may sound cold,but,the bad thing about owning a pet,in most cases we will all out live our four legged friends.I think tyhe only chance you have top go before your pet,is a parrot,I think they might out live us.Over the years,I've lost a few dogs,and because...

Greg,Im looking at a company that is offering percentage contract.They say the fleet average loaded and empty miles is .97 all miles,plus 59cpm fsc,and they pay fsc on all dispatched miles.Solos can run between 2500 and 3000 miles a week,teams 6000 to 7000 if the wish to run that hard.Think I'm...

these automated tickets are just a money thing.you receive no points or anything on your liscense,cause they cant prove who was driving the vehicle.If you have an out of state non cdl liscence,I wouldnt worry about it,they will just turn you over for collection.I was driving my sisters car,got a...

Even though I'm not with FDCC any longer,I have friends there,and the flat rate tractor program sucks,as I'm told.This program will not hurt any od the straight truck people as they don't have a flat rate program as yet to cry about.For those of you that feel your not making enough money,then...

Wine for Seniors I kid you not.... New Wine for Seniors California vintners in the Napa Valley area, which primarily produce Pinot Blanc, Pinot Noir and Pinot Grigio wines, have developed a new hybrid grape that acts as an anti-diuretic. It is expected to reduce the number of trips...

Bob, Linder, as I told you before,truck is awesome,use it in good health.Tri State has put me in brand new Volvo with the v13 engine 465 hp.10 speed tranny,and with 44000 lbs in box at 65 mph we topped a plus 7 mpg.the trailer has no aerodynamics,I have had the mpg as high as a plus 8,just...

If you feel driivng a truck is work,than you better find another vocation.To never see the things I've seen over the last 30 years,would be a crime.It's just amazing how people need to go abroad to vaction,when they have no idea what they can see just by stayin in our own country.From ocean to...

its not hard to get 50 dollars worth of receipts in resturant,then your home free.same at all t a's

reedytrk,I've been wanting to ask you this for years,what is the blue glove division

while at fdcc,I delivered many ibm computer loads,and these loads all had dunnage that had to be taken from the hospitals to dump facilities.when this was done there was an extra charge for it.When delivering pharmaceuticals for the same company,FDCC,if the loads were just brought back to the...

dont buy a lotto ticket cheri,your luck suks.unless the tire was below min spec's,your always going to have a little more tire wear in 1 tire from another,especially if the axles haven't been aligned End of last year,dot guy said he heard an air leak,he said it wasnt a safety problem,but still...

in 1989 I got my 1st cell phone.After being misinformed by Cell1,i received a 2100,1 month phone bill,Do to them not precenting the phone as it should have been,I didn't have to pay that bill.THe next plan I got was GTE,that became Alltel.Gte split areas,and where I live,part became Alltel the...

in 1986, while at Roberts Express,over a holiday weekend,I loaded in MO,4 stops at 4 different Ford locations in and around Detroit.turned out all I had on was 4 boxes,each to 1 plant.I had all 4 boxes in the front of my tractor,1st three were easy,I just carried them on the dock,they signed the...

A Cowboy from Laramie, Wyoming, walked into a bank in New York City and asked for the loan officer. He told the loan officer that he was going to Paris for an international rodeo for two weeks and needed to borrow $5,000 and that he was not a depositor of the bank. The bank officer told...

the card is good for land and sea,not good by air travel

The most common skid is 40 x48,then you can see others from 42x48 to 50 x52's.even 24 x36's,always fun when you get 21 skids,24x36 and the weight is 40000 lbs.Loading that is fun,need locking bars and you use 21 feet of the middle of the trailer,14 feet empty space in front and 18 feet to the rear

for motel discounts,just ask for the truck driver rate,usually its even better than the corporate lodging card.you pay 4.95 everytime you use the card and the discounts aren't as good as they say.Truck driver rates are in most cases the best rate,AARP rates are sometimes the same.It use to be...

if you sell your truck,you have thirty days to reinvest your money,or you pay capital gain.When you use that for the down payment on your new truck,the difference is what you can depreciate on the new truck.In most cases depreciation and interest will be more than your payment.Owning a truck is...