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Nightcreacher...lol. Sometimes those wives are more troble than they are worth..I know it gets kinda lonely out on the road but a good dog can keep ya company although they cant drive very well..My wife is busy taking care of my 9 month old daughter, but if she wasn't, I dont think I could sleep...

Thanks again to everyone. I really appreciate all the great tips. Hopefully I can make it to the truck show coming up and meet some other expediters. Murphy sure can make things worse, but I always keep a positive attitude, and know that eventually things can get better. I dont give up easily...

Thanks I will do that. About this MAT show...Where can I find info on it????:)

Thanks Broom, thats a great idea. Thanks for the info. :)

Broompilot- Your right about me not having much luck to start out with. I pretty much thaught that I was going to jump right in and do well. I usually gotta learn the hard way. Fortunately expediting is just filling in for plumbing as Iam a licensed master plumbing contractor, and own my own...

Greg334- Thanks for the advice. I will try to find out exactly whats going on when I take my next run. Van is in the shop right now from some kind of high pressure oil flow thru problem. Maybe thats why my gas wasnt going that far?? The 20/mpg was just a guess. Thats what the truck was supposed...

Man my head hurts with all this fuel tax reporting stuff. I drive a cargo van now so I guess that it doesnt't matter but I was planning on getting a straight truck in the very near future but now Iam having second thaughts. To be honest, I thaught that fuel tax reporting was just an extra...

Wow...Seems that I must have not done enough reading before I got into the business. I own and run a cargo van, which I know is the hardest vehicle to get loads for these days, or so I hear. I hope to upgrade to a nice straight truck in about a month, but am having a hard time in the cargo van...

I tried just the external antenna and had no luck with that as well. I know the Wilson cell amplifier is kinda expensive. I own my own plumbing company in a rural part of northeastern Michigan. Before I moved up here though I lived in metro Detroit MI. Had no problems with cell service thru...

ONTARIOVANMAN- Wouldn't worry about someone getting mad about overspending and shooting up the joint..lol. Trust me, the "shall issue" states make it nearly impossible to get a license to carry a gun. Not every "Joe" can just go get one. You have to be a role model citizen just about. They do a...

I make it a point never to go into Canada. I have a problem with any country that will not let law abiding citizens with no criminal record carry a firearm to protect themselves. Criminals obviously never follow the laws and always seem to find illegal guns to commit crimes with. Iam not sure if...

Get ya one of those sweet follow me sattelite tv systems...:P

Hey all...I have Nextel and had lots of problems with them..However Wilson Electronics makes a cell phone amplifier that installs really easily in your truck. They make one for just about every phone out there and they work really well. I live in a rural part of michigan where I never had good...

What kind of hoops do you have to jump thru these days for an U.S citizen to get into Canada? Passport? birth certificate? Is it worth the extra .08 cents/mile as far as pay is concerned???

Well I really liked what I read about Express-1. Seems like they are doing very well and on their way up. They didnt require any experience and they were willing to take me on with a cargo van. Seems like alot of the other company's either required experience, which as a plumber I have none...

Well it seems that if I didnt have bad luck I wouldnt have any at all. I took another load Thursday. Deadheaded about 90 miles north of home to Gaylord MI to pick up a small load that was going to Hebron OH. About 5 Miles from my drop off point I stopped at the TA truckstop to get a coffee and...

Thank you all for your replies. I did do alot of reading on EO before I took the job. However I dont really know where the good freight lanes are. I hear alot of people say not to take loads into south Florida cause its nearly impossible to get a load out of there. So pretty much was just...

Thanks. Wishin I had more money to test the different areas.:-(

Hey all. Iam new at expediting. I work for Express-1, and just got my first load last week. I went from Indiana to Virginia. I had to layover about 36 hours before I got a load back. I cant afford to lay over for that long. Iam sure that certain companys have certain freight zones where there is...