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    Dot inspection

    Dumb question, I had a dot inspection done at freightliner,they gave us a sticker to put on our truck and I asked them where we put it they said anywhere. anybody know where it SHOULD GO? thanks
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    Fleet Owners

    I had a question to the Fleet Owners, it's my opinion that anybody getting into this business,would eventualy want to be an o/o. With that said when you hire someone or a team, do you expect them to stay with you for awhile? are you guys continuously hiring people after 6 months or a year? if...
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    Truck Driving Fools

    Hello gang, Weve been rocking and rolling this past week. weve put in about 4000 paid miles. Just wondering if this is because its the end of the year, is anyone else getting these miles? My other question is too the drivers. what trucks do you see on the road heres my top 5 ive seen on the...
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    Kinda peeved at panther2

    davekc were new to expediting and when we saw a 1600 mile run out to california,we werent going to turn it down. I have emailed some higher ups such as the ceo and operations manager, i recieved an email from the ceo this morning saying he will have someone follow up this situation, if he does...
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    Kinda peeved at panther2

    didnt realize i was bragging in earlier comments teacel sorry if that upset you. Were still happy with our jobs and still happy with the expediting industry, i just wanted to post this message to see what you guys thought and i think i will be calling somebody higher up, thanks for that comment...
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    Kinda peeved at panther2

    we took a load from Iowa, to denver colorado, then we had an empty move to wichita,mo ( which was fine didnt want to stay in denver it was -25) but when we got to wichita we had a load offer to calexico,ca the load offer was at 3pm pick up was 3am next day. the load is a swap with antoher...
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    2006 EXPO

    anyone know when and where the 06 expo is being held? Is there a web page with info on the event? sitting in denver,co right getting ready to go back in service, i wonder what the likely hood is of getting out of denver without d/h too far? lol thanks, john pantherii:D
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    Fuel Tax - Ouch ! Must I pay ??

    new to expediting, I have a question regarding the fuel tax i drive teams with my dad in a straight truck and when we purchase fuel we pay the price that includes the tax. so whats the process do we still pay fuel taxes? thanks john
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    has anyone come across this situation before?

    Saturday at 4pm est. we recieved a load offer to kenosha,wi. Pick up was in South Carolina, and our current location was athens,ga. So dispatch gave us a bounus on d/h because we were 255 miles away from pick up. Excepted load hot footed it down to sc for a p/u at 9pm est. when we get there the...
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    Purchasing a New Straight Truck

    broompilot, on a 95k truck 20k is roughly 25 percent down plus we plan on having 15 to 20k in reserve, were making a great deal on our house in florida, thats how were putting this money down on the truck and to have money in reserve for slow times and mechanical breakdowns along with unforseen...
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    Purchasing a New Straight Truck

    Our family is moving to North Carolina in the coming months, to better our business as expeditors and to get out of Florida. You guys were right about getting freight in and out of Florida it's tough but were still making excellent money. But I know when we go into service Monday we'll be dh to...
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    Why are people so negative

    Second week with pantherii and I cannot be happier me and my dad are having a blast, weve been out everyday, the longest we've waited since dropping a loads is a couple of hours, people get aggrivated and like to discourage people when they dont succeed in this business. I think being a team has...
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    Navigation Systems

    ive been using a laptop with microsoft streets and trips with gps its only 100 at bestbuy beats 800 bucks, of course you'll need a laptop but,microsoft streets hasnt steered me wrong yet!!!!
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    First 3 days with pantherii

    WoW its been exciting with pantherii, friday morning got a load from ohio to ky paid 547.00 with fsc saturday afternoon got load from ky deadhead to huntsville,al to deliver to brampton,on 880miles with a 55cent fsc with my deal with our o/o that load paid 1200!!! theres money to be made boys...
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    Had to drive super ten tranny

    Me and my dad got a call from our o/o saying we needed to be at orientation on wednesday ( were in fl orientation in ohio) he called us monday afternoon. So got a rental car drove it to chatanooga,tn and met a couple with our o/o truck, so we had to drive his truck up to orientation, oh boy...
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    found o/o ready to go

    Thanks for the advice on getting microsoft streets 06 , I just went to best buy and picked it up ONLY 99.99 wow pc miller wanted 400 bucks!!! been exploring the software, im trying to find out if you can change directions....example im in florida and i want to go to michigan, streets says start...
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    found o/o ready to go

    I found an o/o who has trucks with pantherii, his truck is a t300 kenworth super 10, any remarks on that vehicle? also my laptop just came in from dell, i wanted to get that pc miller gps software its the co pilot, anybody have that? or anybody reccomend a different program? The o/o loves the...
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    what would you do

    thanks for the reply broom. Panther just recieved both my dads and my application they said they should have everything done by wednesday and then o/o will be calling us. Just wondering if you were looking for an o/o to drive for what stuff would you want in his pay package? You said he should...
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    what would you do

    If you were working for an o/o and had the choice to take 60% and buy the fuel or take 40% and not buy the fuel what would you guys do, every situation is different but just trying to get some peoples opinions on what they would do personaly also ive been reading some bad stuff about pantherii...
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    working for a fleet owner

    im looking to work for an o/o and was wondering what would be the better deal take 60% and pay fuel and tolls or take 40% and just drive the truck? Also is it hard to get government loads? pantherii said they pay 1.50 per mile for those loads, whats the qualifications for getting into that?
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