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I suspect a programming glitch with half credits. They were probably still coded as $3.25 and no one caught that when then changed the price of their showers. It also happened to me in Blacksburg, SC. I was standing there swiping my card several times and I happened to notice several "Real"...

Amen! As a Bible-Believing Christian I try my best to help the carrier understand the needs of those who are delivering the freight. When I approach them with a "meek and humble" spirit, they are most open and receptive to new ideas. In fact, they have implemented one of my suggestions and...

Too many straight trucks. Too many cargo vans. Too many expediters in general. There will be some dramatic changes over the next 60-90 days. HOS rules, coupled with increasing fuel and maintenance costs, will cause many solo straight trucks to leave the industry. The huge increase in the...

The great Hall of Fame baseball player Joe DiMaggio made everything look effortless. He was known as the Yankee Clipper because of his skill and grace. He was once asked why he played so hard. His reply was actually the secret to his greatness. He said, “I always thought there was at least...

Unfortunately, they reviewed a 3500, which most would never purchase, because the GVWR would cause one to scale and log. In the future, it would seem more appropriate for LandLine, or any other trucking magazine, to query a van driver as to which type of truck would be the better to review.

Thanks to all for your input. Now for the rest of the story: I responded to a post on another forum and my position was very adamant regarding illegal activities. As you might imagine it created a firestorm of responses. Why? A lot of folks simply believe they are above the law and the others...

A fellow driver pulls into the shipper's lot and watches two D units being loaded with 1-2 skids. He says, "Are you hauling those at cargo van rates?" The team driver doesn't respond. Obviously, disappointed. The solo driver says, "Yes, I am trying to get to a better location." I understand...

Delivered in Greenville, SC on the 29th. Picked up in King's Mountain, NC on the 30th headed to Sturtevant, WI for a Monday morning delivery. Monitored the weather bands on the way north. Went 50 miles out-of-route to the house. Waited out the ice until Sunday morning late. Drove through...

Of course not. Just curious as to how someone could have the preception that anyone engaged in the delivery of goods is some how excluded from the industry based upon the type of vehicle they drive.

Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) truck·er [truhk-er]–noun 1. a person who drives a truck; truckdriver. 2. a person whose business is trucking goods. [Origin: 1875–80; truck1 + -er1] Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House...

Ah, come on 60MPH...you have been mentoring me! Folks, this O/O has a photographic memory and he has helped me many times. He can remember load offers, exit numbers, company locations, entrance gates, short cuts, etc. and he may not have been there in 3-4 years. Amazing! Now, don't get any...

All the cables I have seen are interchangeable. New carrier often returns the QC dish and keyboard from your truck, but they take a mounting bracket and wiring harness from their own inventory. This way the old carrier gets a complete unit and it saves the new carrier a great deal of time...

Nice quote Neon. Actually, you were quite on target. Nobody wants to be judged and I put myself in that category too! But alas, there has to be a payday someday. To block any thoughts of judgment folks will run to Matthew 7:1 and read you the first two words of the text; "Judge not..." Then...

Of course it doesn't mean that you in particualr have any issues with low self-esteem. Actually, I have little confidence in those who place "high esteem" on a pedestal. Like those who will tell you not to say "no" to their misbehaving child, because it might damage their self-esteem. By the...

Good! I don't believe in any religion either! Gee, we must be twins. Back in the day, I wore a black T-shirt, faded jeans, engineer boots, ear ring, chain belt and chain drive wallet. And check this out! Folks stared at me like I was some kind of biker. Well, imagine that... I wonder...

Nope. And the urinating "Calvin" decal is in the same category. Basically, the open display of such moves America closer toward total depravity. The constant "In your face" display of decals, mudflaps, T-shirts, billboards, TV ads, etc. that have a sexual connotation, slowly chip away at the...

Freightchaser, Please let me know if I can be of any help to you. As a former team member on a respiratory unit, I understand the medical prognosis. As a minister, I know my God will send the comforter (John 16-7) when all seems lost and we find ourselves in those moments of despair. If...

7 days within a 30-mile radius of Atlanta. (4 days in Jackson area and 3 days in the Temple area) Everyday the carrier said, "Atlanta is a good area for us." I was new with them, but that fiasco left me less than confident in their evaluation of a good area. Yes, an area can dry up at any...

By the time that day rolls around, Landstar will have followed Conway's lead and sold off the express division. Why? The revenues are insignificant when pitched against the THREE TT Divisions (Landstar - Ranger - Inway). For example, when you can pay a “Heavy Haul†O/O $19.50/mile from...

Yes!!! Weight! Weight! Weight! My carrier requires a scale ticket that proves the empty weight of the van. Next they subtract that empty weight from the GVWR of the van. The remainder is the actual maximum cargo capacity for that van. My carrier has never asked me to haul, nor have they...