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There is a thread that asks what cheap freight is. Well I have another question that I don't think was hit in that thread. What would be considered cheap freight for a contractor that is running for a fleet owner? The loads that we haul for E1 wouldn't be considered spectular as far as rate...

DING DING DING!!! You are correct, sir!

As a matter of fact... There's "kiss me arse" brown... "You look lucky" green... "Lot lizard" pink... "You can't see me" camoflauge... "Bag o' Skittles" or perhaps "I'm a card-carrying, San Francisco resident member of GLAAD" rainbow... And last but not least... wait for it... White!

I would say that tolls for an owner that pays fuel is a no-brainer. We run for a fleet owner, and because he pays fuel, he pays tolls. Actually, we pay them, and he reimburses us, but that's off subject. Somthing like Terry and/or Rene said would work. If you bring in $x, anything above x...

I see what you say. There have been times where they will call and just hand us $20 or $40 for 75 miles. But when they don't is when it makes me wonder the real reasons behind the stellar rates we get.

I think we all forgot something. Complaining is what makes our trucks run. I don't mean by us complaining, but by shippers, and consignees, and by the people that buy the stuff that we need to haul to get it there. Granted, we as humans complain, but it's what we do after complaining that makes...

Not at all, Leo. What we've been noticing is that the miles given on the QC don't mesh with the miles via other sources, i.e., Mapquest, Google, or even the program given by EO. Practical miles are supposed to be given for pay purposes. But more and more, seems as though the practical thing to...

Most places that we've filled up at have a thing that they can do to take the receipt from the front pumps to the diesel desk to get the Comcard to go. Just make sure you let them know before you go pumping.

Secret #55 is the probability that the dock folks that any given Big 3 shop will change their rules from shop to shop and will NOT give a crap that you have other things to do.

I personally think that they should have done away with the DH in the 80s. Oh wait, this isn't baseball... Laura keeps reminding me of that. To the point. Is it me OVM, or does it seem that E1 is keeping the deadhead just under the 100 mile threshold to keep from having to dish out extra...

Oh, so you're the one that's been talking about this. Hate to burst your bubble, but this crap has been talked about ever since I started driving in 2005. Would seem that you're a little behind on the times. Besides, if the spooks in the federal guvment hear you saying stuff like that, that's...

Let us clear this mess up. The whole reason for us shutting the truck down was that it was the weekend and the place we were dropping that monstrosity of a forklift about 2 miles from where you decided to stop, Colonel. I saw this as an opportunity to see my son. At the time, my son lived in...

FYI, I am doing a lot better. Driving for a different company and for a good owner. Having someone with me in the truck that loves doing it with me helps too. Also helps that she looks better than the last driver I had (no offense, Larry... or Colonel). And all this took was a little trial and...

Yeah, as in, behind the hair on my eyebrow.

Something hit me the other night... literally. I can't figure out the best way to tell you folks... so I thought that a blog type entry might do it... Monday, March 17, 2008... really really late. I learned today that the upper bunk doesn't care that your head is coming for it. I learned...

Here's one way to look at this one run... for a few months before coming back out, I was a soccer referee. There were a few days where I worked something like 8 games and made $144 (8x18=144... and look Ma, no spreadsheet!!!). With that math being used, I did better in two days than the run to...

Well, Lawrence. Do tell, how are they working so far?

Since we don't have our own forum, this is the only way we can get our views out on a topic. But since it was thrown into the General Forum, it's open for interpretation. Personally, E1 has a lot of things they need to change, last of which is the method that they use to dispatch, it works OK.

It's good for a laugh tho... never thought I'd hear "heeeeeeeeeeeeey" at a truck stop before.

But a decent headset or something like it would decrease the need for me to put it on cruise. Ask Laura