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To sleep in, I try to park at the nicer hotels. My guess is that the clientel of those places are less likely to want to break into your vehichle. Even though I'm in there, they don't know that. Also, by doing this I get to tell my friends that my job allows me to stay at the finest hotels in...

I'm also not interested in going to Canada. Greg said if you're polite & professional they'll let ya thru w/ no problems. I'm not some hell raiser. I'm not a tough guy who's gonna kick someone's tail. Nothing of the sort. I do my best to treat people well. Those people though, have ways...

I'm also against the 1 size fits all. If the company has to make some kind of rule to keep the Feds from instituting a stronger rule, then I'd hope the company would say 2 hours of driving for every hour of sleep. (ie, 8 hours sleep per 24 hour day)

Solo driver in a van. I'm gonna have to move anyway as my g/f will be moving in w/ me next year & my house is way to small for 3 more people, her & 2 kids. In addition to that, dispatch has told me that there's not a lot of freight originating near Flint. Ironic that Dennis heads to...

Is there a fair amount of freight going to or from Knoxville? I realize "fair amount" is different for everyone. So I guess what I'm asking is if you had a run to Knoxville, would you stay there & wait for something or would you relocate to somewhere else? I'm asking because I'm considering...

I was at that stage a few months ago. What I was told was cargo van. 18-20 MPG vs 12-14. Not enough 3 & 4 skid loads (C-rate) out there to justify the box truck. Not sure how many skids the box truck could carry, but if it was 5 or 6 then a lot of times companies are gonna call a dock high...

Obviously a few of ya's use propane & do ok w/ it. At the same time, I just went to buy a propane heater. The guy selling them told me they weren't very safe. He said it would help to keep the window cracked, but even then he'd be leery of those things. So for those using propane, like...

Dennis, How long would the power last if ya had to sit for a few days? And how long to charge it up? Also, is your fridge where the passenger seat was?

This Q is based only on distance from home. Not a weekend. No special event. Just that ya had a mid week delivery & got empty in the early evening. Example, 6PM Tuesday delivery is X amount of miles from your home. How many miles from home do you have to be for ya to decide you'll spend...

So it looks like it's working better for Jeff than me. I realize my post looked kind of down on things. I should have said it more like "it's basically about the same as working for one company w/ maybe a few extra calls to keep people informed." Either way, if someone's interested in it...

Awhile back working for 2 companies was brought up. I did just that & have been at it for a bit now. Here's my thoughts on it. The two companies I work for are T&K and Alliance. Overall I wouldn't suggest it. Having said that I like both companies enough that I won't quit unless one tells...

These answers hit on exactly what I was getting at. Thanx. Turtle, agree on most of the runs being pretty easy decisions. The two I botched were longer runs. Also, the recent one I would have had to go almost 1000 miles in 16 hours. I would haven't even come close to being on time. I could...

What I'm wondering here is do you secure it to your vehicle somehow? I'm sure I'm missing something here, but I'd be leary of someone stealing it. I'm sure you've got that covered though, hence this Q.

How long does it take you to decide if a run is profitable or not? In the short time I've been back, I've made 2 oops on saying yes & if I'd taken 5 more minutes I would have turned them down. I guess they were both my fault for not getting the information right. One specifically was a...

I drive a 2000 Ford Cargo Van. I use Mobile 1 synthetic. It supposedly allows 15,000 miles between oil changes. I think 15,000 might be pushing it on the oil changes, but that's what it says. I figure 8-10,000 works.

I agree on those who said it must be a company thing. I live in Flint, MI. I was told by one of my companies that if I lived in Ft Wayne I'd have a lot more freight. Mind you, they were only comparing Ft Wayne to Flint. Still, it made me think Ft Wayne was at least somewhat busy.

Yea, I'm definately fretting. The copies is a good idea, but that's essentially what a fax is. They said only original BOL's. I get other people's mail to often to have faith in the post office. My folks live in a different town & the same thing happens w/ them, though not quite as much as...

I'm in a cargo van. I asked the origianal Q cuz at first I hated the split speed limits awhile back. Now, at least in areas w/ any amount of traffic, I'd rather see em come back. I like to drive about 67 or so. Seems to be the nice sweet spot in terms of milage & time for me. It's...

I just found out that one of the companies I work for only pays on the original bill of ladings. I faxed in the paperwork on a dual run from Detroit to Kansas City w/ a $25 add on in Indiana. Now, thru my own fault I lost one of the copies. I'm glad it was only the $25 portion of it. So in...

This is a Q for the bigger trucks. I've read the speed limit debate (trucks having same speed limits as cars) & can see both sides of it. I realize no one in Washington really seems to care about truckers, but work w/ me here please on this Q. I'm also not sure what the exact HOS hours are...