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Hey Guys, I work for Transtewart, and these guy are awesome! Period! If anybody checks my past posts, you will see that I have been kicking around for a little bit, searching for that company to call home. I thought I had found it a couple years ago, but things did not work out, and I was...

Another thing to be careful about, as far as keeping the door shut and locked, until you get backed in, is some of those "truck eating" docks they have in places such as a couple of the Flint automotive plants. With these, you back in, and as you touch the guards in front of the plate, the...

Hey Zenoit, There is a member on here named Toes- he and his father run Marcum Trucking out of Thurman, OH. These guys specialize in the work you are talking about, and about everything else that could possibly pertain to a truck. Believe it or not, I added a nice big Alumi Bunk to my F650 day...

In my personal situation, I live in Lansing, MI area, and am an owner operator for a mid sized company out of Charlotte, NC. Nowadays, it is not necessary to be able to get back to a home terminal for anything. Although, I know that Express 1 (Buchanan, MI) supposedly has a drivers room, or...

Yeah, Ill be watching this thread. Im kinda from the school of "If its too good to be true.........." Scott

I got used to the rear vision camera that we Had to get installed, when I was a contractor for Fed Ex Ground. When I went to straight trucks, I bought one for my truck, simply because it felt really strange without one. Lets face it, when you hear story after story about backing accidents...

Hey Prof, I share your pain; In a nutshell, here is how this past week went for me: Mind you, this is my first actual week with my new company: Start out in Charlotte, NC. I get a pick up in Seneca, SC "just a little over a hundred miles away" according to the dispatcher. 160 miles later, I...

Hello, Also, dont forget that you have to have a restraint set up, ie dual belts with buckles, for the bed, which can withstand, I believe a 5000 pound force. I added a nice used alumi-bunk 72 inch aerodyne, to my F650 straight truck, by myself, and it turned out pretty good. If you search...

Miko, I was a P and D Contractor (Pick up and delivery) for Fed Ex Ground, for 3 years, out of the Detroit terminal. I got out because (as somebody already suggested) they have too much control over you. I can tell you anything you need to know- to start with, the weekly deduction for the...

Great info Frisco. Always on the lookout for an alternative to idling, in order to keep cool. I hear so many horror stories about the 7000.00 units not working right, that I would be scared to death to buy one. Scott

Hey everybody, I will be talking with Jeff Y. with Nations Express tomorrow, and was looking at the Haz Mat endorsement they require you to have. My question to anybody in the know is: is there not a waiting period of 30-45 days, in order for them to run a background check, as part of the...

Hello, Depending on your current dimensions, you are going to either have to get a real small sleeper, so you do not go over the max length restriction, or get a larger sleeper, and get a different box. Personally, I just recently took a 28 foot box off my day cab, dropped in a 72" Alumi Bunk...

How cool to see the company I work for, on the front page of EO! Everything they put in the article was spot on. Due to the fact that they are located right outside of Detroit, they generally have no problem getting you out, and reeling you back in just as quickly. I have a wife and 2 young...

RE: General questions regarding the current fuel s This may sound like a stupid question, but in an NLM load considered a brokered load? I did not know if that is how they are categorized or not, but what I do know, is it always seems that the NLM loads are the ones that do not pay squat for...

Well, here is my strategy with running freight: after I unload, I call in the information, and ask for my dispatchers opinion on whether or not to sit tight, or move. He will have been watching the boards, and let me know if he is seeing freight in the area, or if not, a good place to go. If...

Wolf_Exp, Your not alone my friend. We haul only automotive freight, and I am spitting distance from Detroit, and have not had one stinkin run! Even in February, when we are historically slowest, I still did some work. Dont know what is going on; really seems strange, but I just holed up...

Wow, amazing how a person in the business starts a thread about fuel prices and it turns into a Bush bashing game. So many conspiracy theories, so little proof! Yeah, great cartoon by the way, the one with Bush (Im just guessing here) burning the Geneva Convention. Thats just great. Coming...

KlanXX, Try First Class Expediting or On Time Express; both are in the Metro area, and both have good reputations. Scott

Good luck bro! My only good advice would be to not get discouraged. If you try to think positively, you will do just fine. There are tons of discouraging things that can happen to you in this business, but the good things will make you forget about much of the bad. Scott

Im an expediter out of Detroit. You are only about an hours drive North of me, being in Flint. Detroit has got to be in the top handful of expediting hot spots in the country- look at all the plants in the Metro area. You should have no problem going anywhere in the midwest, and possibly East...