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Flying J is the best truck stop service but I still had problems if I was not parked in the front row of the truck parking area. My Verizon aircard and cell phone cost $99. a month. That is with a Fed Ex 20% discount. I no longer work for Fed, but their drivers can link to the Verizon from the...

The reason the spread sheet is there is to run the numbers whenever you need them. The latest expense numbers are the most useful at predicting the near future if things stay the same. All I can do is figure out my cpm in the past month and guestimate on the next months. This is just a tool to...

You don't have to adjust your figures after a month (or week) in the business. You can use actual figures. On the OOIDA sheet you can take a month and multiply your variable costs by 12 to get your yearly totals.

On the downloadable worksheet you can lower the miles used, but you also will have to subtract a percentage of fuel and maitenance (variable expenses). New people will have to estimate on some things. It is a free and interesting tool to experiment with your numbers to see how low or high miles...

I don't think moving stuff back is going to help much unless it is moving it behind the rear axle to get leverage. You will move some weight but will it be enough to justify the cost. Moving 500 pounds back 2 or 3 feet, will at most, take less than 500 off the steer. I would use the tag axle...

I downloaded a free cost per mile spread sheet from OOIDA. Its worth a try. Cost Per Mile Worksheet

Has anyone gotten a before and after weight before installing a tag axle. It would be interesting to find out how much extra weight goes on the steer, after the install, when the axle is up.

I have an Alumibunk M2 and my empty weight is 8800 on the steers. My last 12000 pound load was 1000 over on the rear because my E track load bars were 3 feet from the front. At least now I have a better idea about how to load my truck, but I am not going to take as many chances accepting heavy...

I have been putting in Howes for the last 5 months. My mpg in a straight truck is 9.3 with a Tri Pac installed. I had a problem with fuel filters clogging 18 months ago in 15 below weather. I bought the fuel close to home at a place that does not sell a lot of diesel. Now I go somewhere else...

I just joined the company. Nice drivers lounge here.

4 weeks ago I was on my way home to quit when the company rep called me and talked me into sticking around. He said 3 of the partner carriers went out of business recently. Expedite companies are going out of business and there will probably be a few more soon. In the next 3 weeks, after being...

Thats right , but unfortunatly, it does not look like congress is going to get any better soon.

There is no point banning CTX ads here. The discussion here is doing a lot of damage to the company. If they would have done nothing more (besides the pay cut) to Dean, they would not have gotten so much bad publicity. Instead they threw gas on the fire.

I started with Tri State Monday. I met a lot of nice ex Panther drivers there in the last 2 days.

They were drilling holes near Boston last month.

dcalien, does Grandma know Cheryl Crow? I saw her name on a sign when I drove through Kennett last month.

I deleted the post because they are nice people.

If you are a single driver, don't be in a hurry to go into debt on an 08. I have an 03 Freightliner at 9.3 MPG and hope I can last in this business until its paid off in September. If I would have bought a new truck I would be bankrupt by now. Take your time and keep reading on this site to see...

J.B. might not be a partner carrier. They have enough trucks where they don't have to give away loads they can't handle. My company is a partner carrier with 70 trucks (for now). When my company has to bid on a load, they are usually looking at the one offered by other partners. 2 weeks ago...

I did a search and found a free online guide. Truck Stop Info Plus - find a great truck stop! I will buy the downloadable one when they come out with a DeLorme version.