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Thanks TEAM', I took the survey, spent a lot of time on the "comments" input concerning the 1-5 on the 34 restart...I hope the regs are tweeked a little on this one.

Sounds like you got the Contec gig

Hold on there worm breath. Even a trained monkey will rip your face off if you don't give him/her luv'n when demanded:eek:

I frequently see the Border Patrol SUVs on I75 in Florida...guess they are using the International Maritine border as their reference. Their numbers have been noticebly increasing this year.

Fees for this load: http://www.dot.il.gov/Forms/table1.pdf

I went to WEST MARINE and bought a pair of cutters used for making rigging. The brand name is CLAUSS ($29.00)it is about 10" long and cuts the heavy cable seals we get from FEDEX. One handed and 1/2 second and it is done. The titanium edge and compound levering make it easy. For the bolt seals...

...oh and I can just hear it now...breaker 19 for the "SUGAR MONKEY" :eek: ...I was planning on retiring soon but I think I am going to hang around just a little bit longer.

How crude and class-less. Don't you know that the color of the tassle on the toothpick is supposed to match the color of the Gummy Bear in-which it is embeded? Sometimes I just can't understand people in this industry.:rolleyes:

Excellent and timely! We always calculate increased operating cost for winter operations to include decreased fuel economy. In addition, with anti-gel costing about $18.00 to treat 160 gal. (cost vary with brand/locations etc.) so we add .0125 per mile for the use of anti-gel. If load offers...

I would stay with the brand names Espar or Webasto. "Compatible with" dosen't give me much comfort and I would have a hard time sleeping with that thing on. I wish Espar and Webasto could be STC'D for aviation because the old Janitrols (JanAero) are too finiky and the repetitive inspection gets...

After getting our truck bumped several times by a heard of wild (feral) horses enroute to Glacier National Park. I told the Ranger on duty what happened and she said they are a big problem in this area. "Many owners who could no longer afford to keep them just turn them lose." The event itself...

Was the dog's name Cheney?

Same problem with my truck. Removed and cleaned all battery terminals and cables and ground connections and we are back at 13.9-14.1

My favorite winter route is the Kwai River in Kanjanaburi Province about 110 kilometers from our home in Bangkok Thailand.

Sounds like the owner is leased to multiple Companys and will be using you to "keep rolling" and get around logging (HOS) similar to keeping multiple logs. I know of one owner that played that way and got away with it until his hired driver crashed while he (the) owner was in the sleeper...

Pulled into one in New Mexico late night. Outside lights on but dark in the building...guy came out from side of the building and ordered me out of the truck. Not convinced he was a real cop, I just drove away and called 911. Apparently he was a fake. I never heard back from DOT about running...

as all the above had stated, there is a lot more to the "cause" than a phone call...when the story af this accident first aired, I was speculating something like a medical incapacitation or asleep with the cruise control on...for the truck to have gone as far as it did without any apparent...

"The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) determines that the probable cause of this accident was the truck driver's failure to maintain control of the truck-tractor combination vehicle because he was distracted by use of his cellular telephone" Highway Accident Report: HAR-11-02...

JJ, you don't go OOS, you do a status 88. Also when you transferred the load, did you have any hours for on duty then? The other truck should have completed the transfer with you handing them the key to the cargo box through the sleeper window/door. You should get your OOS removed (it counts...

Glad you are safe...can you tell us what went wrong with the tire, size and milage etc. and how it was discovered such as visual, vibration...etc. Thanks...