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I think I mispoke. I was complaining about recieiving 11 Load Opportunties and not being first in line for any of them. FECC has a new ridiculous dispatch system that sends the same load to three trucks at the same time. So since I was in Erie Pa I was getting pinged over and over last truck in...

I don't give a rats a** what the EPA, sais. For the first time in 2 years I am comfortable in summer temps in my truck. Why are you people so eager to have the gov. run every aspect of your lives!!! think about it do you seriously think fourteen ounces of refridgerant is more dangerous...

just as I suspected I received elevn load opportunties and wasn't first out on any. pretty irritating I was laid over in erie first in line received Load Opportunties from everywhere but erie.. it was ridiculous hundred of dh miles which made the rate offered to our truck pitiful anyway...

I heard this complaint from another FECC driver he said it took six weeks to get his codriver throught their new hiring syystem.

Next time you are in for warranty service, watch what the guy does, so you can see where he hooks the guages up. The low pressure side is the one that doens't burn your fingers when you touch it after the ac has been running a while - learned that the hard way.

Theres the link to where I bought the stuff. ES-22a Enviro-Safe: HomeRefrigerants.com If you get the home recharge kit, four small cans, your AC in the APU will take two cans and then you will have 2 spares. They also sell the right gauge. I see they changed their webpage since I bought...

Since only about 1 in 6 Canada runs I get offered are up to my rate anyway, I don't expect to lose much sleep over this.

I have a carrier APU, which is basically the same as a ProHEAT, and it has been nothing but a nightmare for me. Having said that I have learned a few tips, from NON-Carrier dealers as to why they are crappy, and what can be done to make them work better. Tip 1, From Applied Industrial...

I changed the refrigerant in my APU AC unit. It used to have R-22 which is used in most homes, I replaced it with ES-22 which is non-polluting direct drop in, two weeks ago in Laredo TX, my APU AC was dropping the temp by 30 degrees, the outside temps were in the high 90,s low 100s, Anyway...

I got a ticket in Mississippi for being overweight, the DOT lady laughed when I asked about the APU exception, Anyway, most states don't grant the exception, overweight tickets are a major source of scale revenue. I believe CA gives the exception, but I cant prove it.

One major reason accident rates are higher at night, is people drive faster than their headlights, @ speeds over 55mph you,ll run over something before its been illuminated long enough for you to react to it safely. in general accidents are so rare, that we begin to think our poor driving...

The states do Ignore it I was ticketed, in Mississippi. Cost me 19 Bucks I think I was 200 pounds over on one axle.

Is anybody out there running wide singles on their straight truck. According to Michellins web site they have a lower trouble call percentage than dual set ups, and Kevin on XM seems to like them. I just put Michellins on the front and they sure do ride better than the bridgestones I had

Don't get me wrong I'm not looking forward to 12 a gallon diesel or 300 dollar oil. But the Trend is the trend. Back when I was a commodity broker, Oil was trading for 12 bucks a barrel, the dollar was worth twice what it is worth today and times were good. "Irrational Exuberance" is what...

Its not speculators driving up oil prices. The large specs in the energy market are almost net short, while the commercials are almost net long, the small traders are net short. What this means in English is the market is in balance, there is no SPEC bubble. Prices may come down in the near...

First of all you have too many dispatchers. So to cut back you would need to use some technology to see who is working and who is screwing around. This technology exhist and iisn't expensive to implement. The easiest way to track employees is with phone bill monitoring. Efficient dispatchers who...

I was only under the old FSC program for about 3 months. So I can't comment too much about the old system vrs the new. But I can say this regardless of the FSC. I price loads at .90 plus what the cost of fuel would be. At this time fuel is running me about .55 cents a mile. I also figure in...

I was listening to XM and OOIDA stated on their show that 3% of the US's truck capacity has disappeared so far this year. That seems like a lot of trucks. I think we need to see more of a shakeout before rates move up to where they need to be. anyway just thought I'd pass that on.

I use 3do card, it runs about 50 bucks a month. I'm using it now. It seems to works pretty good. It is a rare instance where I don't get a signal, there is decent coverage over all the interstates, I would say it is accessible about 95% of the time. Everywhere we have laid over I have been able...

wife has class A but doesn't want to use it. She wanted to drive a straight truck. We don't spend anytime at home. About 6 weeks total in almost 2 years, The real problem is the Fed does't seem to have much actual Team Frieght- at least in drybox anyway. I drive 80% percent of the miles...