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I have had the truck 20 months, bought it new for 106k, have 82k left on note. Truck has 226k miles, we have been in service 90% of the time, but to be frank I know I could have grossed more in a tractor with landstar driving as a solo than with FECC in a team D unit. So that's basicly it...

I think I have had enough of expediting - It looks like I'm about 20k upside down in my straight truck, do truck dealers roll upside down money into a new loan. I'll probably have to buy a used tractor for this to even be possible any thoughts?

How did the director of Opps know you were posting online, Did YOU tell him or is he some kind of superslueth?

Another thing most people fail to realize is that the US is currently the worlds 3rd largest producer of Crude oil. Our oil is Light Sweet Crude, not that sulphur loaded crap we import from hugo chavez- US and Canada Oil is the cleanest and easiest to refine. We also have plenty of it , If we...

I see the India and China boom as a BOON for the US. If we freetrade with them and wedge ourselves into thier markets we will be providing them all the TECH goods which we manufacture better than anyone else. I think this is the dollar has been allowed to depreciate so much it makes US...

OOPS... I didn't answer the question, sorry about that, Heres how Hedging and Oil relate. I'll use Cocoa futures as an explanation because it is easier to understand because in the oil markets there are so many different players it is hard to follow. The principle involved is exactly the...

Speaking as a former Series 3 licensed broker (Futures and Commodities). Hedging and speculating has nothing to do with the cash price or spot price of any commodity. Speculating only affects the prices on the Futures contracts but has no effect on cash prices. In fact without speculators...

If you use a Metallic 35 VLT window tint in the top 6 inchs of your windshield it will eliminate most of the sun in your eyes problem. without sacrificing MPG.

I don't doubt the study. I went through a company school in ca and 80 of my 88 hour was spent watching others drive and complaing because they had too many students and not enough trucks. Had I actually received the 88 hours of training I paid for I think I would have been better off. So my...

Last night my wife was listening to her ipod though the truck radio, she sias she heard a pop and now we have alternator whine coming through the radio when we use a cigarete lighter adapter powered accessory. Like xm radio or ipods when not on battery. There is no whine on the regular radio...

We have 225000 miles on our Hino and have replaced an alternator and a turbo niether failure left us stranded. The turbo was replaced by a dealer who noticed a little oil around where the inter cooler hose attached which he sais is a common warning sign of a bad bearing. As for the alternator...

If you want home time stay OUT of expediting, unless you live on the EAST coast. I drive a D unit for FECC, have a home in Riverside, CA we get home maybe three times a year. Last year we ended up dead heading 1500 miles to get our taxes in on time I suppose it would have been cheaper to just...

I don't know about boat antennas but ship antennas are grounded to the water through the hull. Ground plain antennas do work better than non-ground plain antennas, but they do require proper grounding to get the SWR right. I have a metal mirror mounts but they were not grounded to the frame of...

FECC has a page on the contractor web where you pull yyour load averages up and see what you've earned for two years. comapred to last year my pper mile break down is UP by 10 cents however my per mile fuel cost is up by about 15 to 20 cents which puts me upside down earnings wise comapred...

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The US is the number 2 exporter of trade goods in the world. in many types of goods we are number one. as far as value added goods go we are still number one.(these are fully assembled or intrically machined parts) the trade deficit you hear talked about is cuased by US citizens having the...

sometimes I thnik you guys purposly try to MISS the point. FXGROUND is not a expedite company which is why I specified they are general frieght. I was not comparing our rates to thiers because that is apples to oranges. But I was seeking to compare company culture. reguardless of the...

Nightcreature- I wouldn't work on the contract you described either. Conway was trying to burn both ends of the candle. Most flat rate plans I've looked at SUCK which is why I don't run that way now. IT may well be the old FECC flat rate plan wasn't well thought out which is why it ****ed...

D unit drybox no liftgate If there is no frieght, there is NO FRIEGHT so being stuck in a slow frieght lane has nothing to do with your pay rate. As for relocation pay, if the company needs your truck somewhere else they will move you with pay otherwise you can move on your own dime...

D unit - Surface Expedite 1.15 per mile for all Inservice miles loaded or empty using practical miles. Plus fuel surcharge based on national average to keep fuel cost at 1.30 per gallon 150 for canada Tolls and Clink Paid 450 min pay for team trucks. How's that. This would...