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    PrePass Rip Off

    It may not be active yet, call up prepass and make sure it is active and set up right.
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    Okay be honest

    I was looking at those but just hate bentz sleepers. I've seen all the major brands of sleepers and the best one I've seen is AA w/ their 96". The dealer I have chosen may be slighty high but he is taking care of everything to point of delivering it to Panther for me w/ weight ticket and...
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    Okay be honest

    I think people are mis reading the post - truck is $130,000 109 Base 10 for generator 1k for seats 10k for lift axle/gate then 20k for cash in case it is slow. Now if I don't need the 20k I'll give it back and there won't be no residual value. Thanks everyone for the input its a great help...
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    Okay be honest

    2007 Freightliner M2 (or C112) w/ 22' box, 96" sleeper, Cat c9/c12, auto, etc. Same thing I drove for the 6 months I showed.
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    Okay be honest

    My credit sucks from something that happened bout 6 years ago. Since then I've never missed a payment, built up very good credit history but whenever I go for something they look at the thing from 6 years ago and turn me down. Thanks everyone for the info. Am I seriously thinking that much off...
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    Okay be honest

    I know people have been saying Jan - May SLOW but I started driving for Panther last January and I ran my butt off! With almost taking a month off in time from Jan-Jun I did close to $70,000 Gross to truck. Its not that much but it would be enough to cover the payment, expenses and $17,000 in...
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    Okay be honest

    I got a loan, cosigner, truck and company picked out, etc. Payments for said loan is $2,600/month, now that includes $20,000 cash to cover cost. $20,000 residual payment after 5 years. With the some of the $20,000 I'm going to set up a escrow account with the bank and put (and keep) at least 3...
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    Bottom Line

    Just use your head... (Miles x rate) - (total miles x avg fuel/mile) - tolls(if any) + fsc= load profit. I kept record of all my fuel so I knew my rate was around .33/mile. Where the load went was more important to me, if I was sitting in Ohio and they send me a load to denver, there was no way...
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    My Pet Peeve!!!

    Oh how bout the places that have 10 offices in one city, QC gave you the one on way south side of town, get there and its "Oh thats picking up from our north office, 25 miles north of here" Then you get there, and its "Oh this is at our West office, south office is always sending you here but...
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    My Pet Peeve!!!

    I loved my gps too up until it routes you down Canadian farm roads... Long story short I cut 3 hours off my trip at the cost of 8" of mud on my truck.
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    My Pet Peeve!!!

    The best is when you call them for directions and they say "take a left on Main, right on Toad St, etc" But they seem to forget that Main st is co rd 12 and that is all there is for a sign. They seem to forget were not local and don't know the knicknames for streets.
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    inverter help

    Diddo on the answer, solution? Get a cappacatior or 2. Bout $99 a pop from a local Best Buy and maybe $30 for them to install them. It will isolate the inverter from the battery and keep the voltage from dropping.
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    ¿Querría cualquiera clases de español libres? #

    Time for lesson 2! ¿Qué dársena? (What dock?) Qué = What ¿Cuál manera? (Which way?) Yo aquí deberé entregar (I am here to deliver) Estoy aquí al fonocaptor que una carga que va a (I am here to pickup a load going to:) ¿Dónde está la oficina del envío? (Where is the...
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    First run stories...

    East of Cleveland to south of rooster, oh in the booines, as soon as I was unloaded they dh'ed us up towards Sandusky, Oh and got a load to south east of Montreal - it was WAY up in this mountain. From there they moved us to Boston, picked up a load there going to Conway, AR. All this in less...
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    Rates

    That's an answer that can't be answered. Why? There is 2 parts to it, one is the contract rate, which is dependent on what type of truck you have, team or solo, carrier, what operating area you want. The second part is the avg rate that the carrier is paying. Face it there is times you'll take a...
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    ¿Querría cualquiera clases de español libres?

    RE: ¿Querría cualquiera clases de español libre Yo no entiendo inglés (I don't understand english) I know there is free translation out there but thought I would offer some one on one learning if someone was interested.
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    ¿Querría cualquiera clases de español libres?

    In english: Would anyone like free spanish lessons? I thought as a holiday treat I would start a bi-daily segment of spanish lessons. I'll mainly focus on terms and phrases that pertain to us trucker. Also I'll take request if there is something you want to know how to say in spanish. I can also...
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    Michigan Truck Speed 60MPH

    Well what ever the speed limit is, it's just stupid to have split limits. It has no extra safety with it, I think it's more dangerous to drive slower than others. Now, my truck got the best MPG at 67.5 MPH, If I drove 55 it would hunt for gears and get 7-8 mph, at 67-68 9-10. I think the only...
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    Michigan Truck Speed 60MPH

    I just go with the convoy, if it's 3am and I'm driving threw Ohio with 10 trucks going 75 Ill be right there with them - I've never seen a cop mess with a convoy. Now if I'm by myself I'll do 60-65.
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    Best paying load...

    Well I think it's time for me to move to FEDCC! Panther only pays $60 for a mini less than 30 mile then $99 for a few more miles. After reading these post of making hundreds on a few miles and thousands on cross country trips, time for a change.
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