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I have been in the habit of buying Power Service additives in Walmarts. The price of a quart was generally about $5.40. Over the last month I noticed that in the automotive section of various Walmarts there is now an empty space where Power Service was sold. I have seen this in about 10-12...

Interesting post about that long trip to Newfoundland. How about posting what was your shortest run. We once took a bus tire from a bus garage in NYC to another garage 1.5 blocks away. Trip paid $400 and took a total of 7 minutes from arriving at the first stop to unloading at the second...

In the April 1-14 issue of the Trucker Newspaper on page 44 there is a column called "Ask the law". A driver wanted to know if he could log off duty when he was using the vehicle for personal use. The reply came from a Senior Texas Dot Enforcement officer and he stated that the following...

Is it just me or has anyone noticed how mild the winter has been compared to recent years.Last year we had hurricanes, tusamis,earthquakes, volcano's popping off and other weather problems. Today I was on the road ,had XM on Channel 165 and on the 3 PM News they were talking about the very mild...

Today Jeff published on the home page several incidents of Best and Worst runs. I have had my share of runs from hell but the Best one that has stayed with me did not involve any big dollars but had a very grateful customer. Back in May of 2004 I was laying over in Houston and took a short trip...

Have you ever noticed how perfectly compatible H/W teams become when they both drive a commercial vehicle. There is no way when a Male parks the truck that it is acceptable to the Female. The truck will need to be moved at least oncemaybe twice before the Female accepts the spot which was...

My CDRP expires this month. Does anyoneknow if there is a renewal process. I do not want to go to the expense of the fast card.

Another great independent truck stop bites the dust. The El Paso Travel Plaza on I 10 exit 37 has been aquired by the 'Hot Fuel" Flying J. I always liked this place which was operated by Hispanics,always spotless and great food at reasonable prices. Now we will have the dried out buffet and...

This is a totlly new one for me. It applies to FDXCC units but could also happen with other companies. Two weeks ago I arrived in Buffalo on a Monday at about 1130. I sat all day Monday,Tuesday and Wedensday with no offers. Other trucks appeared to getting out every day. On Wedensday evening I...

I was pulled in at the scale house on 401 that is just past Windsor on the east bound side. Without a doubt the most thorough inspection I have ever had. They demmanded receipts for the previous 3 days to see if I was legal to be where I was at. Best to keep everything up to snuff,the inspector...

Last Sunday I stopped at a great restaurant in the Kitchner area. It is off 401 and Rt 8 Kitchner exit. Head torward downtown Kitchner and it is about 1/4 mile on the right hand side,first traffic light. Place is called Mario's Italian American Eatery.Plenty of room to park and good food at very...

There is web site,www.rvbookstore.com that sells for $19.95 a Walmart locator guide for all Walmarts that allow overnight parking.It also gives directions to these Walmarts. It states that from Walmart's perspective "RVers are customers and we are happy to host them them". So if a 40+ footer RV...

Yesterday the Boston Globe newspaper had a major story in the business section about some Fedex Ground Contractors that have filed a lawsuit against Fedex Ground claiminmg that in order to abide by their agreements that they are relly employees and not independent contractors. This could have...

How about we start a thread about some of the stupidest things we have done on the road. I'll start, a few years ago we were in Boston and got a great run to Seattle Wa with a 2 million dollar computer for Microsoft. We left Boston at around 2 on a Saturday and started across,about 1800 I...

Recently Jeff Jensen posted a short post thanking me for my contributions to EO for the last 5 years. Last week Lawrence and Debbi along with Jeff showed me their hospitality by treating me to a dinner along with token of their appreciation. This was not expected or necessary. My contributions...

This a first time poster,my wife Mary wants to share her experience with the woman forum members. Greetings to all of you women. With the exception of a few, most of us have grown our own "padding" from the years that we started trucking. I have gone from a size 10 to a 16. I joined Curves...

Last weekends chat was a lot of fun,should we try again for Sunday night at 2100,realize that many of us have to spend big bucks for the Hallmark Holiday on Saturday night.

Sometimes it amazes me how Companies demand superior performance from the driver/contractor but settle for mediorce performance on their Dispatchers part. I will not identify the Carrier that I am with but this situation could have probably happened on a number of them. Last week I received a...

For everyone's info the US Counsular officials have issued a warning for all American visting Nuevo Laredo Mexico ,right across the river. They said to be especially aware of safety and security.In the last 4 months over 25 Americans have been kidnapped or have disappeared. Quote"We are seeing...

Well it certainly was a wild weekend on EO with all kinds of posts flying back and forth.You know very few posts get locked or removed on EO because there is generally a lot of respect for each other.The other truck posts are full of flaming nasty replies etc that do no good at all. I like to...