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I used to pick cotton in Iowa but gave it up for lint. Followed that by being a bra salesman until I developed an allergy to silicone. After that I taught English in south Texas until the program was obsoleted. I then opened a car dealership this spring that offered Saturn, Pontiac, Hummer and...

Truck stop food has been good for me. I started driving a year ago and weighed 240, now 12 months later I am down to 192 and still losing about pound a week. At this rate I should completely disappear in another four years. The best part is I am not really trying to lose weight, it's just an...

In the area of cooling, I am still trying to figure out a way to run my small generator without having to chain it under the van when sleeping. I am considering building and attaching a 24" wide 12" deep and 24" high tool box type strucure to the left rear door. It would extend about 5" past the...

While on the subject, I have been trying to come up with a better way to secure a 55 gal. drum on a skid in my van. Anyone know of a ringed or belted web with cross straps that would be placed over the drum and extend about one third of the way down the drum. It then could be attached via...

Bruno, I like the team flag idea for skipping less than 300 mile runs.

It would be nice to get a little more info out of the QC considering the high cost per month. A nationwide list of all the Panther boards with numbers would be helpful. Also how about a weather forecast for the place you are driving towards. Would be great to know if you were driving into ice or...

Sweetie and I did the orientation last year and here are my ideas. #1 Sit near the front away from the repeat orientation takers, they will distract you. #2 Be near the front of the food line or bring a snack. #3 Realize that not all dispatchers graduated at the top of dispatch school but...

Now that's funny:cool:

They could honestly be called a Fat Cat. Pun intended! :D

IRS Announces 2009 Standard Mileage Rates IR-2008-131, Nov. 24, 2008 WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service today issued the 2009 optional standard mileage rates used to calculate the deductible costs of operating an automobile for business, charitable, medical or moving purposes...

Hey JR, The add on bumpers looked good but the prices are pretty high, $2375 for a swing out bumper is steep. I think I will try to find someone locally to fabricate something like what was pictured. Thanks for the link.

LDB, are you saying that the term 'FIRST OUT AT DELIVERY" is another way of saying FIRST OUT FOR NEXT AVAILABLE LOAD and has nothing to do with a delivery?

Drive for the Cat and last week had a dry run after waiting several hours to pickup Load A . Was sent a QC message that they were paying detention and I would have a first out upon delivery. On my next run,Load B, I asked about the first out after I had delivered and was told there was none...

Sitting in San Diego witnessing their yearly rainfall in one weekend. Suposed to pick up a load for Laredo on Monday but ya can't count your chickens til they hatch. Have had two dry runs in a row late this week here in Southern Cal.

Ya know if Ford or GM would add a couple foot to the length and height of their extended vans there would be some real choice and competition here.

This might be of use to someone....just seemed like something one should share! ............................................................................................................... Even if you have a gun, here's a more humane way to wreck someone's evil plans for you....and you...

Thank you Terrandrene and Cheri. Much appreciated!!!

When planning a winter trip I look at the NOAA weather site forecast for each section of the trip. This is slow and cumbersome. Is there a better way to get a travel forecast? Say something like a trip planner where you could enter your current location and your destination and it would tell you...

When the block heater is plugged into the generator it revs up immediately. The generator revs down when the heater is unplugged. That tells me it is working.

Thanks Lawrence, it beats stinkin'