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    Looking for someone

    I live in the Jax area and most of us expediters know of each other.Can you tell me if he also managed a Penske repair shop at a K Mart in Neptune Beach FL.A few years ago I was there buying a battery for my car and he saw my Com Card,guy mentioned he was in the business and had 3-4 trucks. Not...
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    Food!!!

    Where is Wild Bill? Based on his posts and photos Bill knows good places to eat. Fort Wayne IN has to have better places then that old ratty truck stop on I 69.
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    Tacoma/Seattle Expediting Opportunities??

    If memory serves me right I think there is a company called Sunny Express or Expedite that did advertise on this site.I think they are a California company that runs up and down the west coast.
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    Food!!!

    Pepcid AC works for me.
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    Sneak Peek...

    Lawrence,I like the look ,also the Columbia for $38,000 but 300,000 miles in 2 years is a lot,wonder how much warranty is left..
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    Synthetic Oil

    I have often wondered why the engine manufactures don!t offer a pre start auxillary oil pump foe medium duty engines.I have seen these pumps offered on the large Cummins engines but not the smaller ones.The way I understand that they work is you have a small 12 volt pump that you turn on and it...
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    geo

    What did he do??
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    To Lease or Not to Lease......

    The problem is that you will always be in the wrong place at the wrong time.You may build a relationship with a company and when they call for you to pick up now,chances are you will be 500 miles away.One other drawback is you will spend lots of time chasing money in order to get paid. There is...
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    SW Florida and Expediting

    Well I don!t want to be the bearer of bad news but there is not much expediting within Florida.I live in the NorthEast part of Florida and do very little within the state.Florida has a lot of LTL companies that promise and usually deliver the next day within the state. You can always try the air...
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    Food!!!

    I cannot go through Columbia SC without stopping off at a Lizards Thicket.There are about 5-6 of them off I 26/I 20 and US 1. For about $5.00 you can get a really good down home cooked Southern meal.
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    Be Carefull Of Buffets

    We go to a lot of buffets on the road,but usually stick to Old Country,Harvest Home and Hometown Buffets.The food is generally pretty good and parking at these places is no problem for a D unit. One truck stop buffet that I have found to be excellent is the Flying J off I 20 in Jackson MS...
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    THIS MUST BE NEXT ! ! !

    Yeaa couldn!t sleep last night wondering what that link was. Merci Beacou,Muchas Gracias Donkershern and thanks.Still would like to know why I couldn!t get to that link..
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    THIS MUST BE NEXT ! ! !

    Well I tried that link again and once again it put me onto the forum site.Perhaps it is this old windows 95 software.My curiousty is aroused so can you tell me what is in this mysterious link.Thanks
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    Truck length

    Any straight truck over 40 feet is generally exempt from DOT regulations as it would be used exclusively for agricultral or mining use,In most cases they cannot be operated on US Highways unless they have some type of special permit within their home state. Can you imagine coming up Van :censoredsign:...
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    THIS MUST BE NEXT ! ! !

    ???? I tried that link and it put me into the forum.??? Don!t want to rub it in to my Northern friends but here in Jacksonville on a very plesant Saturday it is about 81 degrees.
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    williams near dayton

    What I heard was that the justice department originally blocked the sale as they felt Pilot would have too much of a monoply on the price and distribution of fuel. But I guess various lawyers on both sides convinced them that this would never happen.LOL. I have a friend who is somewhat of a...
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    williams near dayton

    The Pilot Corporation bought 60 Williams travl plazas for about $180 million or so.Initally the sale was blocked by the justice department but I guess they worked it out.The article I read said that Williams spent about 105 million developing the travel plazas but the food side of the business...
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    How about a chat tonight ?

    Sounds good to me,How do we get into the EO chat room.
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    Diesel Fuel Gelling

    I use Howes Meaner Cleaner similar to Power Service. Never have had fuel gelling problems with temps as low as 20 below in Eastern Quebec. I also get 1 mpg better then without.These additives work and can save you some money over the course of a year.
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    FDX CC Accident Policy

    Well I may be joining GEO and many others in leaving FDX CC.I have been with them since October 1987,put on close to 2 million accident free miles,gone way out of my way to help the company on many occasions,but now feel after their illustrious accident investigator (PAT.G) finished with me it!s...
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