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Are planning on running team or solo? If your answer is solo I would suggest a smaller company. Also why can't you drive for FedEx? Chances are if you don't qualify there you may not other places. If I were you I would talk to drivers from different companies and ask them if they are satisfied...

I heard something interesting about Obama. I was talking this evening with some other guys about Obama and how we feel he will try to take our guns. One of the guys said Obama doesn't plan to take our guns, but our ammo. He said he heard Obama is wanting to increase the tax on ammo by 500%...

You didn't know? North American Van Lines, Schneider, and J.B. Hunt were merging? They are going to call it the North American Pumpkin Hunt. They started working things out yesterday. Everything should be squared away at lunch time, supper time at the very latest tomorrow. You should be able to...

Another time I can think of that isn't so happy was when I was in Northern IL coming home from Green Bay and my Uncle was sick with cancer. It was about 0730 and I stopped for breakfast. I remember it was bust at the Flying J and I ate was in line at the register and talking this guy that looked...

In another thread I posted today Ihammer told a story about being on a Marine base when the colors where raised. I assumed everyone here knew what to do when the colors are raised or lowered on base just because I do. I know, what they say about assuming. When on base in the morning and the...

Back to expediting. Why would C and D units O/O and drivers want the van banned? Doesn't add up to me. Do you think they are going to get rid of their vans and get an e unit? No they are going to get a C or D unit then you will have more trucks in you same category to compete with. I'm really...

What is your fondest trucking memory? It can be anything. I know everyone has to have one time during their career that they really enjoy to remember. For me it was the time my dad and I met up at the Flying J just north of Texarkana on I-30. He was bobtailing down to Dallas to pick up a...

I'd rather have Bush or Clinton again than I would Obama. At least you know what you are getting. We kinda know what we will get with Obama. Our country turned into a place like Russia or Cuba. Hey, Shouldn't this be in the Soap Box?

I think someone could make a fortune if they came up with a coating to put on trailers and cargo boxes that would make snow and ice melt on contact. Think about it, there are different states that have and have talked about making it a requirement to clear off snow and ice before hitting the...

I don't know. Powell served as Chairman of the Joint Cheifs of Staff under the first Bush I know. Don't know about Clinton. He has always seemed to me as a man for the country not a particular group. I am sure he has had quite a few dealings with McCain over the years. I doubt he has with Obama...

Yeah she really has done nothing as Sec. of State over the past 8 years. Mainly because she hasn't been Sec. of State for the past 8 years. I guess you forgot about Colin Powell holding the post until Bush hung him out to dry in front of the Senate and he resigned. I wish I could have seen the...

I guess I did it because when I got out of the Marines I wanted a way to be with family in Arkansas and still go see the boys in California on a regular basis. At first when I was pulling the refer that worked out pretty well. I was with family a weekend a month and with the boys a weekend a...

To me it seems like people are trying to ride a dead horse (auto industry). Why not diversify and get some other freight? Had someone started doing that from the get go I don't think there would be as many problems as there are now in the industry. You never put all or the majority of your eggs...

Rev., Why don't you tell us why?

If you could find a legal secretary to read the lease you might get it done cheaper than a lawyer. Alot of legal secretaries have a lot of legal knowledge to.

I didn't have anything handed to me last year, and it doesn't look like I will over the next 3 or 4 until I graduate. I've seen plenty of job postings lately that required a degree or some many year of relevant job experience. I agree about the library science thing. Why go to school to be a...

Why so you can have more rules put on you than the FMCSA already has on you? So you can be known as a number and not as a person? I sat more when I ran for one of the biggest outfits in the "busy time" of 2005 than I did with one of the smaller outfits in the "slow time" of 2006. It's all on...

There is a guy here in town that is an expediter of sorts I guess you could say. He has an old Toyota u-haul type truck with the 14 foot box on it. He is out of Monticello, AR. He has a deal with the saw mills and paper mills all around what people like to call the Arklamiss. Which is AR, LA...

I guess I always realized that the Mid-West was the center of expedite, but I've often wondered if that would shift to somewhere else. I know we are seeing alot of growth in the Mid South and Southeast and I've kinda been wondering if things might be changing in the future.

You have to remember something about education. A degree can only carry you so far in the real world, Washington, D.C. is not the real world imo, after that work ethic kicks in. I don't think the CEOs of alot of these Fortune 500 companies got there just because they had a degree. Yes it helped...