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Before you go to the closet for the weekend,take a tape recorder to a truck stop and record about 15 minutes of a large truck idling with a refigerated trailer also roaring away. Then when you are ready to sleep in the closet hook the tape recorder up to a timer and have it come on about every...

Here is an example about what I meant by competiton at exits. Last week I was runing down I 75 to Miami.In the Ocala FL area there were 3 Pilots all selling fuel for $2.19 per gallon. About 25 miles south in Wildwood FL there was a TA,a Pilotand a Independent. Guess what the Pilot fuel was $2.14...

Dave gave excellent advice,be wary of the glowing paid tourist tales put out by relatively new individuals. Going through Detroit on a hot summer night is not a rosy picture.

I assume you are getting the 70%. It seems to me that Ace should give you a 1099 at the end of the year and not a W2. A W2 indicates you are an employee of Ace not an independent contractor. Since you lease the truck to Ace there must be some type of lease agreement that spells out the...

You might want to taake a leave of absence from your job and try it for a while. Sometimes a truck can get get pretty cramped for 2 people, also showers at truck stops would probably be a new experience foryou and sleeping in a moving truck might take getting used to.Also there are no benefits...

In addition to his selling every thing under the roof George used to advertise on his rear door. He had a C truck and one time had a sign on the rear door about the Titanic Museum or something similar.

RE: Sighting Joe how is it going,sounds like you are running loads.Any problems with the CA DOT?

I don't know what company your husband is working for but many of the large ones have a non compete clause in their lease. This means you cannot approach Companies that the Carrier you are with brokers the freight to you. Another problem is if you have one truck and a company does call you, you...

Well you are looking to bite off quite a bit. To run your own loads you need operating authority,IRP Registration,process agents in the states you run and cargo and public liability insurance. There are agencies which for a fee will do all the paperwork and get you set up to go. I would suggest...

Has anyone had experience with Cingular??

Perhaps if you put a wig on and some padding in appropiate places they may let you in.

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...

Will the ECM on the engine tell you the date and time when the engine was over revved. If so you have a real good case against the Blue Bird people.Probably would never get to court if you have hard data that the engine blew when they were testing it.

Dreamer is correct and the more expensive the motel is the quicker you will get a run.

That place is a real dump. Go a little bit further south to Exit 104 ,there is a decent Petro and Flying J and a Pilot there. There is also a good TA at exit 92 in Ashland where you can park up front with no problems.

RE: Hey all this made me feel good and wanted to s Good luck,sound like you will enjoy the lifestyle.Watch out for the road rage that we all get sometimes.When something happens that really gets to me I just say in my mind "Here comes Mr Road Rage" and it goes away.

I have stock in both companies as they are here to stay,however I think Sirrus will wind up merging with someone such as Direct TV etc as they have commited a ton of money to Howard Stern,the NFL (16 games) and now Nascar. XM has baseball (162 games) plus some other shock jocks plus good...

I have heard that you can expect to pay about $500 a month for General Cargo and Public Liabilty insurance.Perhaps I am wrong.

That figure for insurance sounds about right.Try to contact OOIDA on their website and they can give you real info.They can also get you all that you need for your own authority,might have to join,about $40 a year and well worth it.

One area I have always liked is west of Knoxville where 40/75 split. Go down 75 a little bit ,turn east into Lenoir City area.Lots of lakes and nice communities in there. You are also close to Knoxville F/Liner.. Jon you owe me a free oil change for the plug.LOL:D :)