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    Good Team Truck?

    Nothing like running a large sleeper in order to handle B loads.
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    ** Expediter definitions... Forum responsibilities

    RE: ** Expediter definitions... Forum responsibili Tom there is a small problem of verification of a posters status. Anyone can say they are an o/o ,fleet owner, Company VP etc.Other then that I think it's a good idea.
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    One Truck's Fuel Economy

    Freightliner Model 999 Custom Hybrid on loan for evaluation,Sprinter type diesel charging 16 48 volt batteries, 42 MPG highway,65 MPG city. :P :P :P
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    Good Team Truck?

    For a Fdl 112 you will probably need the tag axle,important issue is does the sleeper have 2 bunks.
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    Newbie given good advice

    Both Tom and Weave offer excellent advice, both of them have been in the trenches,worried about truck payments, high maintenace costs etc, and have essentially walked the line. A while back DaveKc posted that a new individual seeking advice for entering this business should look to someone who...
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    BEGGARS

    Never Home,I don,t believe Weave was critical of someone having tattoo,s or piercings. What I got from his post is where do the beggars get the bucks to pay for the tattoo,s etc. One time I was at an Arbys somewhere in Illinois and a family came in and you could see that they were in pretty bad...
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    couriers and expedite companies

    Wonder what the pay per mile is in Iraq,and you probably don't need a CCW permit.
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    BEGGARS

    It,s rare that I give money,usually the story I get is a guy comes up to the truck with a piece of metal that has a hole in it. "Mister can you help me out,this is an x bar from my car and I need a replacement.I only need $4.39 to get one and I can get home to my family". Right on. These people...
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    Found A Truck

    See what you can get JOE,forget that 1979 International.
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    CCW and Trucking?

    In addition to Hornet spray which does work I have in the front what appears to be on one end a small flashlight. The other end has a pepper spray that will stop a grizzley bear.I bought it when we made a pickup at a police supply company in Alexandria VA.
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    ????????????? WHAT IS AN EXPEDITER ?????????????

    RE: ????????????? WHAT IS AN EXPEDITER ????????? To expedite a product or service means to remove that product or service from it's normal routine and bring it to the top of the line or go outside the normal distribution method in order to have that product or service completed faster then...
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    ????????????? WHAT IS AN EXPEDITER ?????????????

    RE: ????????????? WHAT IS AN EXPEDITER ????????? Tom, you have seen the Movie A Few Good Men with Jack Nicholson too many times.LOL
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    Adding Landing Gear / Dolly Legs

    A word of caution,some large battery powered fork lift trucks can weigh up to 12,000 lbs.I transported one from Titusville FL to San Jose CA once and climbing out of LA through the Grapevine was a long hard working haul.
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    Sinking Fast-Need Advice Desperately! Glen Rice, T

    RE: Sinking Fast-Need Advice Desperately! Glen Ric Hawk, you are absolutely right,I removed Oldtimers post,and to you Oldtimer if you want to encourage people to lie and run illegal do it elsewhere.
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    would like to share this with all of you

    Nice Trump,makes you pause and reflect
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    truck stops

    I could count on one hand the number of truck stops that charge for parking. Just about all of the flying J's ,Petro's Pilot's etc have no restrictions. We generally use Walmarts and have never been kicked out.We also usually purchase something but that is no requirement.You can generally find...
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    Sinking Fast-Need Advice Desperately! Glen Rice, T

    RE: Sinking Fast-Need Advice Desperately! Glen Ric S.Hawks met a RAM.
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    "raceman" no more? what's up with that?

    I don't follow NASCAR very much am pretty much a NFL guy but it seems to disinterested me that NASCAR gives Dale Earnhart Jr every break possible. One race that I saw on TV he was in 8th place with 2 laps to go but he won going away. Is it me or do u guys think there is some truth to this??
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    Straight Truck or Tractor/ Con-Way NOW or Landsta

    RE: Straight Truck or Tractor/ Con-Way NOW or Lan Care to share why you are not interesterd in FDXCC.
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