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Assuming that any load is better than no load. I would often just accept any load offer because any load is better than sitting. Sometimes, sitting is better than a load, if that load is putting you in a bad freight area where you will have to spend a lot to deadhead out of there. Patience...

Who? What do you mean "who"? Well, I guess I did make it up here pretty quick. I got this run from another carrier and I think they really wanted a team for the run, but I was the only carrier who responded to the load offer. I had to deadhead over to Arkansas to pick it up, but the rate...

Team run. Good rate. Ran it solo. Lots of caffeine.

I just arrived in CT a couple hours ago and I'm staying put until I get something. It's a lot cooler than it was in Texas. I think because so many people avoid coming up here that I always seem to get good runs out of here and I get them for a good rate too. Patience is a virtue. I'm at a...

They're not bad. Mostly NLM loads, but they do have a few customers as well. They're who I ran for exclusively before I got my authority. They're not as big as some of the other carriers and that can be a good thing sometimes. They don't use qualcomm and they don't have the "boards" like...

I'm headed your direction. Got a load from Dallas to New Haven. Now it's your turn to get one to Dallas.

I learned early on not to put anything on the floor during the winter. I put some carpet down and it helped keep my shoes from turning to blocks of ice. Nice job on everything there. Maybe you're more of a handyman than I am. I managed to get my sleeper built, but there was a bit of trial...

Last time I was home, a couple weeks ago.

That's why I built my own sleeper. I paid $40k for the van and did the rest myself. Those conversion packages are just too expensive for me to justify, but to each his own. As to the mileage, I get 20 in my '07 if I keep the speed under 70. This business is just so individualized. If...

My signs are magnetic. If they start a rule like that, would it be illegal to pull them off before I drive by the coop?

Dallas seems to be the popular hang out tonight. I'm parked next to Turtle over at the J. Maybe we could get everyone here by the end of the week if things stay slow.

Not all Sprinters have the expensive conversion package. There are some really nice sleeper packages out there, but I chose to save the money and do it myself. I bought all the materials from Home Depot and spent a few hours one day building my sleeper. I now have a sturdy bulkhead wall with...

That sounds like what was happening. I would shut it off and restart it and it would be fine. But I haven't had it happen again since that day.

Maybe you could have a web site where your O/Os could put in position updates with notes and every time the site is updated your customer gets an automatic email update. Either that or let your customer log into the same site and see the updates. When I start leasing on O/Os, I don't want...

I had been in Laredo for a couple days and I did quite a bit of idling down there with the high temps and all. I hadn't thought of that as a possible cause. I have an '07 as well and I've been using Howe's for a while now. My mpg improved when I started using it a few months ago and I've been...

I bought some fuel the other day at a gas station that was selling diesel, not at a large chain truck stop. About 25 miles down the road, I was losing power. The van wouldn't go over 60 mph. I got off the road and parked for a few minutes, started it back up and it ran fine for about 30 more...

Just a slow day everywhere I guess. I'm independent and I'm not seeing much of anything anywhere. Load boards are slow and brokers just have cheap junk. I was trying to haggle to get a bit more money from a broker and after a while it became evident that I wasn't going to get anywhere. She...

I'm in a Sprinter and I usually hang out at the J on I-20. Only free showers for van drivers. You'd think the other truck stop chains would get on that bandwagon. I don't eat out much on the road. I do like Texas Land & Cattle, but a lot of times I will buy some meat and charcoal and find a...

And I'm sitting in Dallas. We could swap places right now and we'd both be better off.

Yep, I did a year in a Ford. I don't think I could ever go back to a short van again.