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  1. nightcreacher

    10 miles, $140

    FDCC rate for tractor under 200 miles,if no discount is 60% of $850.Oh I shouldn't tell this,since I'm not there any more
  2. nightcreacher

    frt lanes have changed

    Changed companies and find I'm still busy in the same areas,of course helps being in a tractor.Sitting in Richmond Va.Had 4 offers,the 2 good ones, canceled,before I was off the phone.D to Ft Lauderdale,Tractor to Spokane.Oh well
  3. nightcreacher

    Expedite NOW Magazine....

    my thoughts exactly Phil
  4. nightcreacher

    What products have you found to make life out here more enjoyable?

    Ive been in trucking for 33 years.I have an XM radio,CB radio,Net book with an air card,(blew my laptop up).Never had a TV,we don't cook in the truck,oh yes and a calculator.
  5. nightcreacher

    Old! Me Old???

    Does anyone remember buying cigarettes for 25 cents and getting 3 cents change in the pack.Remember when a joint was a place to get a drink,or maybe even a sandwich,not something you smoked.Anyone remember Roy Rogers horse's name,or what Pat Butrum's Jeep's name,or even the German Shepherd's...
  6. nightcreacher

    Big Rig Video

    To do this movie as an expedite driver would be to difficult.For each size of truck,there is a different problem.Each different carrier uses their trucks differently,so some would be always busy,and some would always be asking if your busy.As far as the life style,expediters are much different...
  7. nightcreacher

    Loads For Newbies!!!

    The concept of most carriers,and size of truck doesn't matter,this is very important,something all should remember.What If there is a load, and we don't have a truck in the area,therefore,all express centers have more trucks than needed.This would be different if we were all on forced...
  8. nightcreacher

    Ideas, anyone?

    why didn't you just put the cargo bar in front then just strap the drum to the wall,putting the front of the strap ahead of the bar?
  9. nightcreacher

    Ideas, anyone?

    just take a quilted blanket and put over the bar.The cargo blanket has many uses,protecting the freight from the bar is just one of many
  10. nightcreacher

    fun back in working

    Someone suggested that what is going on with me is in the honeymoon stage.Right now I feel bad that I have to be out of service,as last week I was down for 3 days getting my air conditioning fixed,hauled 2 loads this week,from here to Ia,and Ia to Pa,and now back home with no air,and now back in...
  11. nightcreacher

    West of the Mississippi

    maybe its the carrier your with.and where you are west of the big muddy
  12. nightcreacher

    Texas cops and trucks

    In my 33 years of driving,I've been stopped 1 time in Texas,and that was for a speed to fast to brag about,also didn't get a ticket but a 15 minuet lecture..This was better than the jail time I deserved,being about 40 over the 55.What the cop said to me was from 6am til midnight this road was...
  13. nightcreacher

    Wonder has this ever happen to you

    Dave,about the FED,that's not exactly right,but close.It seems to happen now and then.They try to keep the pay as close to the original offer as possible.There is always someone that just likes to roll,no matter what the pay
  14. nightcreacher

    Life after Custom Critical

    Wing,yes so far,but you know expediting,that could change at any minuet
  15. nightcreacher

    Life after Custom Critical

    Everyone must realize trucking of today is not the same as it was 10 years ago. Expedite use to be a specialized part of trucking,with just a hand full of trucking companies doing it. In today's world, expedite is being done by every trucking company in America.Do they have actual customers,or...
  16. nightcreacher

    Life after Custom Critical

    Relent,just left Fireside in Tallmadge,all you can eat crab legs.Was there chowing down for better than 3 hours Being home is dangerous to my waist.
  17. nightcreacher

    Setting goals

    my goal is to keep my co driver making $1000/ week.This keeps him happy ,and makes me a profit as well.
  18. nightcreacher

    QC Time Out

    i take most my dispatch by phone,between QC and fridge,batteries can go quick
  19. nightcreacher

    Life after Custom Critical

    Ive had 1 long dead head,my actual pay for all miles has actually been very close.Yes we are running team,on the expedite side.have done 5 expedite loads and 2 on the truck load side.For a small company,they have their stuff together.I'm really impressed
  20. nightcreacher

    Life after Custom Critical

    lately I've been doing their lamb chops,but last night had their strip stake.It was actually better than most of the strip stakes I've had there.I usually get their Porter House,that way you get the strip and filet at the same time.Shrimp coctail, popey seed and yeager potatoes
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