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September 11-17th being National Truck Driver Appreciation Week OVM posted this in the Load-1 forum. I thought I would bring it out here and announce it so that some of you lowly van drivers could get a head start on appreciatin the rest of us :D

This is something I have found to gain me more respect than anything with my carrier. We do run for a flat rate, so there isn't a lot of negotiation unless a load has a lot of deadhead to pickup or delivers to a bad area. Our length of haul is normally good, so that isn't a problem...

There was a good $2500 going somewhere at the school I went to. I always guessed that the school and the trucking companies were splitting the extra revenue. I also guessed that the extra profit for both parties is why some companies are so hard on new drivers. They WANT them to quit, so they...

It can vary from one company to another. I think they were handing out 18 month/$5,000 contracts at the school I went to (USA Truck and someone else, cant remember). Half the people in the class didn't even know who they would be driving for when they showed up. A week later, after talking with...

I need to make sure that I haven't misled anyone. That house is NOT 100%. It is new, never lived in, but it is also a couple of years old. The contractors who built it, threw it together pretty quick and it will cost me $12-15k and some sweat equity to get it in good shape. But, I got it cheap...

Do you have a link to that article? I could believe that if you reversed the numbers, but it's hard to believe that they are profiting $4/mile.

By the way Mr "I just got booked solid for the next 9 days" your seat has to be getting a little uncomfortable too? :D

I've spent most of my life with something wrapped around my throat choking me every time I tried to do something...not sure it was a horseshoe though, pretty sure it wasn't golden..lol. I'm enjoying the good fortune while it lasts. I'm sure Mr. Murphy will find me again sooner than I would like...

Thanks JuJu :) I'm not too smart, but I would rather be lucky anyway :D Everything has fell in my direction on all of this. I have NO expectations of this continuing for a prolonged period of time...lol. BTW...the price you see listed is NOT the price I paid :D

My lots were in AR so musta been somebody else. The taxes I think are probably more than that. I think that $150 is actually the SID (association) fees. That's still cheap for association fees though. Of course you gotta consider that it's a community 100 miles from Nowhere, AR...lol. It's a...

Thanks :) August was a good month in the truck and this has been a great week! I'm headed over to get some lottery tickets :D

LOL...that's funny right there! I don't care hoe you are! :D

My god, where are the moderators when there is a real reason to do something?

At home, bought a house a couple of weeks ago, close on it next week. I needed to raise some cash so I started listing stuff on Craigslist for sale. So far I've sold 2 river lots and a mobile home at more than I ever thought I could get in this market. Actually got what I was asking for the lots...

Honestly, I don't know a lot about your carrier other than what I read on here. But, my opinion? ..... Turtle saw the light, I'm sure he can lead you to it. You've been around long enough to know when it's time.