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    Hear Our EO XM Radio Promo

    The truck is on a 1 year extension,they said I could run it for 8 years,this will expire next June. I am starting to work and call in some favors and do some politicking for another year.I told contractor relations if they would give me 10 years I would put $10k into the truck,overhaul it from...
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    Hear Our EO XM Radio Promo

    Just did the math,this person made a profit of $2,224,100 on his/her transaction,not too shabby,you could even buy Geo!s Western Star for that. Of course you always hear about the good deals not the ones that went into the toilet.I have had some of them,LOL. That new truck sure looks good,last...
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    Hear Our EO XM Radio Promo

    Don!t want to brag but I bought stock in XM when it was $2.00 per share,closed the other day at $17. They are really in bed with General Motors, and owe GM and Boeing a ton of money,but I think it will eventually wind up in the $40 range. Then I see them being bought out by Motorola,Direct TV...
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    Prices on rebuilding heavy truck engines

    Jsper Engines out of Jasper Indiana rebuild engines but you need to send the block to them or take a reconditoned one out of their stocks. If you call they can send you prices. I have been told by my local Cummins Service Manager,whom I trust that to rebuild a Cummins C 8.3 runs between $4-6 K...
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    Salary/Pay/Income

    Now 1k a week may sound like a lot but the big question is ,how many miles are you driving for that 1K. What you really need to know is what are you netting out of that 1 k. How many trips are you taking,how many night are you away from home,as Tony said it can vary all over the place.Personally...
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    Patriotic Duty for All American Women

    I believe DD and McBride will be happy to start this new symbol of American Female Patriotism. Not too certain how the other DD will feel about it.
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    Patriotic Duty for All American Women

    A little know fact is that it is a sin for A Taliban man to see any woman other then his wife naked.He must immeadiately commit sucide. So in order to weed out the Taliban in the USA at 4 PM on every Saturday all American Women should walk out of their homes or trucks COMPLETELY NUDE and walk...
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    financing

    If you are interested in RV Hauling try Bennet Truck Transport,Mc Donnough GA, 1-877-391-1796.
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    FMSCA Clarifies ambiguous and controversial HOS Ru

    RE: FMSCA Clarifies ambiguous and controversial HO In the Truck Topics article the Panther lady hit it right on the head when she said"If if the 14 hour unstoppable clock nbecomes a reality it will wreck havoc in trucking and expediting.". I couldn!t agree more. I wonder how shippers and...
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    Hot Shots

    Don!t know of any in Texas but I believe there is one oufit out of Tulsa OK,try to do a search using Hotshot and get info. There is a company in PA ,Jones Motor Freight,they used to do hotshot freight,frankly you don!t see as many hotshot rigs as you used too. Up around South Bend and Mishawaka...
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    nationwide pagers

    Well think about this for a minute,a cell phone could save your life someday,a pager can!t.. Nuff Said
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    Getting Healthy!!!

    I have a cousin in New jersey and he is a Physician,last year he told me that in his Medical Opinion that ATKINS DIET may cause you to loose some pounds but it is tough on your liver and digestive systems. I have stayed at 158 pounds thriugh 16 years of trucking and those who know me know I...
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    HOW TO KEEP A HEALTHY LEVEL OF INSANITY

    Now that one has been kicking around for a long time. I have a daughter in law in NJ and she sent me this post about 2 years ago.She does page herself over the intercom and writes for sexual favors on her checks.
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    TRACTOR TRAILER EXPEDITER

    Most of the erxpediting companies want and need T/T units, I know that FDX CC,Express One,Tri State all are advertising for E Units. However if you are planning to run as a single drive I suggest you read all of the threads on this forum regarding the new HOS Regs coming in January.
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    Dan The Man Tilley

    No way I would steal Dan Tilley!s thunder, from everything I have heard he is the man for expediting trucks,but I am wondering what ever happened to Dan Schultz. I think he worked for Knoxville Freightliner but had an office in the Speedway off I 71/76 split area. I liked the look of that...
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    stella awards

    How about the 2 woman who were driving drunk in Texas,fell asleep and crashed into the back of a Crete truck parked on a off ramp.I beliebe one was killed and the other one got about 5 million or so from Crete!s insurance company.
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    Kitchen ergonomics

    Last Saturday my Wife and I went to a wedding in Dovers Bluff Ga. The Bride was 60,the gromm was 61. I had a good laugh when the 30 year old Baptist Minister said" Glenda, do you promise to obey your Husband in all spiritual and household matters".She said " I do".I think I want my wife to...
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    FYDA Freightliner of Columbus, OH

    I have never had a problem with FYDA in Columbus but at FYDA in Youngstown, the service facility was unable to service my FL 70,because they had no filters for a Cummins C series engine.That says a lot.
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    New Hours of Service Regs

    When Conway Now first started up they were using Vans that would also pull 14-16 foot trailers. This didn!t last long as the transmissions in the vans were not holding up under the torgue needed to pull the loaded van plus the loaded trailer. Ran into a guy on I 70 in Washington Pa one night and...
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    New Hours of Service Regs

    I can understand why the LTL oufits such as Yellow/Roadway?ABF etc like these new rules.Their road drivers go strictly terminal to terminal,they don!t care about on duty time and they will get an extra hour of driving time out of their drivers,wonder how the Teamsters are going to react to that...
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