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Actually it!s a hell of a lot better then it used to be,yes you may not know how many teams are in a prospective layover location but you can find out how many trucks are there and what activity has supposedly transpired.Also when you check in you can see how many trucks have greater dwell time...

Have you checked to see if your throwout bearing is lubed?On that transmission there is a plate which covers the bearing,many times lube guys don!t know about it or are too lazy to remove it and lube the bearing.I have lost 2 plates which were removed and not reinstalled so I just have left it...

My Eaton 6 speed with 700,000 on it doesn!t whine but is starting to leak at the front and rear seals.Do you know if the seals ever disintegrate all at once. I guess to replace the seals the Tranny would have to be removed which is much labor,the Speedo Co guys have said that it was leaking and...

May have been some ongoing construction going on. I always avoid that route when I go into New England. If I am coming north I take NJ Rt 17 N to I 287E ,cross the Tapanzee Bridge then I 684N to I 84 E and on up through Hartford area to Boston.It!s about 5 miles more but you avoid that Cross...

I know that a lot of places like Home Depot have pre employment drug testing,but I thought that the only industries that did random screening were the transportation and the power plant industries. I wonder what would happen to the Ken and Barbie TV news types and the other media newscasters...

I met one of their drivers a few years ago in Ashville NC. He said they were based out of Indianapolis and he got trips out of Indy but never a backhaul. I havn!t seen any of their trucks since that time.

I have a Maxon 2500 pound capacvity lift gate. It is the tuck away type that you see everywhere.The problem I have is that this model which must be the basic one only has 39 inches of space on the gate from the rear of the truck and at times it can get hairy. Maxon makes a larger model that has...

I echo the above comments,why come to a trucking website for info on how to beat a failed drug test. Do you think all truckers use drugs.In myn 15 years on the road I have never been approached to buy or sell drugs.One time on the radio I heard a deal going down and it sounded to me that it was...

While not relating directly to expediting the July/August issue of Mens Health magazine has a 36 page supplement in how to avoid a heart attack. Lots of useful information to keep yourself going, can also apply to Women too. Stress is one of the Biggies,and all of us in the expediting field know...

That rumor floats around every so often. I believe GM,Ford Chrysler and the Asians all put their requirements on NLM. It was announced down here today that Damiler Chrysler has put the construction of a Sprintliner plant on hold.This plant was to be located in Poole (Savannah) GA. They will...

I havn!t seen this ad but you don!t need a middleman to lease a van to any of the expediting companies.Sounds to me that he or she was looking to get a fee for qualifing you and would then give you alist of the companies involved.You can get all of that info off of this site.Be carefull in...

Same thing happened to the Romans and Greeks thousands of years ago.They taxed the so called middle class higher and higher to finance their military and expoloration expeditions and finally went under. My Brother in law is general manager of a small company in Georgia that makes caps for who...

Best way to find out and it may not be possible is to go in to their facilty and try to see how their dispatch board works.When they need to dispatch a truck from a certain location does the computer show who is at the old rate and who is at the new cheaper rate.If it breaks it down like that...

Loks like Speedco may be pricing themselves out of Business.i had an oil change done at the Speedco in Jackson Ga about 2 weeks ago and my bill also came to $178.,used to be about $130. My engine holds 22 quarts,and I put in a gallon of Lucas Oil Stablizer.3 filters.oil filter,water seperator...

We have 2 cell phones.One is with Cingular wireless and the other with Verizon.I prefer the Cingular system over Verizon,but other people will tell you different and say ATT/T,Nextel,Alltel,Sprint etc are better. Make sure you read the FINE print,nowadays it seems like most of the cell compamies...

Very good advice from Weave,I have had 3 trucks and all went over 700,000 without turbo problems.I religiously idle for at least 5 minutes before I cut the engine off,especially if I have been running highway speeds. Now after I bragged I will probably blow the turbo tommorrow.

RE: Canadian Expedite Cos. Rob Do you ever see Jim Bunting around Ontario,I think he ran for Dynamex? We havn!t seen him on the forum in a couple of years.

I checked the view port on the dryer,it shows blue which I think is OK. I noticed when the engine is running at about 1500 the belt is bouncing around,might be slipping under load.When the engine is off the belt is fairly tight though. Also found one of the inside bolts that hold the compressor...

You can usually look at the run offer and see if a transfer will be necessay.The pickup and delivery times plus the miles involved will tell you if a transfer is necessary,At that time call the dispatcher and negoiate the transfer point,be careful and if they say "We don!t know where we will...

I will tell you from a lot of experience is that when you take a load thats going to transfer,right away you work out the miles and you tell dispatch where you want to transfer the freight.99% of the time they will do that as it relieves them the responsibilty of finding a location another truck...