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Eating out whether it!s a buffet or off the menu is a Crapshoot .You don!t know what goes on behind the kitchen doors. I used to have a friend who said when he was in college he worked part time as a waiter in a fancy restaurant and sometimes if customers were abusive and nasty they would spit...

If you are subject to DOT Hours of Service rule(Logs) you can claim 65% of the $38.00 per deim allowance,or $24.70 per day.This will gradually increase to 80% in 2008.In 2003 it goes to $40 per day at 65%.

Go to Speed Co for oil analysis,it will cost you about $15.00.I get most of my oil changes at Speedco and about 3-4 times a year get a oil anlysis.You can compare various minerals such as copper building up.This would give you a idea as too how the bearings are holding up.One important thing I...

Wel if Nitrogen is lighter then air?? you would need more nitrogen pressure to stay at the rated rate.I think it is BS as if it was true it would be widely known. Also you don!t find Nitogen outlets at the Petro!s etc,you would probably have to buy some cylinders from Air Products or another...

I live in the Jax area and most of us expediters know of each other.Can you tell me if he also managed a Penske repair shop at a K Mart in Neptune Beach FL.A few years ago I was there buying a battery for my car and he saw my Com Card,guy mentioned he was in the business and had 3-4 trucks. Not...

Where is Wild Bill? Based on his posts and photos Bill knows good places to eat. Fort Wayne IN has to have better places then that old ratty truck stop on I 69.

If memory serves me right I think there is a company called Sunny Express or Expedite that did advertise on this site.I think they are a California company that runs up and down the west coast.

Pepcid AC works for me.

Lawrence,I like the look ,also the Columbia for $38,000 but 300,000 miles in 2 years is a lot,wonder how much warranty is left..

I have often wondered why the engine manufactures don!t offer a pre start auxillary oil pump foe medium duty engines.I have seen these pumps offered on the large Cummins engines but not the smaller ones.The way I understand that they work is you have a small 12 volt pump that you turn on and it...

What did he do??

The problem is that you will always be in the wrong place at the wrong time.You may build a relationship with a company and when they call for you to pick up now,chances are you will be 500 miles away.One other drawback is you will spend lots of time chasing money in order to get paid. There is...

Well I don!t want to be the bearer of bad news but there is not much expediting within Florida.I live in the NorthEast part of Florida and do very little within the state.Florida has a lot of LTL companies that promise and usually deliver the next day within the state. You can always try the air...

I cannot go through Columbia SC without stopping off at a Lizards Thicket.There are about 5-6 of them off I 26/I 20 and US 1. For about $5.00 you can get a really good down home cooked Southern meal.

We go to a lot of buffets on the road,but usually stick to Old Country,Harvest Home and Hometown Buffets.The food is generally pretty good and parking at these places is no problem for a D unit. One truck stop buffet that I have found to be excellent is the Flying J off I 20 in Jackson MS...

Yeaa couldn!t sleep last night wondering what that link was. Merci Beacou,Muchas Gracias Donkershern and thanks.Still would like to know why I couldn!t get to that link..

Well I tried that link again and once again it put me onto the forum site.Perhaps it is this old windows 95 software.My curiousty is aroused so can you tell me what is in this mysterious link.Thanks

Any straight truck over 40 feet is generally exempt from DOT regulations as it would be used exclusively for agricultral or mining use,In most cases they cannot be operated on US Highways unless they have some type of special permit within their home state. Can you imagine coming up Van :censoredsign:...

???? I tried that link and it put me into the forum.??? Don!t want to rub it in to my Northern friends but here in Jacksonville on a very plesant Saturday it is about 81 degrees.

What I heard was that the justice department originally blocked the sale as they felt Pilot would have too much of a monoply on the price and distribution of fuel. But I guess various lawyers on both sides convinced them that this would never happen.LOL. I have a friend who is somewhat of a...