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The Pilot Corporation bought 60 Williams travl plazas for about $180 million or so.Initally the sale was blocked by the justice department but I guess they worked it out.The article I read said that Williams spent about 105 million developing the travel plazas but the food side of the business...

Sounds good to me,How do we get into the EO chat room.

I use Howes Meaner Cleaner similar to Power Service. Never have had fuel gelling problems with temps as low as 20 below in Eastern Quebec. I also get 1 mpg better then without.These additives work and can save you some money over the course of a year.

Well I may be joining GEO and many others in leaving FDX CC.I have been with them since October 1987,put on close to 2 million accident free miles,gone way out of my way to help the company on many occasions,but now feel after their illustrious accident investigator (PAT.G) finished with me it!s...

For me $2.00 is the cut off line.My truck is paid for ,my living expenses are low so I can do something else and survive.It might not be fun but who said life is supposed to be fun. G.W Bush is not the problem,the problem is the top guys at BP/Amoco,Shell (which is a Dutch Company) the Saudi!s...

OK George, Tell us the truth.What were you trying to sell?? You don!t get arrested for changing a fuel filter.LOL

Hey there is no need to bash this guy,for someone who has been a member of the forum for about 2 weeks you seem to know a lot about him. Granted FDX CC puts a time limit on a trucks life with them,however performance rather then age should be the major factor as too whether or not a truck stays...

Well it!s official,I called this Richard Shepardson today and he told me that the legal department of the state of Oklahoma reviewed the lease agreement from FDX CC and Conway Now and they belive it is more of an independendent contractors agreement instead of a true lease, and they will no...

You left out 1 important cost.Up where you live there are tolls and tolls and BIG TIME tolls. I spent last week floating between Philadelphia,Baltimore and Boston.It seems like every 10 miles another $6-7 is going into the hand of a toll booth collector.You would think that they could at least...

The way that I understood the new rules to be was that an independent trucking company would now have to have some type of physical presence in Oklahoma. The owner operator who was leased on to a trucking company was still going to be able to register in Oklahoma through the various agents that...

I called the Fern Bennet agency last thursday to inquire about my 2003 Registration and Cab Card. I was told by some one that they just found out on Wedensday that Oklahoma was not going to renew registrations for trucks leased to Fedex CC and Conway Now. The reason is that in the lease...

Last week I paid $1.65 for diesel at the Pilot in Bloomsbury NJ.$1.50 per gallon at the TA in Paulsboro NJ,then on Friday in Asland VA at the Mr Fuel $1.57 and in Georgia at the Williams on I95 in Kingsland $1.59..getting scarey when low cost states like VA and Ga have these prices..

Doo Wop has been around for a while.I don!t think I am going to touch this one.Sounds like some Corporate spy..LOL

Sorry but you are obviously pushing something to benefit you.This forum is set up for all of us that are in the expedite truckinmg industry.We are all hard working folks,think nothing of leaving home at 2300 or so to make a buck so snake oil salesmanship doesn!t really go on this site.

I have always felt that for inside pick ups and inside deliveries we should get at least 95% of the accesory charge.We are using our lift gate,our $450.00 pallet jack our expertise and labor etc.One time just for the heck of it I posed a question:since I am only getting 58% of the inside labor...

I use the Roho Air cushions.They cost about $200 apeice and are worth in my opinion every penny of the cost.You can order them from WWW.therohogroup.com and they will give you a 60 day trial period.They also come with a 2 year warranty.We even take them from the truck and use them in our car...

I have run that segment from San Antonio to ElPaso many times.It!s amazing that whenever you leave San Antonio the engine seems to run rough and you start hearing strange noises and you are afraid to stop as you know there must be a major leak somewere.But stangely enough when you get to ElPaso...

Well think about it,now that the border has been opened to Mexican trucking companies and while the restrictions are harsh for now they will get easier as time goes by.So freight that may have been transfered in Laredo can now be trucked all the way by a Mexican driver earing 50% less then his...

Don!t let the Haz/mat test scare you,Just keep reading the requirements and study the questions and you will be able to pass it.Last year over 30% of my loads were haz/mat. Lots of extra $ doing haz/mat but you need to know the rules and if you are in a cargo van you will need to log.

My longest and most boring trip is about 330 miles on I 95 between Jacksonville and Miami. I 55 between St Louis and Chicago ranks up there too.