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When the system crashed last night, it took the Tri-state thread with it. "If I claim to be a wise man, it surely means that I don't know." - Kansas

Yep... doesn't matter. We should all just bend over and take it like good peons, cause one day they might be bending over for us. Don't question authority. Don't question dishonest practices. Whatever you do, DON'T ROCK THE BOAT! And be grateful for any scrap that might fall off the table from...

Most of us can tell if the truck is a couple hundred over on one axle or the other. I don't know how you could leave a shipper with 20,000 lbs on and not know you're overweight. First thing the shipper usually asks me is "How do you want this?" My answer is always "Depends on how much it...

Get out of the cab! Stretch! Every 2-4 hours I try to get out and move. My neighbor got cysts on his rear end because he liked to do his 11 in one straight shot. If you don't like two weeks or more downtime due to that, take 15 mins and walk around your truck. "If I claim to be a wise man, it...

>1st, >unless the company you work for,gives you written >permisssion,that lets you be off duty any time you are >stopped for more than 15 mins,you cant log off duty,thats if >under load. True >2nd, >any time you are doing anything,and I mean anything >pertaining to your truck,your...

Night... you been hangin out with the Colonel? "If I claim to be a wise man, it surely means that I don't know." - Kansas

Never had a problem with Tri-county replacing injectors (2 of them). However, to have them troubleshoot or just replace the obvious is something else. And, don't count on them getting you in and out. I tried the Monroe International dealer. Not bad. Don't know what kind of wait you'd deal with...

I heard Andrew Wilkow comment on this one day. Basically he said Peru gets their bio-diesel from sugar cane. It has more of what it takes to make fuel than corn (sucrose). His opinion is this: 3 states grow sugar cane, and 11 grow sugar beets. They grow all year round in these states. Why not...

LOL Turtle... you got it, bud. Enough nominal fees and we're nominally broke. "If I claim to be a wise man, it surely means that I don't know." - Kansas

No one said anything about whining... relax :) All I'm saying is that injuries are part of the game. Seattle had two pro-bowlers out for several games during the season. It does affect the outcome. In the end, the injury to our pro-bowl qb showed in the Bears game. Also, we had 3 d-backs...

If they gave the option of splitting sleeper time, they'd have solved nearly everyone's quandry. We'd have the option of taking it all in one shot, or breaking it up, according to our sleep patterns. I'm going to make up t-shirts that say "The HOS killed me!" so when I crash, they'll know what...

APRIL!!! I could easily contend that if Seattle's secondary was intact, they would've beaten the Bears. However, that's how injuries play in this game. One critical injury could mean the difference between going to the Superbowl and not making the playoffs. "If I claim to be a wise man, it...

Did he "move" you to FXCC? Or did he suggest it? I would cite that if he chose where your truck was signed on, he changed the rules on you. In fact, an owner could sign his truck, which is being purchased by the drivers, onto a company that isn't as profitable for the drivers in order to force...

That was one long thread I enjoyed reading. I took it as "things you have to think about while trucking", rather than "the reality of trucking". While most of it is very much real, the part about sitting for free is a given, tho most of us think too much about "we're sitting for nothin!"...

I'm trying to see the point of what they're doing, other than micromanaging the drivers. 24 hours, 900 mi, no rest, get it there. xxx amount of miles, pull over and get 5 hours sleep to cover our butts; doesn't matter if you're tired afterwards. Someone will end up taking a printout from the qc...

Stay away!!! I you get a run out of the area, you're on your own. It seems like their dispatchers are lazy. They have a couple company trucks and even fewer o/os. I wanted to go back with them in '05, I just couldn't reason doing it. "If I claim to be a wise man, it surely means that I don't...

That was a good game! Grossman reared his ugly arm, that's for sure. Now the media can finally shut up about Peyton not having his SB win. And the Bears... who dey? "If I claim to be a wise man, it surely means that I don't know." - Kansas

This thread sums up the reason I don't want that quallcop on my truck. "If I claim to be a wise man, it surely means that I don't know." - Kansas

That's my point. If it happens once or twice, it's a mistake. As many times as we hear of it, it's a bad habit. "If I claim to be a wise man, it surely means that I don't know." - Kansas

I don't know if it's a good thing. They could've just as easily kept the other truck on the run and given you some excuse. It makes me wonder what they told him. I agree with Redytrk. They need a failsafe in the system that doesn't allow dispatch to offer a load that's already has someone...