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I'll hafta dig up my dd214 when I get home. Hey, Colonel... wanna go to dinner? My treat ;)

ROFL... I apologize, Rich! Can I trade you my first born, instead? Tonight, my wife told me she stood up in the restaurant booth and called out, "Hi friends!" to everyone in there. She's almost potty-trained, and loves her veggies too! :7 :7 :7 :7 :7 Let me get home, and I'll send it. I'm...

Thanx for reestablishing what I just said, Dave ;) Usually I get that from Leo! HAHAHAHA :7

This thread is getting good!!! These last few posts introduced a new warcry for expediters... Safe or Legal? The ones that didn't make the cut are... Give me split berth or give me death! To split or not to split. Thanx to Washington, my kids will be fatherless(motherless)(orphans)! This truck...

BD, you need to do your homework before you spew your wisdom. Tony has nothing to gain by defending the big companies, as he owns his own company. Geez :(

Exactly my point. There is nothing expedient about regular trucking companies. Their freight usually has a very liberal timeline, so if their drivers get tired, they pullover and sleep. I see very little affect to these companies, but a huge dilemma to expediting. As most have said, it stifles...

I had the same problem finding one for an FL-106. All the manuals nowadays are on cd. You could try ebay, though I didn't see any on there for your truck. I also looked on amazon.com, but nada. Your best bet is to find out what company makes the cd, and call them. If they don't have paper...

No... 21 is the minimum age.

Ethical ppl? These rules were clearly not written by ethical ppl! What possible motives were involved in forcing drivers to drive 10 hours straight? They were written with agendas in mind. If you define ethical as blindly following rules that are not in your best interest, then so be it. I find...

GPS411 costs $150/month. They also have a premier service that my carrier tells me costs $1500/month. It's an excellent way to find loads, make business contacts, manage your fleet, etc. I'm finding out in the few days I've had access to it, that it's a great way to double up on loads, or find a...

If you put DRIVERS in place of O/Os in BDs post, it would make alot more sense. Drivers don't have control of their own destiny, as the owners have the choice whether to pay them or not. In too many cases I've read, the owners also control which loads they take. In those cases, they are just...

It seems the ATA has a double standard going on here. The have "concerns", yet some of their high ranking officials (a VP at Schneider) helped to write the new rules. It's clear to me they're trying to play both sides of the card here... wanting small carriers who depend on the split sleeper to...

There has to be more to it than what's on here. How does a liscence get suspended for a speeding ticket? My ex-girlfriend's deceased hubby died as a result of stumbling (drunk) into the middle of I-94, and getting hit by a t/t. The driver had been driving for 14 hours straight. The jury in the...

I can't find any info on that crash in Land Line. Of course the trucker is going to get hit for the accident. Didn't you know that their biggest thing is "If you weren't there, that wouldn't have happened."? Their reason for this one will be that he wouldn't have been there if he would've obeyed...

I agree... 59 posts means it's time to move on. Especially when the original meaning of the thread was lost after 5 posts.

Simon... I didn't say their safety department was non-existant, I said they weren't constrictive. They aren't going to nitpick you to death over a toll booth reciept that shows you driving at 9:50 when your log says you stopped at 9:45. They won't let you run over hours (at least they wouldn't...

I drove with Express-1 as a team and single. We got more miles as a team; but with having to pay my co-driver 20%, I did better as a solo driver. The bad: When they got us longer loads, we deadheaded back to the freight zone more than half the time. Personally, I believe they rely too much on...

Simon... it costs money to prep stuff, even if it isn't used. There were a ton of trucks in FL last year for hurricane relief. Alot of them never moved, yet they got paid BIGTIME!!! It's all the cost of a disaster... better having too much relief than not enough. Not that it helped, as Bush...

ROFLMAO!!!!! :7 :7 :7 :7 :7 :7 :7 :7 :7 :7 That was the best post I've read in a long time! And what makes it funnier is that's it's a true story! :7 :7 :7

Greg... you should've written down those websites x( It's possible, that with enough contacts you could run a van independantly. However, like I said in a previous post, you'll spend your off time finding loads. I don't know about $1.50/mi, but it is higher than the normal company rates. And...