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I think that I said something about this in the FedEx post and this will sound cold, sorry. You being a contractor are not hired, you are contracted. Being contracted, the company is contracting you for a specific job and if they don’t want you for any reason, they can get rid of you...

Not really, Dreamer. The replacement of the MPSC sticker was to be the multi-state registration and that has been delayed or supposed to be delayed. The tax that I think that Michigan has gone back to the earlier strategy of trying to capture money that does not belong to them. They have...

I think out of all of this, raynchk actually speaks about the real issues that some have been dealing with. As for what I know, being a contractor and part owner of a consulting company which had a lot of contractors, this all looks like the teamsters are behind it to increase membership -...

This cr*p again? VERY IMPORTANT When ever you call or talk to anyone at the state level about this, get a name and put it to paper - with the number and any information you are given. Also as t-hawk mentioned, get the tax code that this is supposed to be under. Michigan will create policies...

Maybe it is me, but after being slightly ill yesterday, I just can’t read this at all this morning in the form it was in, so I edited for effect. Dieseldiva, I hope you don’t mind, take it and use it in your post and someone can delete mine. [/b] August 14, 2007 ExxonMobil stickers a...

Yawn.... Wasn't this brought up a few years back? This won't change a thing for us, but if this happens it may have a rippling effect with some of the other carriers who depend on O/Os' which will be interesting. I also think that they are shooting themselves in the foot, what they will...

unorthodoxneon How much do you want to spend? This matters. The firewall and undercab temps are not an easy thing to keep out of the cab, mainly because of the shape of the floor and firewall and the stuff that works is not cheap. many things that are used in the sleeper and in vans will...

Before 9/11, I used to fly all over for the pharma company and my consulting firm. After 9/11 happened, I went to DTW to get on plane it was horrible and could not get on the flight - missing it. Since then I never flew commercial, I have flown private a few times and with the pharma company...

Great post but this got to me; He gets to eat a cold MRE or beef jerky Man, to me that is a gourmet meal.

unorthodoxneon, you hit on something. I think that most of the hybrid technology will not improve the OTR trucks, only city bound or very short haul trucks will see the savings. Practicality of using ;hybrids; as OTR trucks seem to be too far off in the future. On the other hand, there are...

A little off topic but Paul56, what professional drivers? I look around and in the last few weeks I have seen some really bad behavior and I am starting to cringe when I hear someone call me a truck driver. Sorry for the departure.

Oh yes, Mr. Cavett - wish interviewers would take lessons from him, instead of Larry King. Can't think of what to say about the poetry.

Stuff in boxes, banded to pallets.

T-Hawk, I saw a great looking Ford C-cab COE and Ford H series COE Mexican expediters down at the border. The C-cab had a sleeper added to it that looked like it was made out of another c-cab. The truck was tricked out, chrome all over the place, nice wheels and what looked like a new box on...

>I had heard that you needed to provide the carriers DOT >number. C&M doesn't want to be involved because their lawyer >is concerned the state could come after them for money, >somehow. Somehow I think that they have no choice in the matter if you are leased to the carrier. I mean you have...

Ken, I am truly puzzled about the taxes that you mentioned, it was mentioned somewhere else too. I paid $0 in taxes, not a dime - I paid the IRP fees and the transfer fees but not a dime for the 'Use Tax' (it is illegal for Michigan to actually charge a sales tax on a vehicle, Mich Supreme...

"That is also why we try to use correct grammar, punctuation, and spelling." India, It depends on what you qualify as correct grammar, with the new grammar that some of these kids today use is something else and may be considered a new language - the word "like" is overused just like...

T-Hawk, First thing is, the people at SOS is full of sh**, you do not need a title, a bill of sale will work but in order for you to do this the right way, you need to call the owner and have them get a letter of release from the finance company – no other thing will work, when they contact...

Sorry all you Baseball people but he has been playing for 20 odd years, isn't time that someone who plays, should only do so for a limited about of years so to bring in new talent and fresh faces?

No appology needed, it feels good that some are anticipating a post.