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"Turtle - Like always you twisted my statement. I did not say there WAS special treatment, I said I could understand it if there was - HUGE difference." OK, first of all, I did not twist your statements. It's simply not worth the mental effort to do so. I have never twisted your statements...

I used to check my tires at least once a week, and with regular air I, of course, had to add a pound or two pretty regularly. No doubt a lot of that was due to the air escaping during the pressure checks. When I went with nitrogen, I began checking them once a month. I have found that I lose...

Just to hit on a couple of points here... The "board" isn't the driver council. The board is the list of available trucks in a given city, and they are listed in to the order of availability, usually FIFO (first in, first out, the person who has been on the board (the list) longest is at the...

There are a couple of ways to deal with this. Well, three if you're good with an arc welder. One is a special screw that is an Allen screw with a pin in the middle. It requires a special wrench to remove the screw. Lemme look... looking... looking.... ah, here ya go Cheapest - Screws only...

OK, the cost of replacing the air in your tires with nitrogen is so small that it's nearly not even worth mentioning. It's certainly not a large enough sum as to make a significant impact on the decision. The air we breathe, and the air currently in your tires, is already nearly 80% nitrogen...

Greg, just like always, some vans are kicking, and some are getting kicked. It all depends on who you talk to. One of Panther's biggest problems is the fact they cater to and advertise for fleet owners. Then, the fleet owners put drivers in their trucks and vans. The result is, you have a...

Harsh? In what way? Maybe I'm reading what I wrote incorrectly, but I wrote it to be the total opposite of harsh. I'm just having fun with a play on words, is all. It never once occurred to me that bamamule actually did, in fact, sleep only around bambam while in a public place and only...

I have to assume that something along the lines of "even been" was mistakenly left out, as in... 2)i'e not slept with bambam 3)or even been around bambam except a plubic place and with texabell present Otherwise, that's just really kinky. Kewl! Sex is dirty, only if it's done right.

Hhhmmmm.... Nashville, just 90 miles from home. But, I've sat over the weekend many times in Nashville. Problem is, it's 90 unpaid deadhead miles home, and then between 60-90 or more when I come back in service on Monday. Those unpaid miles add up, and they subtract from my bottom line. If I...

No, vans do not get anything for deadhead, unless it's something like 10 cents for a paid empty move, or unless you can negotiate a paid deadhead. Only deadhead Panther automatically pays to vans are the number of mile above 100 from the point of dispatch to the shipper. 135 miles from shipper...

In the past I've generally had to replace 80,000 mile tires somewhere around the 70,000 mile mark, give or take. I've got 80,000 miles tires on this Sprinter, and I've now got 116,386 on them, and they are juuust now getting to the 4/32 tread mark. I'll easily get 120,000 miles out of these...

Are there any carriers out there who are concerned about taking care of the driver's financial needs? If there is, man, that's the one I want to drive for! So far, the only company out there that I've run across that was truly concerned about my financial needs was, uhm, oh, wait, never mind...

Well, 190 for 230 loaded, even with $60 to cover deadhead, is a loser. The fuel was covered for the deadhead, but that's three hours of pure unpaid drive time in order to take a load 230 miles. That's an 8 hour day for no money. What's your time worth? Not sure if I'd have done that run for...

Every day I fight every other expediter out there, not just those with Panther. I'm the last person on the planet to sing Panther's praises, believe me, but I do well with them. Not because they hand me the choice loads on a silver Qualcomm, but because I fight for myself, I fight the smart...

Was sitting in Boston the other day and got a load picking up at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine, which is on the southern tip of Maine across the inlet from Portsmouth, NH. At the main gate they searched the van thoroughly, and placed my camera, cell phone (has a camera) and...

It all depends on where you are. If you're in the upper Midwest, like Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, most of the loads around there are in the 150-250 mile range. When I'm in those areas, I'll usually accept one or two of those loads, maybe more depending on when they are offered and where...

While "pro" can certainly stand for processing, and professional, and many other things, in the trucking and transportation industry it is simply a tracking number determined by the PROgressive numbering system. Just add one. Slow and steady, even in expediting, wins the race - Aesop

So far, I've never used more than 100% of the fuel in my tank. Even several years ago when I one time actually ran the tank dry, it didn't use 110% of the fuel in the tank. It used exactly 100%. 100% is 100%, and if you can give 110%, then you were never giving 100% before. Slow and steady...

The "long run" has long ago come and gone, and people aren't calling up and hanging on HOLD waiting to book their freight with high-priced carriers. For really hot shipments, all things being equal, the closest truck or the first to get there will get the load. All other things being equal, the...

I rarely ask for my board position anymore, unless I know I'm in an area where there are likely to be several other vans. Even then, I'll ask once, then forget about it. They're gonna give me a load when they give me one, regardless of what I think my board position might be. I've been #1 on the...