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  1. beachbum

    Trucks Not Moving From Pumps

    Key the trucks that sit there for a half a hour.. NVM bad idea
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    What's Free in Trucking?

    Shower isn't free, since you had to buy 50 gallons of fuel, if you don't buy the fuel then it's 12 bucks up for that free shower
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    Tandem axle straight truck load limits in Ohio, KY, Indiana

    This is how you do the formula to see the weights you can load per axle. Red the site and you'll understand how its done. Federal Bridge Gross Weight Formula - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Bridge formula table[edit source | editbeta] Distance in feet between any group of two or...
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    How Goes the New 34-Hour Restart for You?

    I'm going to ask a stupid question of you... Why didn't you think of stopping let's say at 12 am or even 1230 am and not try and take the time out to the last second? Next question, are you on a EOBR or do you have a QC that would stop you from backing up the log to show you got there at 1 am...
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    Short haul defined....HOS

    When I worked short haul or local, I got the 30 min lunch (unpaid) but I worked by the hour then. Union drivers get breaks, where as, non-union drivers take it in the shorts from companies.
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    Ram's new cargo van...

    Just was on the Dodge web site and you can now build the vehicle and they also have a payment calculator after you build the vehicle
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    OMG I shoulda slept in the van!

    my order of hotel motel chains I stay at Marriott, hilton, the La Quinta (because of Landstar discount).. Heck LaQuinta's are getting just as expensive as Fairfield and Hampton inns...
  8. beachbum

    HOS Upheald

    OOIDA and ATA for one, that said, when the court didn't rule by the end of June the writing was on the wall.
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    HOS Upheald

    OOIDA posted on their web site. Land Line Magazine: The Business Magazine for Professional Truckers BREAKING NEWS: 'Third time's a charm' for HOS; Court upholds all but one provision By Jami Jones, Land Line managing editor The never-ending warfare over the hours of service may very well...
  10. beachbum

    how many miles have you got on your sprinter

    Got my 05 with 126K on the van, now at 305K
  11. beachbum

    All roads lead to Wilmington.

    Was going to the show but, 1K run for 1900 was a better deal for this sprinter driver
  12. beachbum

    What Truck Parking Changes Have You Seen With New HOS?

    Great, drivers screwing othe drivers at the fuel island taking their 30 min break, what a bunch of A-holes. If they are tryin to prove a point, then it's lost on me, since the only people their ****ing off are their fellow drivers.
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    New Transit at Expo

    They can have one at this years show, but what good will that do since Ford doesn't expect them to hit the market till sometime next summer. Then again, there could be another delay just like 2013, now the 2014 all because of supply issues. That will leave anyone wanting to purchase in the...
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    Ram's new cargo van...

    I'm at 300K on my 05 sprinter and it's time to start looking and saving for something new for the next 4 years or so. Sprinters are high dollar to keep up and I'm hope the new vans that both Ford and Dodge put out are not as expensive to upkeep. Heck, the ProMaster has a 18500 mile oil change...
  15. beachbum

    July locations, drama and weather.

    Right now in McKinney, Tx but leaving again tomorrow for Fl same load I did last week. Same money as last week.
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    Did they think about this Scenario?

    Yep, but you cannot go past the 14 hour clock. http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/rules-regulations/truck/driver/hos/fmcsa-guide-to-hos.PDF If unexpected adverse driving conditions slow you down, you may drive up to 2 extra hours to complete what could have been driven in normal conditions. This means...
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    Did they think about this Scenario?

    I hate to say this but you gave the scenario that could be torn apart and some of us did just that. It wasn't anything personal. Now, the only major changes to the rules comes down to this 30 minute break and only one 34 per week. If those are real hard to figure out then this industry is in...
  18. beachbum

    New Transit at Expo

    Are you going to get the new Dodge for the show or just the Ford and a Sprinter
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    Ram's new cargo van...

    Was just looking at the MB website for sprinters and it seems that in 2014 the 4cyl will be standard and the V6 will be an option. But will the price be lower for the 4cyl or will the base price before adding options be 43K. Now the big difference between the two vehicles comes down to length...
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    Ram's new cargo van...

    This was as of May.2013, just find the part where they post the weights. Ram ProMaster - the big van based on the Fiat Ducato
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