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  1. beachbum

    OOIDA thanks us

    You claim your rights when it comes to electronic log book, the only difference between a paper log book and a electronic log book is you cannot throw the page out and start a new one. What rights are they taking away, none that I know of if you use a electronic log.
  2. beachbum

    OOIDA thanks us

    Paullud, what would electronic logs do that would cause you to have so much problem with them. Maybe someone could tell me what electronic logs would cause a person to go out of business. There would be no harassment since if your out of hours you aren't going anywhere anyway. Harassment can...
  3. beachbum

    What a mess!

    I guess Rick didn't know how to read the fuel gage.
  4. beachbum

    Woman attacked at Flying J Alorton Il

    If your waiting for a replacement truck, why would you be in a rental car at the truck stop doing your laundry at 2 in the morning. Would you not be in either your broke down truck or a hotel. The laundry part was in the landline story, they made a big deal out of it by posting the story. Sorry...
  5. beachbum

    Panther Sitting at Truck Stops

    Newtothis, you should be at LEAM if you want to see how the real world works when t comes to favorites, you have to earn the best paying loads. Here you have to take crap loads from some of the best agents to get better loads. You have to prove yourself here and it takes a while. I've only...
  6. beachbum

    82 cents a mile fuel surcharge

    Landstar gives us 100% of the FSC.
  7. beachbum

    FSC shell game

    If you are a O/O working for yourself and not leased onto anyone a FSC doesn't mean crap, the only thing you need to do is get the rate you need to make your profit. When you are leased to a company and you run on percent you want a higher FSC if you get 100% of the FSC your profit margin goes...
  8. beachbum

    MPG sprinter info needed

    Heck, at a 1/4 tank I want to fuel. Leaves me with about 6 gallons in the tank but why take it to empty.
  9. beachbum

    Michelin tires

    I got my tires at discount tire and got the paid warranty which covers road hazards all the way down to the legal tread limit. I also get free rotations and balance for the life of the tire anywhere a discount tire shop is in the country. my cost for tire were like 212 per for 225 m/s. But with...
  10. beachbum

    Sprinter Owners

    Well as of next year we'll have the big fords to compete against the Sprinter and maybe the Fiat van and I heard that VW might bring theirs. If I was to buy new I would have to look into the Ford since it will be built in the U.S.
  11. beachbum

    The Sprinters Blimps

    Only sleep study is if your BMI is over 36 and that isn't a rule yet still is a couple of years out for that rule.
  12. beachbum

    Honeywell generators

    then they will give you your money back, even if they don't handle a item. Costco can go into their computer and look up things from the minute you purchased the item. When you take things back you need all parts that came with the item, you can get away without the paperwork from the item but...
  13. beachbum

    Honeywell generators

    Here is Costco's return policy Membership: We will refund your membership fee in full at any time if you are dissatisfied. Merchandise: We guarantee your satisfaction on every product we sell with a full refund. The following must be returned within 90 days of purchase for a refund...
  14. beachbum

    Honeywell generators

    Costco has a Lifetime warranty on most items you buy at a Costco. learn the Costco rules. We just took back one of the last lifetime warranty tv's. I have taken back things that are over 6 years old to Costco.
  15. beachbum

    Finish this sentence...The coolest thing I have ever hauled is...

    The set to seaquest from universal studios Hollywood to Universal Studios Florida 14 years ago or so. What it looked like on TV wasn't what the set looked like, set was all plastic and wood. even the paint didn't look good but it did on TV. Got to meet the head of Universal Orlando when I...
  16. beachbum

    ceva

    I started driving running local years ago before over the road and if I had a chance to run local again (I would need good pay) I would be there in a heart beat. Home every night sleeping in my own bed beats the hell out of sleeping on the road after 20 plus years and over 2 million miles
  17. beachbum

    Where's the Panther freight?

    I read these boards every day to gleam little bits of info on freight lanes and how to use them, then again i've only been doing this with a van for 6 months and I have a hell of a lot to learn to be in the upper bracket revenue wise. I've deadhead to the house from the west cost, but I just...
  18. beachbum

    Sleep Apnea Requirements, testing and Mandates

    As usual OOIDA comes to the party late and as usual there against this, I do agree that this is nothing more then a money grab by doctors since before they came up with this term we all servied just fine. BMI Want to sleep better in the truck buy a good mattress. Yes they do cost up to a Grand...
  19. beachbum

    Sleep Apnea Requirements, testing and Mandates

    I think the number I heard yesterday was a BMI of 35 will have to be tested. For myself I'll not worry about that since I'm losing weight to get down to about 160 pounds, right now I'm at 220 and that is down from 235. You will have a couple of years to lose the pounds to keep from the...
  20. beachbum

    Commercial Vans Survey

    I know fiat is going to build their full size van for the USA market in Mexico for delivery in 2013, but have not seen anything abou the full size Ford coming here.
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