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GPS is $150/month, and well worth it. I have it now, even though I'm with a company. It not only finds me loads when things are dead, but it tells me where freight is kickin, and gives me an idea how many trucks are in a certain area. I don't have to constantly bug dispatch for that info. This...

If you want more than crumbs, forget Ellenbaums. I'd look elsewhere. Take a good look at his trucks on truckpaper. Most of them aren't even cleaned up.

Do women really have a view? :7 :+ :7

Ppl think they're getting ahead with taking fuel, because of the fsc. However, fsc doesn't come in for dh, idling, or anything other than routed miles. How many times have you taken a 500 mile load and it came up exactly 500 on your odometer? I make 65% of everything, fsc included. When I get my...

RE: Looking for companies that don't require a Haz Dispatchin... how's he going to haul it? On his back?

Mygroupllc... let me axe you something. If you didn't have your own authority, what would you be willing to pay someone to use theirs? What do you think is fair? You don't think 15% is fair? Especially with a company that will pay you in 2 weeks for a load they haven't been paid for yet? I'm not...

RE: one more question on my mind That brings up the point if they can search you at will, why would they have to ask in the first place? Obviously they're expecting blind cooperation on your part, because most assume either they can anyways, or they have nothing to hide. Well, I have nothing to...

I believe if you're going to do it, prepare to do everything yourself. Even if you choose to go under someone else's authority for 10-20%, you'd better have an iron clad way of getting paid. You'll have too much involved to make a $5000 week and then the guy gives you the runaround about not...

Anyone who drinks the diet crap needs to look up aspertame on the internet. I had a thought yesterday. (big surprise? :7 ) I wondered how much water we're taking out circulation by all the bottled water that gets thrown away without emptying it first. Something to ponder...

I suggest checking out the roundtable at truck.net. There's a section on corporating advice, among other things.

Dispatchn1... I agree with your philosophy. However, you forgot to mention the biggest cost... load insurance. $10,000/year is something to consider. As far as I'm concerned, you're preaching to the choir. However, a company like C&M has many more connections, and can keep me loaded more than I...

I love to watch John Stossel. Unfortunately, it 's not required viewing for the unimformed masses. I remember watching his story on the history of diamonds. DeBeers is a brilliant company! First, they shower the post-WW2 women with advertisements, making every woman want theirs. Then, they...

Broom... I think the government (particularly Louisiana) is at least partly responsible for the :censoredsign: bursting. They had the money to fix it, along with the fed's help. Instead, they spent it on something else. It ALWAYS takes a disaster to make something happen in government. I thought we were...

This is an EO classic! Bump to the top :+

Cooked two meals so far with my GF grill. Tell you what... if more drivers out there knew what they were missing, the truckstop restaurants would go out of biz. I picked up some ribeye at Walmart, cooked it med-well, and it was the juiciest steak I've ever had. It tasted like prime rib, it was...

RE: Sick of getting ripped off for paying with a C I understand it too. It's one more way we get shafted by truckstops. You remember gas stations had cash/credit price? Well, they did away from them cause ppl got sick of paying higher with credit. Now, it appears the stations eat the credit...

Thanx DD... I didn't even think about getting it there.

Just some info for those who have to use the special red stuff in their trucks. In the Detroit area, I found it at Murrays for $13/gal for 50/50. Autozone doesn't carry it. Out of curiosity, where do you pick it up? How much more is it at a truck stop?

If you let the tiger roam loose, then you hafta let the T-rex loose... it's only fair. Leo... if we ever want to pull your chain, we know where to go ;)

Broom... you hit the nail on the head. Putting women in the workforce destroyed our one-income household mentality. Half the money from the second income usually goes to childcare. If you don't have affordable medical insurance, there goes the other half. Is it worth it? In most cases, no. But...