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    Does this sound right to you?

    As Dave said, you are asking the right questions. But it might be a bit easier if you knew what you needed a month to make any business profitable beyond the business itself...in other words, if the business payes all of it own expenses, how much after that do you need to pay yourself to make a...
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    Turtle Top van

    Monty, that link is fir the Ultra / Terra Maxx those are not "cube vans"...those are the 2nd generation of the Cargo Max..they are nice trucks and we have discussed them at length. Is that the truck you are thinking about?? Oh and those were the units that Mr. Meeks and the group from TN had...
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    Turtle Top van

    Ok Moot, heres what i found...Vision Manufacturing Ltd., Danielville, GA 706-795-5100 ExpeditersOnline.com Expedited Trucking Owner Operator Careers and Truck Sales.... Phone #...disconnected Web Address....no longer works The Georgia Manufacturing Directory no longer has a listing for...
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    March Banter and Location

    Ok..went back to bed earlier and woke up feelin better..decide to try lunch..Had a nice Chicken and Fresh Mushroom Risotto...MMMM!! Good and it stayed down!! So, talked with the boss in an attempt to help with the QC situation..hopefully that goes good..cant say it isn't for a lack of effort...
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    Transmission

    I am gettin old, but if my memory serves me right, my 05 went 286,000, crapped out in Miami a Fla..so while it cost me a few bucks and 2 days lost of time, it was all good as i "enjoyed the sights and sounds"....:)
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    Turtle Top van

    Its my understanding that the group from TN is no longer handling the Ultra/Terra Maxx at all and they haven't been associated with Cargo Max for more then a few yrs. As to the cubes that they had at the Expo, i should have said i wasn't sure on the manufacture, but their story was the...
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    Barrett Directline

    I just noticed, we are posting on a 2 yr old thread....LOL...yessss :D
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    Turtle Top van

    Wait!! I swear i seen a post that you were retiring and your Sprinter was up for sale...I see it is still in the "classifieds"..yea if i remember it wasn't going to happen "right now"....but a new truck!?! LOL, I have retired twice also!! :) Anyhow, a 12 ft cube in SRW if it has...
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    Barrett Directline

    I also heard they would only take sprinters, not even cubes...and if you look around, thats all you see, that and a ST every now and then...and yea i heard they haul alot of Wal-Mart "stuff"...
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    March Banter and Location

    Wow....Ahh..nope its not morning, but i just got up..sick as a dog..didn't sleep good at all...iam hoping that "this to shall pass"...talked to Mike Jr...he conferred the trucks in Laredo again and while the QC still doesn't match dispatches #'s they do now show other trucks there..so who...
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    back at it again?

    No they aren't... the srw 9600-9900 gvw 12 ft cubes are becoming more available in 3-4 yr old trucks..and new ones are all over dealerslots....i passed a used truck dealer in Dallas last week that had to have 6-8 with different body configurations on the front line..That used truck dealer on I...
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    Headlights

    Hmmmm...i wonder...light blue..transparent tint on my headlamp bezels....Hmmmm Zane, you are an "inspiration"....:D.... HEY JOHN...:D
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    back at it again?

    I wouldn't start again in a CV..yea a smaller company might keep one busier then a mid to large company..but id start in a srw cube with a 12 ft body..or a ST..as to whuch company..call them and find the one that fits your business plan...yea other drivers can tell you the good bad and ugly, but...
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    Barrett Directline

    I spoke with 2 of their drivers in El Paso last week, neither had anything bad to say..but like everyone else, they said it was slow right now....
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    Cops

    LOL, that big 2-3 inch wide "elastic" band in the waist...Yes indeed..:)
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    March Banter and Location

    Dreamer wrote: Dale, I read your FB post on your day.. you are doing a great job...:) Dale
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    Suggestion Box Thread

    I am with Jason... i remember the message that Scott posted that was send out after problems arose or a change was made ..Trk# goes in the spot where Trailer # is requested...... It was further explained by John I believe that this is how it had to be for the CV/Sprinters simply because it was...
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    Hello from a new tractor fleet owner with Load 1!

    Welcome!! You will find the porch here a good place to be!!! :)
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    Expediting in Michigan

    I have to ask, how will you handle it when your carrier calls with a run from metro Detroit going to Laredo Texas??? Expediting is not normal trucking..our freight is not "scheduled" for the most part..if it has to go to oregon or cali..it has to go there...If you want to stay "local (michigan...
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    Oil Speculation effects Truckers, Pilots

    Hmmm the "speculators" are not breaking any laws..the commission inposes new rules that they are following, but they are still the bad guys..so the commission(Fed Gov) feels the need to make them look worse and impose further rules to limit their income.. Hey i guess as long as it benefits...
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