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Like everyone that is on the road, there are times I find myself waiting for this, that or the other. I often amuse myself by surfing the net, something that I love to do. Here are a couple of my favorites to visit. If you have any favorites, please post them on this thread...

Ramrod..I started trucking years ago, and when I started I had never even been inside one. I started with North American Van Lines. They had, and I think they still do have, an excellent onsight driving school, in Fort Wayne. About a year later, my wife decided she wanted to go with me on the...

My wife and I stay out 4 months or better...only go home when it´s necessary. We have been doing it for years. When we need R&R, we go someplace we like, and enjoy ourselves for a few days. We go home 1st or 2nd week in December, don´t come back out til sometime in March. We both like the road...

I have run under Household Movers Guide,Rand McNally, USA Zip, and PC Miler. The first three were always short. That is to say, the difference on my odometer, of actual miles driven, compared to what I was paid for, had a discrepancy of anywhere from 50 to 100 miles on average for every trip. PC...

A good question to ask any recruiter is which standard(guide)they use to calculate paid miles. I´ve run under Household Movers Guide, USA Zip, Rand Mcnally, and PC Miler... with the first three, I was always running more miles than i got paid for on my odometer, with discrepancies typically...

Does anybody have any actual cost figures rebuilding a given engine? What warranties are out there today? A few years ago, I remember Cummins had a program called NOW WARRANTY..and you could rebuild a Cummins and they would warranty it for 1-2 or 300,000 miles, depending on what you had rebuilt...

The comeraderie is still out there, where it´s always been. It´s hit or miss, like it´s always been, in my experience. There are still guys and gals hanging out together. Just not in every truckstop, everyday. I hit stops where there is conversation, and others where trucks are parked and no one...

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Really an interesting concept! Years ago I read an article about trucks of the future. The emphasis was on driver comfort, and they had some really outrageous designs for tractors. After readng the EO article, I was thinking, wouldn´t it be great if, instead of hauling passengers, you had the...

I don´t think there is a fair way to rate anyplace. The reason is, if the company you work for or are leased to has the account, then they get the frieght. For example, I used to go in and out of the Ford plant in Kansas City, from all over Canada, and Detroit and got backhauls most times, when...

My last big rig was a KW, Cummins 400. I used to be able to save alot of money just watching where i bought fuel. I had two 100 gal. tanks, and would burn 100 gal or more per day. The difference in fuel prices, allowed me to save anywhere from $10 $20 a fill up. That savings would more than pay...

I just watched another documentary about additives. I personally in all the years i´ve trucked and all the miles i´ve driven have never used ANY type of additive (diesel, gas, injector oil etc). I´ve always maintained my equipment with the thrust bieng on clockwork oil changes at 10,000 miles...

Bushdoctor: First of all, most companies won´t hire you without a class A cdl with hazmat. Expediting is mainly in the midatlantic and midwestern states. You can get your own authority and be a true "independent", but i suggest you walk before you run, and tackle the getting loads problem later...

Hello UKexpediter....I took a look at your site. It seems like a good site. Well laid out. The only critique..put your phone number on every page. Over here our biggest user of expediting is the automotive industry, and thier suppliers, which means just about any company that manufactures or...

Most of the E unit teams i have encountered, seem to do well. They typically get about $1.00-$1.10 per mile...all miles. Some I have talked to have dedicated runs, and do better. The single E units don´t seem to do much better than a D unit, based on conversations I´ve had with some of them. It...

Alaska and Hawaii, are the only two states i´ve never driven in. I, too would have taken the trip, like Lawrence, just to see it, and drive it. One of my trucking dreams has always been to drive the Alcan Highway. I may have to do it in my motor home when i retire.

I´d like to jump in here with an opinion. Fisrt of all to nchauler. This is NOT a bogus site, as you yourself admitted to using it over a period of time to gleen information. Secondly to Lawrence. Nchauler has a valid point. When one excercises editorial control, there is no longer a forum...