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Welcome to the forum Wildchild.. and glad to see the McBrides still helping folks! They've always been known for straight shooting! Dreamer

RE: White Glove SHEESH! For those who took offense, go back and re-read, and look a little closer... as in below! I understood what ya meant DD, as in the "professional" uniforms of the 'Canadian' White Glove, no insult to FedEx WG was implied.. in fact, I beleive that was precisely the...

>yes, and their uniforms are every bit as professional >looking. [img src="http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/36/36_12_6.gif" alt="ROTFL" border=0]

Thanks for the info ATeam, one of the best links I've seen posted. This would appeal to me much more than some museum (no offense to museum lovers!) Definately one to keep. Dreamer

justdoit/kswish You are very welcome to return and post here. I believe it was brought up because of your very vocal exit. However, we all know emotions ran high during that time period, and many made comments, and found out, as McBride says, it still all depends on who's planting the...

The Business Plan thread has been temporarily removed for review by our moderators. Thanks for your understanding, Dreamer

Just wanted to let you all know I moved the ProHeat and Alumibunk threads to Truck Topics. Thanks, Dreamer

For those who don't mind doing so, we would appreciate prayers and good thoughts for a driver friend of mine. He is a former OTR driver who now drives locally for a dump truck company. Last week he was here helping me move, today his entire home burned to the ground. Bad part is, having...

Dear Friends and Family, ... Be on the lookout - new scam. ... This new scam is being pulled mainly on older men who are apparently past the age of giving a running pursuit. What happens is that when the intended victim stops for a red light, a completely nude and good looking, nicely tanned...

> > >My "C" (FL MBE 260 6pd)gives 11.3 mpg. Consistantly. I thought that would be about right... 9-11 mpg on a good setup... I didn't know of any getting more than that tho, as he said he wanted to hold out for. Dreamer

>The " local " dealer called me . He's almost 150 miles away >. He said his customers average around 11 mpg . I'd like to >be able to get a little better than that for that size truck >with that horsepower . Not to discourage you, but good luck with that.. I don't know many drivers getting...

One thing that also needs to be considered, is where the driver/drivers are based out of. Some may need to stay OUT 2-3 weeks at a time to make money, others, may just need to stay IN SERVICE. For instance, someone living out of the main expedite routes, ie, out towards Kansas, etc, may need...

>thank you for the info.$500.00 a week is a joke.you need to >make alot more if you are going to pay for >fuel,tolls,food,etc...i can make $500.00 a week working 40 >hrs or less doing local runs.i've been told by o/o's >w/van,str trucks that you make $500-$800 a week.i do not see >where you...

Thanks for clearing that up for me Robert, I thought that was something that would have to be part of the truck. Dreamer

I hadn't seen this anywhere else, but someone I know had a link to the story on his blog. Seems Conway Now will have a new division that delivers to retail stores. quote: "The new "final-mile" service, Con-Way Retail, offers local cross-docking, warehousing and final delivery of freight to...

These are the bumper stickers that we have right now..... at least those would be good if everyone had those! They're about 4"x12" or so. Last time I heard, Lawrence still has plenty of them, drop him a PM or email with your request, and your mailing address. As for a personalized one, if...

Just wondering what the call to dispatch went like..... "Um.... couldn't see because of the rain? um.. no.... " "Um.... snow was blowing too hard to see? um.. no...." "Um.... that curb jumped out of nowhere, grabbed my tires, and pulled me over... um.. no..." "Um... I dropped my beer, and by...

Sure enough... was just checkin truckpaper.com.. and someone tried one for 15,000 miles.... [img src="http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/4/4_12_3.gif"] They sure didn't keep it very long![img src="http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/4/4_6_104.gif"]...

merkurfan, AWESOME! Thanks for sharing with us! That's my point exactly, with some time, work and ingenuity, there is no reason to not be comfortable in a van. Now, you are yet another example of the extreme you can go to, and still not have the hassle of a big truck. Thanks again for sharing...

Chip, There's no reason not to be comfortable in a van, it just takes a little more forethought, and ingenuity. For a few examples, check out this article, http://www.expeditersonline.com/artman/publish/article_001518.html This thread.. check out dieseldoctor's old van...