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Guido, just so you are aware, as a clarification, the pay problems at At-State do not appear to be affecting the leased-on owner/operators, but rather they seem to be a little late in paying their vendors and partners (a.k.a., outside contractors with their own authority to whom All-State has...

Any vehicle under 26,000 pounds GVWR, and you don't need a CDL (unless you are hauling more than 9 passengers for hire, or 15 not-for-hire, or HAZMAT). Some carriers may, nevertheless, require that all of their drivers have a CDL, van drivers included. Some do not.

So you set, say, a ARPD of $500 for a given truck. What happens the day after they didn't do $500? Do you call them up yelling and screaming at them for not getting a load of at least $500? :D

Exactly. And I've found out that the training that most Sprinter Techs at Dodge dealers get is minimal training at best. Most go for the initial training for the overview and a few of the particulars, which is a three day class, and then never go back for the additional classes. It's all on the...

A year ago or more, Pilot announced an agreement with Denny's to put Denny's in most or all of the new Pilots, as well as to convert as many existing Pilots to Denny's as practical (some locations simply aren't big enough for a sit-down restaurant). The J in Pasco, FL already has had their...

There again it begs the question of why yours were money pits, yet in Europe the Sprinter is not known as a money pit at all. Just the opposite, in fact. For that matter, mine isn't a money pit, and I know too many other Sprinter owners here who also have non-money pit Sprinters. You say you...

I'm at home resting comfortably.

I've held out as long as I can... "And sorry, you have no idea what my first, second or third hand experience is and most likely would not be able to understand it if I told you." That's pretty dаmned condescending, and you do it a lot. To dismiss someone as irrelevant simply because they do...

Why would I need to come to some conclusion that is actually different from what the author himself stated quite clearly? There's no reason to do so, unless I needed to do it to make some point that's not even present in the article to begin with. This isn't a question of understanding the...

To know me is to love me. No, it's not. What you stated was not what was on that page, and you used a quote out of context to make a false statement. Since it clearly states that in the article, why would you write, "So, even those guys there on that site (overseas Mercedes fanatics) are truly...

As an independent contractor, dependent on a carrier and/or shippers to have available freight for you to haul, and being in the right place at the right time, setting goals is admirable, but it's an exercise in wishful thinking more than anything. Unless you have the absolute power to control...

The problems in the Intelligence community can all be traced back directly to the culture and attitude of Allan Dulles. Everything the Intelligence community does now is a consequence of his actions and the cultural foundation he laid. That includes everything from the secret, undisclosed covert...

Are you kiddin' me? Taking something out of context like that to make some convoluted point? Really? Sheesh. The spectacular feat isn't that the Sprinter hit 559K miles, which the article says in very plain English, and right after the line you quoted they go on to say what, exactly, the...

The only similarity between a Sprinter and a Ford is that they are both less-than 10,001 pound vehicles. Other than that, they are very different vehicles, and should be treated differently. By and large, the people who have put in inordinate amount of money into their Sprinters are those who...

Yeah. I broke down last year in Alberta as the temperatures were rapidly approaching -30 and beyond. I was almost sad when the tow truck arrived 6 hours later, which meant I had to put on my coat and get outside.

Check it out. Our Nation's Finest is protecting our cyber security with old Dells, Windows XP Home, and a really kewl Matrix screensaver. I feel safer already.

I'm just shocked that a reasonably attractive, young, rich male athlete would be having sex outside of marriage with women who know full well that he's married. Shocked. Shocked, I tell you.

Was gonna comment, but I wouldn't want to offend a certain Administrator-slash-Moderator who thinks being offended is somehow a violation of the Code of Conduct. Congratulations, speech, and thus thought provoking ideas, effectively squashed.

Taking a cue from LOS, perhaps we should amend the Constitution on the requirements for being President, namely, you must have acquired at least 3 Stars on your shoulder to be eligible for the office. Uhm, <snort>

"Islam versus Western Civilization. This struggle transcends nation-states. It is one great ideology clashing with another." Excellent. :) Here's the thing... Several of the lead planners and top operatives in 9/11 were actually European Muslims, in addition to other parts of the globe, so...