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What does everyone think about International trucks? I have heard horror stories and great things. Is it the same as anything? If you get a good one it's good and the bad ones are bad? Is there a problem with the brand? Just want to know. Thanks, Layoutshooter

I am not sure how slow things are. We are up over last year and May was our best month ever in this business. We do need to drill more here and use our coal. Makes good fuel. Layoutshooter

Thanks again for the info. I hope I can use it all someday soon. Layoutshooter

I would be concerned with performance on snow. I was raised with the idea that narrow tires work better on snow than wider tires. My snow tires were always 1 or 2 sizes narrower than my summer tires. On my 4-wheel drive we used narrow snow tires and wider tires on mud so we could "float" on it...

Thanks to everyone, this place is just like beef jerky, always something good to chew on. What about lines of credit? Anyone every go that route? Layoutshooter

Ok, how does everyone go about financing trucks? Not talking to the cash buyers. DO you get a new/used truck loan? Do you get a business line of credit? Has anyone ever used owner financing? Looking for the pros and cons to everything. Thanks, layoutshooter

Way to go!!! Knowing how to go about doing something is always good. Another tip, the cheap extingushers that most trucks come with don't always re-fill very well. They have plastic gaskets that tend to leak after they are opened. Good ones like we used on the fire trucks had metal gaskets. Much...

I agree that there is a general lack of work ethic. One other thing to consider, a newbe has to build up to driving 11 hours straight. I could not do it right off and neither could my wife. We can now, but it took a bit. Just a thought. Layoutshooter

Burning fossil fuel releases Co2 that was free in the atmosphere during past periods of global warming. We need to control how much of it we release at one time. All that Co2 is part of the environment, always has been. It is released, stored, then released again. Plants absort it, they die...

ONE of the reasons that we pay farmers NOT to grow is to stop the land from wearing out, losing to many minerals etc. ANOTHER reason is the lose of critical wildlife habitat. Prarie pot holes, wet prarie, marginal wet lands to name a few. Another is CLEANER water. One way to perk up worn out...

It would be an interesting forum. Nasty stories on both sides of this issue. Bad trucks, lasy drivers, over extended owners, drivers leaving trucks in the middle of nowhere. Seems to me it is a problem of people not acting like adults. Owners and drivers have to live up to the promises they...

VERY sorry to hear of you fire and VERY happy to learn that you both were all right. About the fire extinguishers, two are better than one and 10lb is better than 5lb, BUT, proper training is just as important. As I former firefighter I can tell you that a 5lb bottle can put out a rather large...

RE: Before the Mexicans can drive, they need dispa Just keep a REALLY close eye on this MEXICAN thing and it won't be hard to see what is going on. They are planning big protests again on May 1. Why May 1? May 1 is a major holiday in the socialist world. There has been a MAJOR movement in this...

RE: Before the Mexicans can drive, they need dispa If we lose our jobs it will be 100% our fault. We wait for letters/phone calls and law suits to take care of things. While we wait things just keep moving ahead. Why are Americans SOOO whimpy these days? I guess it is easier to be professional...

RE: buying freightliner with 250 hp mercedes engin Just my thoughts but I think that 250hp is too small for the work we have done. It would have to work way too hard too often. Fuel economy would be poor and the engine would wear out much faster than a larger one would. I drive a Cat c12 in a...

Mine did not include getting back to freight lanes either.

Try this one: Deliver on Sat in Zanesville OH, deadhead to New Cumberland PA for a Mon pick up. Take the load for a Tues delivery at Ft. Drum NY. The load is priced with all the bells and whistles a team can do for a load. It paid $00.95 per mile including FSC. Guess what, skipped that one...

And listen to Marda, she and her husband helped us out a ton when we started. Layoutshooter

By the way, I am a vet and I thank you for your help and support Layoutshooter

I live in Mich, the economy here sucks. I get out from home easy but most are loads from Ohio. Might move soon, no chance of things getting better for several years. What a shame. The state has SOOOO much to offer but high taxes, bad politics will kill anything. Layoutshooter