Thing is one can live or die by Laredo...since most loads are long, an extended wait can be profitable, BUT not too extended...
with most trips being 1200 to 1700 miles ONE load a week will grab ya a cool grand...minus expenses...not too bad for a lowly van driver...
I've given my spare shower credits to a few now...and even though it ain't a meal..the smile when they are done walking across the lot makes ME feel good...they have a smile from ear to ear...nothing like that clean feeling to lift the spirits...
We had an extended thread last year about just this when a couple people were charged for scooping the signal without purchasing anything...thats why I put this up...
Hey Chef...Layout...Lookie...another candidate for the Soapbox...we'll fit right in...*lol*
Welcome SuperTom!
Hey Tom..don't worry bout our resident critic Greg...I've been here forever and I have never been right either...in the world according to Greg...*L*
I posted this because there are guys/gals living load to load..and we've all run into them....newbees and people well with bad business skills or just running on a real tight budget because of some very bad set of circumstances( insert LUCK here)...They have to chose between eating and fuel with...
lots of things won't throw a code....you can hear it, smell it..but it ain't broken according to the computer...
I actually had one say he wouldn't touch it till it did!!! Go figure!
So here I am behind a Starbucks using there wifi signal and did not purchase anything..
Now Verizon gives us the location of all their wifi outlets on our start-up manager and says....To use at "NO charge"!
10 bucks a day a guy could eat like a king...
some expectations are out of whack...and needs or preceived needs
there are drivers out there with a jar of PB and a loaf of cheap bread....
ya know, no matter what type van it is...there is nothing like a mechanic/tech that knows what they are doing...
Old fashion diagnostics is a lost art form these days..if the computer doesn't say it is broke , it ain't broke!:rolleyes::eek:
With the cost of this...The American Gov could have paid everyone's mortgage from middle income down and done more to help our own in one swift move...and cheaper...
Nooooo we give it to big business and banks!! Our people are hurting it is a disaster here...