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  1. Opel2010

    June idle chit chat and banter and freight hauling

    Life is cheaper at Walmart... :p
  2. Opel2010

    Yet another Detour

    That's something absolutely normal for Michigan... ;)
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    Yet another Detour

    Oh no! Please tell me that was a late April's Fools joke!!!
  4. Opel2010

    Split Speeds are back in many states.

    It's not quite so, 50 km/h is on regular roads, streets, but not on freeways. The lowest speed in town on freeway it's 80 km/h (50 mph). It drops usually to 60 km/h in construction areas, but unlike USA and Canada, the reduced speed is only at the construction site, not for miles before the...
  5. Opel2010

    Split Speeds are back in many states.

    A friend of mine from Germany told me that there are actually two different driving classes, one for manual transmission vehicle, and an easier class for automatic transmission vehicle. Those who get the license for automatic, they're not allowed to drive vehicles equipped with manual transmission.
  6. Opel2010

    Split Second. What would you do?

    What would I do? I'd do what I always do, keeping a safe distance from the vehicle in front of me... probably that's why I crossed the 2 mil miles line accident free...
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    Split Speeds are back in many states.

    Split speed for big trucks I believe will be a good thing for CV's. More hot freight will go to them, than being carried by big trucks, that not just once they were (and are) collecting more shipments for a single truck...
  8. Opel2010

    May Flowers

    Nope, he got elected in Mexico...
  9. Opel2010

    A little help?

    It looks they do it that way... I had good drivers which suddenly left for other fleet owners, and I strongly believe the recruiting did it. Once, and I believe I mentioned it before, I met a former driver of mine, driving for another fleet owner and he claimed that he was really busy since he...
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    A little help?

    I have drivers that are with us for over a year now, some quit after 6-7 months, getting their own vans, some simply didn't like the expediting job and quit after few days, weeks, and some were stolen in particular by this carrier - I believe I mentioned this before in a different thread. But...
  11. Opel2010

    A little help?

    I guess I'm with the wrong carrier... the drivers I recruited myself were all ok, but most of the drivers recruited by this carrier were not verified as they were supposed to...
  12. Opel2010

    A little help?

    This guy has the shortest working history with us... he did the orientation, took the van, went down to Charlotte to his ex/gf/wife/whatever/she/was where he had a court restraining order, got arrested, abandoned my van. Now, since the carrier actually didn't check his criminal record, and they...
  13. Opel2010

    Cargo Van I got kicked out of a Flying J

    Been doing expediting for 20 years, but I never been kicked out from any truck stop. One time only, the Detroiter's security asked me to park along with the big trucks, somewhere at the end of the parking lot, so I moved to the Pilot at exit 18...
  14. Opel2010

    AZ scales and under 10,001 lb gvwr.

    In Canada? I didn't do it for long time... every time when I was crossing their scales, they looked bored, or more, they weren't paying attention to me, so one day I said enough is enough. They never came after me, so... :cool:
  15. Opel2010

    AZ scales and under 10,001 lb gvwr.

    For sure I never did. The only place where I stopped at the scale(s) was in Canada back in the 90's (we were told by the carrier that we must stop)...
  16. Opel2010

    May Flowers

    How to get rid of the door knockers...
  17. Opel2010

    May Flowers

    Short cut through the roundabout Animated GIF - Find & Share on GIPHY
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    May Flowers

    For real? :eek:
  19. Opel2010

    Cargo Van New to EO,looking to get in the industry.

    Maybe you're leased with the worst carrier ever... :eek:
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