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Adjust your speed according to conditions and increase your following distance. I also like to keep the cab cool. I try to refrain from running the defrost. I set the heat for the floor vents only. Dry snow will usually blow right off a cool windshield. Warm glass causes the snow to melt and...

Some of the large truck load carriers use "paperless" logs. Werner is one and I believe there are others. I'm still waiting for the day when vans are required to log, paperless or otherwise. I haven't log in a big truck in over 10 years. But I would have to say running single and logging...

Con-Way >NOW was in the process of a name and logo change, to the >point of installing a new logo sign on the building in Ann >Arbor just before the buyout. Con-Way had just signed a long >term lease on that new building they were in, as well. And >they were given many incentives by the...

Once a truck is dispatched a top notch carrier will pay for a dry run, regardless of the shippers situation. Whether the shipper pays the carrier or not, a good carrier will pay the truck a dry run. I only had a problem once with Con-Way paying for a dry run. I had to take some drastic...

Bryan, Thanks for the advice. I will try to hang in there and see how it goes. I have been talking to my QC for a few years now. I think it all started once when I was desperate for a load. I said come on and beep. Then it evolved into chit chat, nice weather and how's your mother board...

Here we go again! It is Saturday, September 2, 2006. At 04:12 E.D.T. (03:12 at my house in the central time zone) my cell phone rings. Of course when I get to it, it has gone into voice mail. I'm just so slow when I first wake up. I find my glasses and retrieve the voice mail. It's...

Looks like a white glove reefer with a Photoshop job on the decals. What can Brown do for you?

Phil, Did you ever do the B.W.C.A. thing when you were in scouts. "Leave no trace".

Con-Way required vans to be able to carry 3000# legally. I have a long wheel base Chevy 3500. I just got a weight for Panther and found I have put on a few pounds in the last couple of years. Yeah my van too. I plan on going through my van and eliminating some fat. Where does it all come...

RE: Leaving EO General posting form Dave, Enjoy the long weekend, if you are not on the road. Come back to EO Tuesday with a new attitude. I think you would miss EO as much as we would miss you. Take a breather and see you Tuesday.

Common sense, telephone etiquette, math and interpersonal communication are few more classes that were skipped.

Basic Marketing 101 would say put a positive spin on Canadian loads. Trucks going into Canada get a premium. Those that don't go to Canada get the basic pay. I guess someone didn't take the intro to marketing course.

USF is a large corporation much like FedEx. It has many companies under the USF corporate umbrella. There are at least two regional LTL carriers, Holland and Dugan. Also there are truck load, logistics and Canadian carriers. When you say someone works for USF, you should be more specific.

USF Holland dock workers and drivers are Teamsters.

Greg, If you and tallcal aren't one and the same then it must be Leo. Yeah he and tallcal are the same person. Sorry for the confusion.

Kathryn Houghton? Wow still doesn't ring a bell. Guess that would be a good trivia question.

It's been revealed that DannyD and DannyD II are the smae person. Where will this all end? I sure hope greg334 and tallcal aren't one and the same. I would be very disappointed to learn that all those great debates were the product of a single mind.

How bout dose piranhas eh?

Ya, how bout dose Twins, eh?

Coco, I'm not very good at movie trivia. I was trying to think of who played the daughter. Do you know?