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Very nice. Makes it more difficult to not be there.

Great post! Illustrative and informative.

OK. The two distinct programs are noted. Has anyone here used the new backhaul program? How did it go?

Start a new thread and work it as you please. Putting your issue 51 replies deep in an unrelated thread about a different situation gets less notice.

Clarifications: It is not so much about picking and choosing as it is simply declining the loads that cannot be profitably run. We will haul most any load that pays well. We generally will not move the truck to haul money-losing freight. There are exceptions but they are few. We have become...

Thanks for the reminder, India. As they say on that disaster preparedness radio commercial, "It's never too late until it is." I do full backups at home where the hard drive backup is. Between trips home, we use two flash drives (drives about the size of your thumb that plug into your computer...

Very, very interesting! Thanks for the link. We quickly came to like our Garmin Nuvi 750 after buying it. This 456T for truckers looks good. The price is a bit steep and will keep us from rushing into it. While the 456T could probably save us a turn or two, we will stick with the 750 for a...

There you have it, folks. No need to go through me with your subscription questions. Contact our subscription manager direct. :)

That's right. You are.

Thank you, guido for your kind words but I want everyone to know that this man came up with his own solution and found his own way out (such as it is, and at least for now). We met him by passing by his truck in a truck stop. At that moment, he had been waiting for freight for a long time, he...

No He did not ask for help here. I asked for ideas. Actionable ideas were passed on to him and I thank again the people who provided helpful ideas.

Pay attention, Greg. The man did find a way out. He secured a loan from a relative and got free of a lease that restricted him before. After running a truck for two years (and being in the business longer than that, but I do not know that part of his story), he now has a paid-for house and clear...

You do not know the terms of his lease, which, as I said was not a friendly one. The loan he received from a relative frees him from the lease and allows him to either keep running or sell the truck when he receives clear title. The loan gives him options he did not have before.

Another thing to keep in mind is that you cannot be in two places at once. If you take a trucking job because it is better than welfare, the job will take you away from home where you could otherwise be looking for work or developing other opportunities. For those who may be considering it, if...

A friend of mine arrived last night and is buddies with a couple of exhibitors. His buddies have been told by show officials to feel free to expand their booths to take up more space. Many of the outside exhibits have been moved inside to take up space. The report received from my friend who...

Now that you are in better spirits, may I ask something unrelated? What's up with that avatar picture you have of Jesus holding a rifle? I have always wondered about that.

Know that you are going to a BIG show. If you cannot be there the whole time, plan your visit carefully. There is more to see than there is time to see it.

The driver found a family member to loan him the money to complete a buyout offer the lease holder made in writing. It appears that this driver will soon come to own the truck free and clear. He will be an owner-operator with a personal loan from a relative to pay off under friendlier terms...

While you are at it, guido, could we get you to tighten up all those toilet seats that are mounted loose on the toilets?

You all are making it difficult for those of us who will not be there. Now let's see, we deliver tomorrow afternoon, 564 miles from the truck show, the Thur-Sat Louisville forecast is for upper 50's and lower 60's temps under clear or partly cloudy skies ....:( Take lots of pictures, please!