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Don't be too hasty, sometimes this can be used to your advantage.

Excellent questions! For vanners weight would be an issue. I'm guessing at least 75 pounds with a battery and motor. Probably a motorcycle/lawn tractor type wet cell that would leak when horizontal. The full back has a maximum lift capacity of only 500 pounds. I can't see this dolly being...

To lock you on to that load so another dispatcher doesn't see that you are available should a different load come up concurrently. This makes sense. The question you should be asking is why does dispatch leave you locked on that load minutes, hours even days after you refuse it.

Then slap him upside the head with an eelpout! .

No! Over 10,000 GVW and the truck is a Commercial Motor Vehicle and subject to all DOT rules governing CMVs.

Years ago I read a study on driver fatigue comparing pulling doubles/triples vs. single trailer 5 axle rig. I believe it was published in CCJ. The study concluded that pulling multiple trailers was significantly more demanding and fatiguing than pulling a single trailer. From this study one...

No Southern Americana: Songs Of The South compilation would be complete without Randy Newman's Rednecks. Randy Newman - Rednecks - YouTube

Time to go back to posting under the BadLuckChuck name. Whatever you do, don't get your Sprinter washed where Highwaystar washes his truck.

You're the only expediter I know that got a load out of Havre, so... It must get uncomfortable sitting on that horseshoe.

That's funny! The only people that say "west of St. Paul" are hardcore St. Paulites who refuse to acknowledge Minneapolis exists.

happy birthday xiggi!

Kinda like the CEOs of the Big 3 taking separate corporate jets to Washington to tell Congress they were broke.

Unless you got a load south yesterday, way south, I can guarantee you aren't in a hot location today!

Ya, next time you make da coffee add a raw egg, shell and all, you betcha. Poot da ground coffee in a bowl and add the whole egg. Den yer beat da stuffing outa da egg, add some water and beat it more until you have a tick gooey paste. Add dis mixture to boiling water, turn down the heat and...

Hence my rejoinder in post #8 that you quoted, but apparently didn't read.

You're right. I missed the hot shot part.

Yeah, I forgot about the reptile thing. Sure glad I didn't get too personal and ask vaginal or C-section delivery.

What's Candy's real name?

So I shouldn't mention that Ford's Arctic White is almost identical in color to my GM Summit White?

Why the 40' trailer. Can you even find a 40' dry van that was made after 1974? If you are looking to getting into expediting, a tractor will give you more options, especially if the expedite thing doesn't work out for you. In expedite, most of the carriers will supply a company owned...