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  1. OntarioVanMan

    Is TRI-STATE RUNNING or are they SITTING like MOST Carriers?

    There were times when a solo CV driver on the 40/60 split/owner paying fuel...could make $2500 gross a week on more occasions then not....but these days is a tough act to do....
  2. OntarioVanMan

    Is TRI-STATE RUNNING or are they SITTING like MOST Carriers?

    A straight answer...Yes....done it for my last carrier and done it with my present carrier....with maybe 4-6 extra hrs for sleep...the time to fuel up you have to make up over the road to maintain that sleep time.....just run in fuel and go....personally I am lucky to get over 500 miles to the...
  3. OntarioVanMan

    Freight rate still trending lower

    Yes I've heard of at least 1 company American Lighting usually out of El Paso...which has a plant in Mexico as well as several here...use Mercer transport at backhaul rates to take their dies to be cleaned and reworked into the country...
  4. OntarioVanMan

    Is TRI-STATE RUNNING or are they SITTING like MOST Carriers?

    I agree....I see a McDouble in your future....
  5. OntarioVanMan

    April location's and other gossip

    ummm...that IS his face.....LOL
  6. OntarioVanMan

    Freight rate still trending lower

    of course not...but I had to bust Cheri back in the chops....LOL... as Xiggi pointed out...In 08 CV's were rumoured to go obsolete...
  7. OntarioVanMan

    Freight rate still trending lower

    Exactly....the demise of the CV never came about....but adjustment and fine tuning did..... the solo straights will adjust their business plan accordingly....:)
  8. OntarioVanMan

    April location's and other gossip

    To add: When at shippers what I hear so much is.... shipper: when you guys come in your not whining and always happy.....:)
  9. OntarioVanMan

    April location's and other gossip

    John I;ve always said...We some of the most experienced group of expeditors out here....already know what WE got ourselves into....WE realized we might sit at times...just need reminding once and awhile is all....LOL.. That said....obviously our success depends greatly on your plan and...
  10. OntarioVanMan

    North Korea, in our face

    I was listening to some retired 4 star generals yesterday....NK has a new young leader....he needs to show the people he is not scared of the west....a lot of this is just window dressing and chest beating at this point....BUT he may make a BIG mistake by doing something foolish...to prove his...
  11. OntarioVanMan

    Freight rate still trending lower

    You are going the way of the 33 rpm record , 8 track and Windows 3.1.....obsolete....a solo straight who runs legal and makes a wage that supports a properly maintained truck, feeds the owners need and the drivers need... now time for a short joke here?...:p...LOL
  12. OntarioVanMan

    Freight rate still trending lower

    Yes It will effect the vans....in a GOOD way....less straights out there,:) vans hopefully be busier and get a better price.....as always.....IMO
  13. OntarioVanMan

    The Load One Dream Team ; Fact or Fiction?

    This had turned into a non productive mess...
  14. OntarioVanMan

    April location's and other gossip

    Sunday..I'll be back on the road.....Today is van day....clean and change oil and assorted tasks...
  15. OntarioVanMan

    Garden 2013 Time line

    such a lucky gal indeed.....gee whiz....:p
  16. OntarioVanMan

    April location's and other gossip

    When and where to "pull out".....sounds unmanly to me....LOL
  17. OntarioVanMan

    Confederate remembrance group bypasses Memphis

    Shame on Memphis....trying to forget and ignore history.... The Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A group that preserves the history and legacy of the Confederacy is skipping Memphis in scheduling its 2016 convention after city parks were renamed. According to The Commercial Appeal...
  18. OntarioVanMan

    April location's and other gossip

    If you know anything about baseball, you know that even the best players strike out sometimes. But what separates the MVPs from the mediocre players is their ability to learn from their mistakes – to study their errors and to approach their next up-to-bat confident that they know what...
  19. OntarioVanMan

    I am ANGRY....and do not know where to direct it.....

    yes...I hear rumors of a "ghosting" program....
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