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  1. OntarioVanMan

    March Locations and Nonsense...HAHA

    I slept just fine....on first coffee here....:)
  2. OntarioVanMan

    Panther rates???

    It would appear John E is the only company executive that believes the customer should pay a fair price....BUT he can't keep this up forever....none of the other carriers support this way to do business...
  3. OntarioVanMan

    Panther rates???

    if you are not running ya can't get shower credits...BUT 1 could hop on the Ohio TP and for the cost of 1 interchange get a "Free" shower... OR hang around machine and beg for that extra shower credit...
  4. OntarioVanMan

    Panther rates???

    Blizzard...Guido...Good responses....so the question remains...what can REALISTICALLY be done about it?.... Leave it on the dock...you go broke right now Run it....you go broke later....but have hope things will change, but is you run it now why would it change, you still lose....
  5. OntarioVanMan

    Carrier cutting rates

    The best plan I can think of ...buy a cheap CV and run the guts out of it for as long as you can...keep the PM down, don't invest a lot of $$$$ into it and then dump it after 3-4 yrs and start all over....that is what carriers seem to want...... seems that is what Gibbs will be doing....a team...
  6. OntarioVanMan

    Carrier cutting rates

    If one takes off the blinders...and if you disregard Panthers silly rules...the Panther rate is looking pretty good now....
  7. OntarioVanMan

    Carrier cutting rates

    Bison has saved my life.....it is a whole different life out here....:)
  8. OntarioVanMan

    Carrier cutting rates

    you all thought it funny when UAW workers lost money thru wage cuts....you laughed at fellow Americans trying to make a living, losing some of their lifestyle... having wages slashed.... not so funny now....
  9. OntarioVanMan

    Carrier cutting rates

    You are correct....but I submit....if a business changes so much one can not make a living at it anymore...maybe it is time for a career change?... I quit smoking for my health not because of the business....I am pretty much a part timer out here now....my needs are a lot fewer then 10 yrs...
  10. OntarioVanMan

    Carrier cutting rates

    Nope It doesn't overwhelm me at all....not even impressed.....Tell me....just WHAT is anyone going to do about it?.....99.9% of all carriers think this way..... BTW I left when they took the first dime a few years ago....
  11. OntarioVanMan

    Carrier cutting rates

    Unfortunately there is a side of me that agrees with MrGibbs... When a monster comes into town say Walmart and disturbs the order...what do other small businesses do?.....The monster is NOT going to just go away....ma and pa will just have to dump some employees and work more of the hours...
  12. OntarioVanMan

    Banks No Match for Trucks Where Rigs Pay Twice as Much

    And drivers are such experts! Doh
  13. OntarioVanMan

    Banks No Match for Trucks Where Rigs Pay Twice as Much

    Actually... I've not seen a lot of Mexican drivers... More Eastern European than anything like the KGB moving in....
  14. OntarioVanMan

    March Locations and Nonsense...HAHA

    much warmer there....28 here and high of 34 only
  15. OntarioVanMan

    Banks No Match for Trucks Where Rigs Pay Twice as Much

    Yep....shippers are expecting higher prices....will we see any of this gravy? a dribble down effect maybe... Bloomington, IN (February 13, 2013) FTR Associates’ Shippers Conditions Index (SCI) for December came in with a reading of -4.9 reflecting tightening capacity which is expected to get...
  16. OntarioVanMan

    Banks No Match for Trucks Where Rigs Pay Twice as Much

    Banks No Match for Trucks Where Rigs Pay Twice as Much - Bloomberg The average annual wage for U.S. heavy truck and tractor trailer drivers rose to $39,830 in 2011, up 9.7 percent from five years before, according to the most recent data available from the Labor Department. Average hourly...
  17. OntarioVanMan

    Welcome Gotta go!

    yeah...watch out for the bad guys.....LOL
  18. OntarioVanMan

    When Canada was invited to join the United States

    The second invasion attempt could also have been Queenston Heights...Sir Isaac Brock.... Then there was Watertown NY..Americans realized if they could build a small navy and control Lake Ontario they had a better chance....not to be..the town got found out and was burned to the ground. Then a...
  19. OntarioVanMan

    When Canada was invited to join the United States

    When Canada was invited to join the United States - Yahoo! News Thank goodness! :) By NCC Staff | National Constitution Center – 10 hrs ago The invitation was officially made on March 1, 1781, when the Articles were ratified as Maryland became the 13th and final state to approve them...
  20. OntarioVanMan

    March Locations and Nonsense...HAHA

    Well DUH.....LOL....just how would they send a message if the messenger is dead?......:p I seen you was jokin....;)
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