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I'd love about 1 of those a week. -- You know the problem with bad cops? They make the other 5% look bad.

No, we as in those discussing this topic. Yes, transit times are indeed booked at 45-50, and there are both fuel, mechanical, and legal advantages to not exceeding the speed limit. But the same is true for big trucks, and there are also split speed limits and congested areas that affect the...

Actually, I've done it myself. My longest run in the shortest time was 2135 miles, done in 35 hours, and I could have shaved a couple off that had I needed to. That's not something I want to do every day, but I'd gladly take one of those a month on proper rest. At 2000 miles, you're getting...

There's a website for CIS Insurance that lists several companies that don't mandate exclusivity. Don't have the actual address. -- You know the problem with bad cops? They make the other 5% look bad.

But we're not talking about a week of running, unless it's all one run. We're talking about when there's a customer in one location with one run going to some place maybe 800-1500 miles away. In that circumstance, a solo van still beats a truck team. -- You know the problem with bad cops? They...

That's the economic end, sure. But when time is the issue, we're the only interstate commercial vehicles that can run without HOS issues. That's unique, our USP. Throw in the various and sundry truck delays that even teams have to deal with, and that gives the transit time advantage to vans...

I'm a multi-company guy myself. Only way to go. But 4-5? That's too much. Impractical. I think 3 is enough for anybody, and that's a lot of hassle. There are days when there are lots of vans sitting around, and your companies are calling you with bids, and your phone won't stop ringing. In some...

Oh, hey-ell no! That's the way it used to be. But it was an absolute mess, with each state having their own weight and length limits. Fortunately, the STAA was passed, creating uniform standards on the interstates and a 5 mile zone around them. I'm all for keeping the feds in DC where they...

I wish you were right. Unfortunately, it looks like the tipping point has been reached--the tipping point at which the leeches can outvote the producers. At least, combined with Obama's safe slam-dunk guaranteed voting blocks, they do. It was either Paul Craig Roberts or Walter Williams who...

I thought we had gone over this a few weeks ago. There were no Clinton surpluses. They were frauds. The national debt increased during the years of the phony surplus. When you have a surplus, the debt decreases. No decrease? No surplus. It was bookkeeping trickery. -- You know the problem with...

From there it's only one more step to Winston Smith's telescreens. We've heard it said on this very forum: "If you've got nothing to hide..." If there's such a thing as freedom in the future, they'll wonder of us how we wonder at the Germans decades ago: How could they not have seen this coming...

We need a Like button on the tapatalk version. Nope, and the idea that Newt is a genuine conservative is ludicrous. Pat Buchanan is, Ron Paul is, Paul Craig Roberts is... I'm running out. -- You know the problem with bad cops? They make the other 5% look bad.

how many expedite runs will require that? or even anything close to that? based on what really happens in expediting, all but crazy long run, vans beat trucks nearly every time. then again, one thing that team trucks can do that solo vans can't is do a very long run, arrive and deliver, then...

What are the stats on teams vs. solo, and and where did you get them? Second, even as a team, they WILL still have to stop. Even before the change in the 14 hour rule and split sleeper berth rule, this was true. But it comes sooner now. Third, the alleged "can run rings around you" doesn't kick...

Just in time to have china buy it all from us and then start buying US real estate. There is $80 billion in cash in the US, and $3 trillion in china. It's going to have to come back eventually, when china needs to dump it and when we need it. Alaska and Hawaii will be sold, then they'll start...

Btw, it should read, "By the time the semi backs up and SETS its brakes..." Then the audio should include the sound of it doing just that: PSSSSSSHHHHHH! BUT: with that alone, the difference in transit time still might be inconsequential, so make the point that, all over the country, there are...

there are already far too many of us on the road. We should have dissuaded the last thousand new contractors. We'd have done both them and ourselves a big favor. -- You know the problem with bad cops? They make the other 5% look bad.

Who said anything about pushing or being pushed? What you should take away from the ad is, "Van drivers are not limited to driving fewer hours than they are able." 1000 miles in a van is less fatiguing than 650 in a big truck, or even a straight truck. I was shocked at the difference when I...

Ah! A guild! Look, I realize there are too many of us out here, and sometimes I cringe when I see experienced drivers telling wannabes they should go ahead and enter the profession. Nobody, good credit or bad, should be signed on until the economy picks up or at least 30 percent of us have...

Not at all. the question stands: what business is it of theirs?