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  1. OntarioVanMan

    I did it wow i am a owner again

    WTG Pete....:)
  2. OntarioVanMan

    June Locations and all the Banter who can post!

    Good morning gang...should be last day of gravel shoving and raking...Ready for the trailers this weekend! Got 1 of my new eyeballs installed....gee whiz...while they are close to exact same thing, they just don't pop into place without a little subtle change..the next one should go smoother...
  3. OntarioVanMan

    No Forced Dispatch

    Sorry Xiggi... The 200 mile rule applies everywhere... In El Paso I turned one down and was dropped to #2 the other truck took it...I was back to #1...good thing we don't have a lot of trucks like Panther....LOL
  4. OntarioVanMan

    No Forced Dispatch

    Actually anyone who has followed Load 1 will know we DO have forced dispatch....there are no surprises here.... any load over 200 miles ....you'll get a turndown against you (i guess that is where the write up is) and dropped to the bottom of list... under 200 no penalty.... don't burn the...
  5. OntarioVanMan

    End of Era..Detroiter Joins Pilot

    Pilots popping up all along I80 thru Iowa...buying the mom and pop operations out... a NEW Pilot on the south side of Sioux City Iowa is almost done on I29.....:)
  6. OntarioVanMan

    June Locations and all the Banter who can post!

    Good morning....seems for the first week of the month you all are keeping moving...which is a good thing..... Back to the gravel pile today....almost done....went to town yesterday and had to order my oil from NAPA...will be in tomorrow.... Looking like back into service Saturday...
  7. OntarioVanMan

    U ship

    I remember those days....turns out you and others were correct...they made junk with many problems....hard to be supportive as the evidence mounted up against them...
  8. OntarioVanMan

    Cookout at the Expo

    Grab a flipper John! Your welcome to sweat it out...:D
  9. OntarioVanMan

    Wow! Stuck in Texas for 3 days, gotta refuse loads down here from now on.

    I hate "frontage roads".....worse then them Michigan lefts....
  10. OntarioVanMan

    Sand storm

    It is one of them oil drip furnaces...make the wood burn slower.....but I can see your point used used does have a little fuel in it....
  11. OntarioVanMan

    June Locations and all the Banter who can post!

    wrote your name in it....LOL
  12. OntarioVanMan

    June Locations and all the Banter who can post!

    I thought you knew better....LOL.....oh wait..the famous UPS loads that never happen when i am there....I don't do south of Jacksonville or Tallahassee anymore.....burned more times then ever on south Florida....
  13. OntarioVanMan

    Sand storm

    as they say..crap happens....At least it got an engine flush...LOL The guy I take my used oil will be a happy camper tho....made his day....he has an oil assisted wood burning furnace....:)
  14. OntarioVanMan

    Sand storm

    Noooo...thankfully....LOL....I went to take the oil pan out from underneath first...that is when I discovered my boo boo....
  15. OntarioVanMan

    Sand storm

    Wellllllll....does running 10 quarts of oil straight threw it count?.....LOL Forgot to put the oil plug back in yesterday.....
  16. OntarioVanMan

    June Locations and all the Banter who can post!

    Good morning gang....I am hoping today is a better day then yesterday.....everything I touched, I messed it up or broke it!....LOL Going into to town today to get parts from yesterdays chaos...
  17. OntarioVanMan

    Sand storm

    When it clears up..Make sure to check your turbo filter and box....mine had quite a bit sand in it from the air intake...and even the cabin air filter....Texas can do a nasty with all the sand that blows around, most people forget about that.. I got caught in a sandout?....hard to see even 20-30...
  18. OntarioVanMan

    U ship

    Exactly Paul....waaaay back when.....I first moved out to the dakotas....I did about 8-9 loads for UShip....I am 1,000 miles from Chicago.....780 miles from KC, 500 miles from St Paul...Those loads enabled me to get home and back to St Paul, fuel PAID...I had 5-7 weeks to find the appropriate...
  19. OntarioVanMan

    U ship

    Wrong... No where did I recommend it. I only posted what I did.
  20. OntarioVanMan

    U ship

    Well once there was a riding lawn mower, then 2 ATV's an antique hair curler from the early 1900's..and a A/C recovery unit....a antique dresser... Since I stay out for 5-6 weeks I'd watch for stuff coming out of SD here or more times things going in the direction of home and not out in the...
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