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  1. OntarioVanMan

    Indiana Closing 6 rest areas

    Sorry..the taxpayers of the great state of Indiana shouldn't have to pay for anyones pee break....they should maybe look at more of what the toll road has and that is truck only areas....I notice they are huge lots, no toilets, just parking.
  2. OntarioVanMan

    Indiana Closing 6 rest areas

    I kinda agree with closing them...don't tell my wife that....hehehe but 6 has to equate to over a million dollars a year of taxpayer money to operate....there a lot of stops and store struggling to stay open and this added truck traffic they might just be able to stay open....truckers might buy...
  3. OntarioVanMan

    Van Pay

    pick, pick pick.....Gillette Wyoming 12.00 an hour to start and all the OT you can handle...easily make 500 bill a week...
  4. OntarioVanMan

    Van Pay

    Yep Dennis...one got flip burgers for that much on an 8 hour day and 1 overtime shift and be home all the time...
  5. OntarioVanMan

    Serpentine belt heads up

    yeah... but the twilight zone pays well.....;) that'll teach ya for running the west for so long....:p
  6. OntarioVanMan

    Time to take action...

    they kinda go hand in hand....if the banks failed where would one cash the unemployment cheque? The auto issue has been about 30 years of ignorance , you can blame the unions but it's the management that many years ago let the unions overpower them...When times were good they gave the unions...
  7. OntarioVanMan

    Van Pay

    Denis...you see them fleet owner vans...pieces of crap....I've crunched the numbers many times over the years...maybe 8 yrs ago a fleet driver made money...these days? 4get it... one breakdown, one hiccup and it whacks any profit an owner would realize....so whats the point?
  8. OntarioVanMan

    Looking Back, Looking Ahead

    If you are talking to me....fuel costs are really a non issue in a Sprinter...we exceed the fuel mileage and pocket money on most runs....Actually now the price has dropped we are having to take money out of our pocket!!! WTH is up with that?
  9. OntarioVanMan

    Some figuring

    Define hotspot? Is there such a thing anymore?:rolleyes:
  10. OntarioVanMan

    Where'd everyone go?

    From: "Larry Larson" <[email protected]> Add sender to Contacts To: [email protected], "VP.Questions" <[email protected]> Thanks for the question Ken and Judy. I was just speaking with our IT department yesterday about the status of the new positioning program we...
  11. OntarioVanMan

    Looking Back, Looking Ahead

    2008 was good for us....we had more time off and still netted about the same as 07....we are happy campers...
  12. OntarioVanMan

    why can't they leave the native americans alone??

    The Feds in Canada did this to the reserves many years ago....one must have a Native ID card to make fuel or purchase smokes.....It's NOT a big issue...the natives are breaking the law by selling to non natives in the first place, they have nothing to complain about. Most that live in...
  13. OntarioVanMan

    GM to shut down for half of the first quarter.

    Just before the collapse across from my stepsons in Manasass...the guy bought a house at 650,000...now it's only worth around 400,000...the bank is forcing re-finacing because of the lost equity....theres no way he can do it....and if he sells at that loss...he's a goner. Btw...this guy isn't a...
  14. OntarioVanMan

    GM to shut down for half of the first quarter.

    Hopefully the financial people can start a road to recovery and some of the people going to be affected by to 2010/2011 reset can have alternate financing available when the time comes. To soften the blow.
  15. OntarioVanMan

    Some figuring

    Load Planning is running about 180-160 loads a day....current active fleet in service at any one time is maybe 220-250 across all units....soooo technical you should get a load approx. every second or 3rd day depending on your location. NLM is down from around 100 a day to approx. 20 per...
  16. OntarioVanMan

    Where'd everyone go?

    Its hard to talk to ones self....I posted a few things and some still haven't responded....Scared to give an opinion maybe? Like the RAISE issue? So anyhows...I have been communicating with Larry L and Micheal R about mac 19....I could post the Email response I got but I'll just give a...
  17. OntarioVanMan

    Canada Truck Accidents

    and that 4 wheeler would be ME!!!! darned tootin!!!:D
  18. OntarioVanMan

    GM to shut down for half of the first quarter.

    Anti-union morons? Dumb Southern Red necks? nice one Unions served there purpose in history, time for them to be filed away as history.
  19. OntarioVanMan

    GM to shut down for half of the first quarter.

    dodgeboy said.. they are just replacing fleet owner drivers...
  20. OntarioVanMan

    GM to shut down for half of the first quarter.

    weathering just fine still getting 2-3 loads a week..just gotta hope they have some meat to them is all...last week 4 loads in 5 days...pure luck...oh wait ...theres no luck....I positioned myself to maximize my load opportunies...:rolleyes:
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