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  1. OntarioVanMan

    Sleeping in a Dump

    Dave ...I have no idea what your teams do as in yearly mileage. But wife and I do between 120-150,000 a year and thats the last 6 yrs. It doesn't leave much of a truck at the end of term. I figure you just have to make as much as you can while it's alive. And if ya figure we've averaged...
  2. OntarioVanMan

    Sleeping in a Dump

    In the van division I can't see any ROI....5 years these things are worthless....600-700,000 miles...resale value? You'd be lucky to get enough to buy a dance on a Saturday night! Just have to run it till it drops.... Hey buddy I got a deal for you...700,000 miles all highway and runs great...
  3. OntarioVanMan

    Sleeping in a Dump

    My Gawd...I always thought ROI meant Riding On Impty...*L*
  4. OntarioVanMan

    What is Cheap Freight, Really?

    This question has come up so many times over the years...it's like the chicken and the egg....theres no right or wrong answer. It's all so individual.
  5. OntarioVanMan

    Sleeping in a Dump

    Take your best shot buddy....*L*
  6. OntarioVanMan

    Sleeping in a Dump

    Wait...calling the ATeam!!! Greg..you on jungle juice tonight???? You have a sense of humoUr....!!
  7. OntarioVanMan

    Nascar...

    I bet those guys don't touch a broom at home.....*L*
  8. OntarioVanMan

    Nascar...

    I love watching curling!! Like skipping stones across the water..only this water is frozen!!
  9. OntarioVanMan

    Nascar...

    Ever see how a beaver tears into a Turtle shell?? Not pretty...watch yourself bucko! *LOL*
  10. OntarioVanMan

    What is Cheap Freight, Really?

    No kidding..Banks don't discriminate they just take your money cheap or not.
  11. OntarioVanMan

    What is Cheap Freight, Really?

    Dave you know there are those that would say yes, because your supporting cheap freight and the end doesn't justify the means. BUT then again there are the others that would say it's a good sound business decision...
  12. OntarioVanMan

    What is Cheap Freight, Really?

    Mt house is 400 miles still WEST of Souix Falls...Best thing we do is go tothe Beaverdams area and play for a Fargo or Gwinner out of Timken My dispatch will bid a Sprinter load to a CV load to get us out....and home. We see all you guys sitting in Walmart there!!
  13. OntarioVanMan

    Nascar...

    Our way of fun is putting a Frenchman in a round room and telling him to pee in the corner! Whata expect from a country that has a Beaver for it's National animal!! We worship the Beaver!! ;)
  14. OntarioVanMan

    What is Cheap Freight, Really?

    I don't know Doggie was hearing or thought I heard something else...like not under any circumstances.....If I am wrong at least ya'll know where I stand. Guy in a Sprinter the other weel in Laredo was offered .48/m to get out of Laredo....he turned it down...He'd been there 6 days..I guess his...
  15. OntarioVanMan

    Truck GPS

    Funny you should say that...JuJu says the same thing...:confused:
  16. OntarioVanMan

    Truck GPS

    Man you shoulda come on the brown side....the N/W... we use M. S &Trips and the carriers and the atlas and somehow we manage.... When we get to a T intersection we ask the good Lord for directions and He's correct 50% of the time!!!
  17. OntarioVanMan

    What is Cheap Freight, Really?

    Lets stay with straight truck talk and prices since most of ya are of that persuasion...So I haveta DH normal 500-1,000 miles to get home you mean I should turn down a 1.15/ mile run?? and why??? On principle???? Not highly likely...it's your principle not mine...don't push what price you need...
  18. OntarioVanMan

    Truck GPS

    Where'd ya go? Billings? So after all these years we don't have a GPS...are they really that good???
  19. OntarioVanMan

    How busy is busy?

    piper...your carrier do income averaging??? As in making everyone equal in pay?? DX does , you make too much too soon and they sit you out till others catch up....
  20. OntarioVanMan

    Truck GPS

    am flying solo...JuJu's at home....:D
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