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  1. OntarioVanMan

    A wave of new Expediters?

    Being a former production foreman at Firestone I can attest to Leo's post #12....An operator comes to me his machine doesn't work hasn't a clue whats wrong....I put in a work order in mechanics crib...WAIT....mechanic goes over to machine yup it's a slipping pulley. HE puts in a work order to...
  2. OntarioVanMan

    A wave of new Expediters?

    On Gregs note about Dodge...yet another jeep model will be offered iwith a diesel engine that makes two now....it's the 6 cylinder thats in the 07 Sprinter...they say it's been around for about 30 years or so...a tried and true engine.
  3. OntarioVanMan

    What are the best areas for freight?

    It can be BUT.....I'd move over closer to Newburgh Ny there on I think 87 + 84....Just west of 87 on 84 is some truckstops....They could chase ya down to Joisey that way if they needed to...
  4. OntarioVanMan

    What are the best areas for freight?

    This time of year I woulda gave them about 24-36 hours and then start rolling in closer to the busier lanes of frieght to up your chances...remember you take your dwell time with you...so iyou'll take that 36+ hours to the new zone you'll likely bump someone back a position or be #1 by the time...
  5. OntarioVanMan

    Vans!

    David....1100$ a week? thats not too shabby for this time of year!!!
  6. OntarioVanMan

    Iv'e had it

    Yeah Col...this is the season to separate the stickers from the wanna bees..... we are still managing 1,000 - 1,200 miles a week but its a push at that.
  7. OntarioVanMan

    Sign of "things to come...Maybe

    Last night I had the strangest dream. It was so real, so life-like and so vivid I woke up in a cold sweat. Let me describe it to you briefly... 1. Hillary wins the Democratic Party nomination for President of the United States 2. Naturally, she wants to choose as her running mate someone with...
  8. OntarioVanMan

    sprinter is frozen. i think

    They do have a blockheater for the Sprinter....but when the glow doesn't glow theres no go....*L*
  9. OntarioVanMan

    lol and IMO

    Greg...that list doesn't have your fav...OMG Oh My God
  10. OntarioVanMan

    sprinter is frozen. i think

    How cold and how long sittiing? Mine wouldn't start BUT it sat for 2 days in about MINUS 30 and I had glow plug problem...I put an electric blanket and heating pad around injector system on the top of engine and a propane heater underneath and wrapped the nose in moving blankets for about 4-5...
  11. OntarioVanMan

    Health Insurance in the Expedited Game

    Star...that makes since about BCBS at least my wife wouldn't have to drag my sorry butt around town knocking on doors and finding who takes what.....
  12. OntarioVanMan

    Be prepared for the "FEAR FACTOR"

    No offense taken Greg...I am starting to lean to this system here abit if I can afford it...Its so different...I was used to everything included up there....physical every 2 years, lab tests, specialists...here I am in my pocket everytime I sneeze....
  13. OntarioVanMan

    Health Insurance in the Expedited Game

    I got one quote for 2600 dollars a quarter for both Judy and I with a $5,000 deductable for each person...is that good????
  14. OntarioVanMan

    Health Insurance in the Expedited Game

    South Dakota is one of them states at the bottom of an advertizement in the small print that they don't cover because of state law.....once a policy is issued it can't be cancelled because you have a heart attack.
  15. OntarioVanMan

    Be prepared for the "FEAR FACTOR"

    Greg said.."In comparison to other countries, like the UK, do you really think that it is right to go from a week or less wait for say an MRI to an 18 week wait? You do know that when you really examine health care systems in the UK and France, the person is covered for emergencies and still...
  16. OntarioVanMan

    Health Insurance in the Expedited Game

    anyone have the URL for BCBS??
  17. OntarioVanMan

    Be prepared for the "FEAR FACTOR"

    I don't think universal healthcare would work for you guys....it'd be a nightmare to administer and then there the individual states as well.... The simplier method would be to scrap everything now and subsidize the low to middle income IF they really want to spend taxpayers money that badly...
  18. OntarioVanMan

    Canada Work in Canada, live in US?

    They are RULES not LAWS....rules are meant to be changed, broken and bent.....Congress did not make the rules the INS did.....
  19. OntarioVanMan

    Canada Work in Canada, live in US?

    The State Department waived the 2 year temporary card, I got the 10 year one right away. Descretion of the official. The decision was based that we were married 4 years before I applied. Therefore i was deemed not trying to get into country by way of arranged marriage. What you seem to be not...
  20. OntarioVanMan

    Be prepared for the "FEAR FACTOR"

    Who gets the delegates that Romney won?????
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