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  1. OntarioVanMan

    My Profit Is Down, So I Am Requesting That Carriers Supplement My Expenses

    hmmm.. I guess thats why I lost $900,000 last year!!! My "projected profit" was a million dollars...so now I can get a government bailout??
  2. OntarioVanMan

    OOIDA says owners should pay idling fines

    Phew...Terry...I apologize...I didn't completely understand or read the opening posts...was only on 2nd coffee when i attempted to think... Your absolutely correct..the need is not there and the expense not justified.
  3. OntarioVanMan

    Loads to Laredo ??

    Gee Jack Tulsa from Laredo had to be what 1000 miles? Not bad for 3 day wait, Now question is Tulsa to where? and Miles? Most of the time Laredo pays off if you have the patience to wait it out...Guess we are lucky with our carrier, 2 days tops to get out....at least for a Sprinter
  4. OntarioVanMan

    OOIDA says owners should pay idling fines

    How about any truck that is intended to run long?
  5. OntarioVanMan

    Loads to Laredo ??

    E-1 does quite abit to Laredo..so it's in my best interest to dissuade you from taking my loads...*LOL* Why Ontario? I am a Canadian transplanted to South Dakota a couple years ago...no iam not a Pedro(illegal)...I am Legal here...:D E-1 does NOT have a problem getting loads out of Western...
  6. OntarioVanMan

    OOIDA says owners should pay idling fines

    The way of the future....I think every truck used by logging drivers should be equipped with some sort of APU device...it would eliminate this discussion. Theres still a lot of "old school" O/O's and drivers out there that still believe a truck should not be turned off... Resistance is futile...
  7. OntarioVanMan

    Loads to Laredo ??

    *LOL* Advice? keep knocking on doors...I don't think anyone here is going to tell you where their carrier gets loads to Laredo out of...especially for an independent to snatch up. We maybe helpful but not suicidal. :)
  8. OntarioVanMan

    How Slow Are You?

    Thats a very broad stoke of the pen there Steve.... Yes..it's a killer for a new vanner out there, myself I wouldn't want to be a newbe right now...the more experienced ones will "work the system" . Been bumping into some of the old crew and they are using every trick they know to keep...
  9. OntarioVanMan

    The State of Cargo Van Expediting

    David..It's not like being there but you can see and talk in realtime and see your wifes mannerisms or childrens...it's a bridge to overcome that lost feeling we get sometimes, that disconnect we sometimes feel...or guilt. Your kids can show you thier classroom art and you can react and they can...
  10. OntarioVanMan

    Declaration of War

    And there lies a problem...Congress and or the President sends our forces into a conflict that the majority of folks don't support...and expect/demand support from us...in a cause we the people don't want or need. Or think we don't need or want. To blindly trust our government? In these times...
  11. OntarioVanMan

    The State of Cargo Van Expediting

    Just a thought....when the wife first moved to Canada and her missing her grandchildren, her sons and us set up webcams so they could talk and see each other.... we still have this set-up in SD my kids in Canada and hers in Maryland and Virginia...it helps us anyhow for that little feel for...
  12. OntarioVanMan

    Are Americans too Complacent?

    Charley Reese has been a journalist for 49 years. THE 545 PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE USA'S WOES BY CHARLEY REESE: Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them. Have you ever wondered why, if both the Democrats and the Republicans are against...
  13. OntarioVanMan

    Are Americans too Complacent?

    April the 20th was my ONE year anniversary of being legal in the U.S. and I have to say....Man are you guys whimps!!! You guys talk about Canada being whooped...your just as bad...your gov. is walking all over ya's and nothing gets said...whats up with that? All this woo waa we are mighty, we...
  14. OntarioVanMan

    GE and Iran

    Unfortunately much of our technology is already on the open market, GE is just one of many stories...
  15. OntarioVanMan

    food

    Actually I was bored...IF we eat in the TS I usually just have the salad bar....cottage cheese, fruit, beets ....
  16. OntarioVanMan

    food

    Let common sense rule the day here...you gotta know whats heathy and whats not...do you really need a website for that?*LOL* are we THAT bored to ask this question??
  17. OntarioVanMan

    Social Security Number Requests

    Thats it? I was hoping for a better comeback then that???? You know I like to tease you guys....;)
  18. OntarioVanMan

    Social Security Number Requests

    Military bases is the worst place to give it out....bunch of gun and drug smugglers there.....see it on TV all the time.;)
  19. OntarioVanMan

    Sprinter Info

    Eddy... the easy to get at front 4 bolts and you can kinda pry and use a flashlight to see the injectors to make sure they still shine as new....I coulda sworn there were 7 of them little bolts?
  20. OntarioVanMan

    70 cents a mile including fuel?

    Nope...Sherman Tx. just north of Dallas... CharlesD...my thinking exactly. Cuz if ya do once they'll think they can do it again...becomes the norm...
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