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Being the first 5 years with a Canadian carrier we did a lot of drop and run back to the border...when we came to the U.S. side and a new carrier I was amazed at the difference. Had to learn all over again. My phrase is "drop and stop" It was a hard concept at first...from "drop and run" Now we...

As Turtle said they are interchangeable...you get the discounts with both passes and you can get online statements. A lot easier then counting up 762 toll receipts! :)

Bob...Sorry to hear about your job loss...Its good to see you joined here and are reading about what we really do and how. Theres alot more to this then just driving from point to point. I lost my very good paying job back in 83 when Firestone closed most of the plants in N/A.. all we got was...

Yes, there is some p/t's and semi/ret. that do need the money and take our business seriously and thats fine BUT the ones that are just putzing around that have no clue as to the concerns of our profession. I would think if one wanted to see the country and have no investment they would...

I don't know how unemployment works down here but across the border if you receive a cash settlement of any kind the UIC figures that into weekly pays and you don't get a payment till your moneys gone.

I stand by my statement.... P/T and the semi retired only suit the carriers to flood the market with too many trucks because they have a second source of income and 1 trip a week they can live on. Yes theres some posters on here that have a military pension and thats not alot from what I...

Buckeye...I can live with that! :) Greg..The direction the country is going now...Whats the future at this rate? Casting your vote seems not to get attention, protests, call-ins seem to have no ears. Whats it going to take to change or put the "We The People" back into this country. Are we...

fastrod ya might be right....the p/t's and s/retired usually have some sort of pension or other income....as opposed to those who rely solely on expedite income. I thinks the ones that are staying out and living load to load will be done in.

We need a serious shakeout...rid the biz of the part-timers and semi-retired.

Terry...so meaning carriers are reducing freight rates to offset the FSC to satisfy their customers? Net gain for the operator=0

Greg said..."Our economy is not the same as France or Germany, they have high personal taxes, VAT taxes and their government and unions work with businesses where we have lower personal taxes, we have very high corporate taxes, no VAT tax and our government and unions work against the company."...

Exactly night..If the oil companys were to build more refineries that would increase supply and bring down the price...I think they speak the talk but secretly they love the tree huggers...gives them an excuse not to build. To build would be akin to shooting ones self in the foot.

I was unloading at the Ford Wayne plant and the receiver was talkin to buddies if he got a buyout offer he was going to buy a van and make the BIG bucks these guys do. (referring to me) I just chuckled and walked away.

They had a link to the Ford Transit Chicago '08 Preview: Ford Transit Connect rumored to arrive - Autoblog

Buckeye..what the heck does fighting in a war have to do with oil prices? I am asking WHY you think that so PLEASE don't portray me as the bad guy. Greg.....I heard on a San Antonio radio station last week a Texas study recommending an .80 per gallon increase in state tax. And tolling the...

Whats wrong with the fuel prices? You really think they should be as low as a few years ago? Why? Overall we still have some of the lowest prices in the world.

RM...you never knew about the photo radar in construction zones? there are warning signs and they've had it for a couple years now. Tip #1: Ny Thruway. Sprinters get tagged for height, nice increase...If you have an EZ Pass I use the cash car lanes they don't have the detectors...saves a good...

Gee Cheri your still a rookie!! Like Mr & Mrs Glen Rice...Ed and Ruby Housworth are legends in this business. Check the archives you'll see why.

Night they deflect the air that goes between the tractor and trailer.... www.airtab.com - The smart way to cut the cost of your highway fuel costs They have wind tunnel test results. I have them on my Sprinter...they DO work!

Our logic for taking the standard deduction for our new van: There'd be almost no maintenance as in big repairs for first 2 years at least. Fuel costs at 22 mpgs fuel costs would be alot lower. If ya figure .44.5 cents per mile deduction for over 100,000 miles= 44,500 dollars and put on the...