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  1. OntarioVanMan

    nationwide pagers

    I have a pager I no longer use! Dynamex made me get it till the satalite was installed. In Canada, They're called a Flex-15 ( frequency 15 )and had to order it thru Bell Mobility about 50 bucks Canadian 35 U.S. Worked fine all over the place! Now it's just an expensive alarm clock! HA!
  2. OntarioVanMan

    Canada RE:Many Canadian Truckers Rejected for FAST Progra

    Rich..Did you see my post about Jim Bunting? He's returned to his old job at GM as he was laid off and got recalled. P.S. I stand corrected about who started things, goes to show who's really running things. Also my hats off to Tri-State to cut ties with GM if thats whats happened, more...
  3. OntarioVanMan

    Canada RE:Many Canadian Truckers Rejected for FAST Progra

    This article states as high as 75% rejection rate for Canadian Drivers to date! All you Canadian drivers here at this forum anyone been rejected? JuJu and I are half way there, we now need to make an appointment to be fingerpainted and interviewed with the FBI aka Federal Band of Idiots. The...
  4. OntarioVanMan

    Expediters! We Need Your Help!

    Hey Lawrence!! Dynamex is having I think their FIRST Driver Appreciation Day. Sunday August 17th why not make a long weekend of it and drop on into Ontario?? I could e-mail you's the details.
  5. OntarioVanMan

    Expediters! We Need Your Help!

    Well gosh, I signed up here online, was I to get tickets? As I got no acknowledegement of my signing.
  6. OntarioVanMan

    Teacel receives world wide acclaim in print!!!!!!!

    RE: Teacel receives world wide acclaim in print!!! high five's to Teacel!! He's a hard workin guy and deserves the recognition! Ken and JuJu
  7. OntarioVanMan

    How've U been, Where U going

    Early last year I was in the newspaper distribution business making a somewhat of a go of it, But it was alot of heavy and tedious work. But newspapers was in my blood, I had invested in my 3/4T van I have right now, but it was sitting 50% of the time, the bills were piling up and JuJu my wise...
  8. OntarioVanMan

    Time out for a chuckle.

    On a golf tour in Ireland, Tiger Woods drives his BMW into a petrol station in a remote part of the Irish countryside. The pump attendant obviously knows nothing about golf, greeting him in a typical Irish manner completely unaware of the identity of the golfing pro. "Top of the mornin' to...
  9. OntarioVanMan

    Dynamex

    *LOL* Darn, reading back over my somewhat excitable post it reads like a recruiting ad!!! That wasn't the intent at all and to you skeptics NO I am not in management in no way not even related, we're on one of them rolls that just happens and I am not about to shake the tree! Luck, patience...
  10. OntarioVanMan

    Sprinter Van

    Gee Tony with the Sprinter being such a new thing I think longivity would be a wait and see issue for the time being? And gooly gee Andy, I was passing a Dodge dealer just north of Woodhaven MI, last week and lo and behold I sees this Ram Van made up like a Sprinter almost a clone! But I didn't...
  11. OntarioVanMan

    Dynamex

    UPDATE: Well peoples, JuJuBeans and myself have just completed our 5th week at this company and whew what aride! Maybe we're still on the newbe rotation (you know getting juiced) But anyhows we just finished a round trip Hamilton to Newfoundland, Montreal to Charlotte NC and Charlotte NC to...
  12. OntarioVanMan

    Canada canadian drivers

    that'd me and jujubeans my wife and team pardner...Stoney Creek Ontario Van drivers.
  13. OntarioVanMan

    Dynamex

    RobA....Yes, It's the Cambridge terminal, We'll keep you posted!
  14. OntarioVanMan

    Dynamex

    The deed is done! JuJu and I signed on the bottom line to-day with Dynamex effect April 15th...After some research and talking with some of their O/Os the #'s the recruiters gave us seem to mesh. So here we go for another ride! I'll give ya'll an update later. Thanks for the info all Ken and...
  15. OntarioVanMan

    Tire Balancing

    Yep, It's been around for awhile in various names, in Canada that is, I found out awhile ago , I was in the taxi business and I mentioned a vibe in one of my tires and he asked me if I did high speed driving. Well being a cabby I said yes in which he replied I may need a static balance Which as...
  16. OntarioVanMan

    Anyone notice Gas Prices coming down yet?

    Tony...Glad to hear that as my wife and I gas up there at sheetz in cranberry before hitting the pike. Maybe someday drop in on ya? P.S. I've done some mileage charting on gas consumption on my van 70-75 mph 13.3 MPG 60-65 mph 16.4 MPG That translates into alot of cash over the month.
  17. OntarioVanMan

    Anyone notice Gas Prices coming down yet?

    Crude oil for May delivery fell $1.21, or 4.3 percent, to $26.91 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, the lowest closing price since Dec. 4. The 24 percent decline this week was the biggest since January 1991.... from bloomberg.com March 21/03 Here in Ontario about 6 cents/litre lower...
  18. OntarioVanMan

    Canada Problems Going In and Out of Canada???

    Well One time I didn't press hard enough and Can Customs couldn't read bottom copy of manifest they were going to fine me 100 bucks, but I begged real hard! Just yesterday I put my plate # only, the ole grump said that could cost me 100 bucks first offence ( I didn't put what province!)he gave...
  19. OntarioVanMan

    Re: Iraq and Humour

    You know we expediters are all on the edge, stress could be our middle name at times, the not knowing when the next trip is coming, how long it will be and where, all the different worrys of this business. The need to be ready to go 24/7 is a tough life. I created the humour topic as a diversion...
  20. OntarioVanMan

    Lighten Up with Humour

    A blonde had just gotten a new sports car and was out for a drive when she cut off a truck driver. He motioned for her to pull over. When she did, he got out of his truck and pulled a piece of chalk from his pocket. He drew a circle on the road and told the blonde to stand in the circle and not...
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