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Funny thing how ones "expectations" grows.....when we get say a CV load that pays between $1.00 and .90 cents we call that cheap.....LOL then we think back to our previous carriers what we carried for...and the world gets better again.....:)

some drivers....O/O's live in a fantasy world of Me, Me, Me...it's all about Me....They care not for the carrier nor the customer....they think customers should live up to their expectations.....those are the ones I'd like to see tossed out the door....

You are hard on scanners...LOL

In the van world Dave, a driver will do a load and go to sleep and stay in service...every once and awhile the driver will get caught short and a load will come up....if they refuse it because of lack of sleep....dispatch will ask when you are ready and put you out of service till the time you...

Steve....many would say when there is a penalty attached, like being dropped to the bottom, then that is forced dispatch..... At least the rule is upfront and in your face...we all know the circumstances of our decisions. And I think the majority of us agree with the rule.... There has always...

WTG Pete....:)

Good morning gang...should be last day of gravel shoving and raking...Ready for the trailers this weekend! Got 1 of my new eyeballs installed....gee whiz...while they are close to exact same thing, they just don't pop into place without a little subtle change..the next one should go smoother...

Sorry Xiggi... The 200 mile rule applies everywhere... In El Paso I turned one down and was dropped to #2 the other truck took it...I was back to #1...good thing we don't have a lot of trucks like Panther....LOL

Actually anyone who has followed Load 1 will know we DO have forced dispatch....there are no surprises here.... any load over 200 miles ....you'll get a turndown against you (i guess that is where the write up is) and dropped to the bottom of list... under 200 no penalty.... don't burn the...

Pilots popping up all along I80 thru Iowa...buying the mom and pop operations out... a NEW Pilot on the south side of Sioux City Iowa is almost done on I29.....:)

Good morning....seems for the first week of the month you all are keeping moving...which is a good thing..... Back to the gravel pile today....almost done....went to town yesterday and had to order my oil from NAPA...will be in tomorrow.... Looking like back into service Saturday...

I remember those days....turns out you and others were correct...they made junk with many problems....hard to be supportive as the evidence mounted up against them...

Grab a flipper John! Your welcome to sweat it out...:D

I hate "frontage roads".....worse then them Michigan lefts....

It is one of them oil drip furnaces...make the wood burn slower.....but I can see your point used used does have a little fuel in it....

wrote your name in it....LOL

I thought you knew better....LOL.....oh wait..the famous UPS loads that never happen when i am there....I don't do south of Jacksonville or Tallahassee anymore.....burned more times then ever on south Florida....

as they say..crap happens....At least it got an engine flush...LOL The guy I take my used oil will be a happy camper tho....made his day....he has an oil assisted wood burning furnace....:)

Noooo...thankfully....LOL....I went to take the oil pan out from underneath first...that is when I discovered my boo boo....

Wellllllll....does running 10 quarts of oil straight threw it count?.....LOL Forgot to put the oil plug back in yesterday.....