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When you figure your cost per mile you have to include your deadhead or your financial picture will be extremely off as deadhead is as much a part of your operating cost as insurance. You can not pick up a load until you get to where it is loading. As an example you have a load paying...

I have also used both kinds of doors and much prefer the barn doors, as stated they give you more interior height and also have much less chance for malfunction. Also on a reefer I feel you get a better seal. Have you ever followed a truck with roll ups down the road? Watch how much movement...

A retired fireman whose truck driving wife talked him into a life filled with adventure and tax advantages.

On Friday, I received a call about 4:00 pm letting me know that dispatch had received an email from safety letting them know I was out of service for paperwork and dispatch just wanted to let me know so I would not be out all weekend as I would not be able to reach safety. This dispatcher, who...

"To me the ideal Carrier would: 1. Pay at least 75% of gross revenue. 2. Not charge any qualcom or, workmans comp,or anything. 3. Allow me to book my own loads, and go where I wanna go. 4. Allow me to charge the customer what the market will bear for rates and additional charges. 5. Have...

The difference between a Fairy tale and a Trucker story...... A Fairy tale begins..."Once upon a time... A Trucker story begins..."No Sh#! this really happened...

I know that brand of chains same ones I have.

I drive by a very simple chemical formula... Oil and water don't mix, Therefore, Driving and Ice don't either. No one has ever driven on ice, you have just held on and prayed because you have absolutely no control on ice that truck will do whatever it wants and there is nothing you can...

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Actually the t-shirt sheet I have found fit most bunks just go for smaller size as the will stretch (have you seen the stretch of a tee shirt in some of the parking lots) anyway I digress, they will fit and are very comfortable and would be easy to sew the top sheet to the bottom for easy makeup.

This is only my opinion but here goes. I think a lot of people on here do not realize that each of our trucks is an independent business. We sell a service one customer at a time, we use a middle man who does our marketing for us, and they procure customers and then ask our business if we...

Yes they are very much worth getting. They are handy to have but not a cure all. You cannot route by any one thing at all. I tweak mine because I know places I want to avoid. For some reason all routing from Jersey will route you thru NYC. I prefer the Tappan Zee or the Newburgh Beacon to...

You have to realize that no system is ever going to give you exactly what you need things like clearances will always be a problem. And as for the new box what happened to reading the signs or just looking at the overhead obstacle and realizing that it was not going to fit. We as truck drivers...

Talking about her going green, I heard her in an interview saying she wanted to get a hybrid car but they are all so ugly so she is trying to get Hummer to build her a hybrid. Ahh to have money. As my old daddy said "why couldn't I have been born rich instead of so dam good looking?" If you...

Everyone seems to be wondering why Muslim terrorists are so quick to commit suicide. Let's see now . . . No Jesus No Christmas No television No cheerleaders No baseball No football No hockey No Nascar No tailgate parties No Wal-Mart No Home Depot No pork BBQ No hot dogs...

If the answers given confused you I would hate to see you in NYC or LA around 3 pm on any given day.

Pro Number: A number assigned by the carrier to a single shipment, used in all cases where the shipment must be referred to. Usually assigned at once. PRO FORMA INVOICE An invoice provided by a supplier prior to the shipment of merchandise, informing the buyer of the kinds and quantities of...

Fifty Years of Math 1957 - 2007 Last week I purchased a burger at Burger King for $1.58. The countergirl took my $2 and I was digging for my change when I pulled 8 cents from my pocket and gave it to her. She stood there, holding the nickel and 3 pennies, while looking at the screen on...

As you, all seem to agree, we do all have a life. However, what makes this work so great is we all have different views and opinions concerning the same things. When someone says they are going to give something a "TRY" it might be the same a someone who says, "I AM GOING TO WORK MY ARSE OFF...

Only get detention for 8 hours a day, nothing extra for haz-mat. they also get some free time which has to be figured in, D-time is the x factor (unknown exactly how it is figured, kinda like dry run pay)