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  1. Monty

    Comdata ripoffs

    Any charges against you ComData card is determined by the contract the issuing carrier has with them. At Landstar, it costs to load the card, a one time fee, no charges to use it, except at an ATM machine. (Or a cash advance when you use less than 50 gallons, which most CV do.) I only use...
  2. Monty

    Wrong Turn!!!

    I spoke with Rand McNally, on their TND500 product, last week. They tell me the company that produces all the dataset's for the maps used by most GPS unit's is scheduled for a major update in June. Hopefully all those confusing problems along the border will end. I was calling them...
  3. Monty

    Retired Truckers Camper

    I cant find the edit, or delete button on this oversize photo .. I was going to resize it ... mods, If ya wanna delete the thing, it's ok with me .. I'll try to resize and put it back
  4. Monty

    Retired Truckers Camper

    Nicer than this one also!
  5. Monty

    Is there a "good eats" forum?

    Well, this "old school" expediter didn't know of this place ... might be because I refused to hang around the Detroiter, and listen to the *****in' going on! :D
  6. Monty

    CMV's pictured at cool places

    Here are couple of the "original" White Glove trucks for Roberts Express --- circa 1985 1985 Ford F-700 ... just had the sleeper and body installed. Unit D-845 "Somewhere" out there, I forget where the picture was taken. Roberts laughed at me, this was the first 60" sleeper they...
  7. Monty

    CMV's pictured at cool places

    .........I owned several trucks with Hot Shot Express...... .......I always thought one of these would make an excellent D truck .......... Las Vegas - McCarren Airport ...........Oprah's shuttle bus going back to Maine for restoration ..............I hauled a lot...
  8. Monty

    Willie's Place to Reopen as a Petro

    Well, he used some of that money to pay me! I delivered the final tank into the bio plant from Cheney, Washington. Was 12' round, made an interesting load on my 36" high drop deck. 15' feet high .... I had no issues until I got to Texas .... didnt know they had so many FM roads! They...
  9. Monty

    CMV's pictured at cool places

    I have a lot of pictures of my truck in crazy places ... but why not look at youtube, and search for noneyerbusiness for the videos I have online there Start with personal favorite ... YouTube - Indiana Sunrise
  10. Monty

    Landstar

    When I was with LEA in 2003, that info was available. It made it easy to find friends, and foes, in a particuler location. I have heard there were several reasons they dropped the info, but I betch the biggest one was, "Waaa, you loaded x before you did me!" In a world of agents, they load...
  11. Monty

    Landstar Express

    I see plenty of info there ..... the only thing I might like to know is how long that unit has been at that location. Would clarify if the location is stagnant .. but to remedy that, I do a search before arrival, and see if the list has changed .
  12. Monty

    kindle or nook or...ipad?

    I have a Nook, and buy ZERO books. When at home, on the wi-fi, I download books from the library, (ebooks section), and read that way. Of course they disappear from the Nook at the check out period.
  13. Monty

    Digital tv antennas ...

    Recently I saw a fella down in Laredo that had a digital anrenna mounted across his dash, he said it worked well. So I bought one, A RCA indoor/outdoor antenna ... it does work well, if you are aimed at the towers .... face east, get some channels, face west, get some more .... Does anyone...
  14. Monty

    Prepaid WiFi and MiFi

    I have used Verizon air cards for many, many years. Recently I purchased a "mi-fi", the plan with it is $59.00 for 10 g It works quite well, and is still on the old 3G service network.
  15. Monty

    Asking for load/rate over qc before taking

    "Trust, but verify" Someone said that once .. ;)
  16. Monty

    I-30 East bound shut down at 241!

    Well, I had coffee .... and I think I have figured it out .... maybe. The poster said in another thread he was at the Petro in El Paso ... maybe he refered to I-20? Out by Sweetwater?
  17. Monty

    March Locations

    And just what did you pick up in my home town? waaaaaa ... I never get freight from there! Sitting in Lansing atm ..... delivered Fairfiew, Mi late Friday night, decided to wait until Monday to load rather than dh home.
  18. Monty

    I-30 East bound shut down at 241!

    Ok .. I'll bite ..... I-30 runs from Dallas to Little Rock, and there is no 241 mm on either segment. It always hepls to be more specfic. ****! My bad ...... I-30 does go on out west to jct with I-20 .... somedays I should drink the coffee BEFORE I post!
  19. Monty

    Asking for load/rate over qc before taking

    I cant imaine taking a load I did not know the rate on, Landstar always calls, 'I have a load, yadda, yadda yadda, would you like it?" All is decided before the QC ever beeps ... btw, even though I am not interested in jumping ship, Load1 seems to be a pretty straight company .... was...
  20. Monty

    Recruiting spam

    I received a phone call on my cell, which is not really public knowledge, from a nice sounding lady from FedexCC .... poor girl, I was laughing so hard she hung up on me! "You want me to work for you? Honey it aint never gonna happen, Landstar treats me too well!" "Besides I left Roberts...
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