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I have spent time in the dispatch area where I am currently leased on and I can tell you this goes on all the time. I have been standing there saying I will take a run I am over hearing when they call Bolt right in front of me. They call E1 and there are Nations Express. PII and so on in there...

That is a great idea. I think it has been mentioned before as has my CB sharing. It seems folks all like the ideas but no one ever does anything about it. Can Lawrence maybe suggest how we might make any of these ideas happen? I see folks all the time but I have come to the conclusion that this...

I highly recommend E1. I do this because of the people and the other support they are willing to give you if you work with them. If you need 2000 and more miles a week maybe E1 is not the place for you. If you can live on 1800 to 2000 a week and want to be treated very well, E1 is a great place...

Everyone else covered this but get a debit Mastercard or Visa at your bank. I did it with two drivers and it worked and helped them. It will not do as much for your credit as a regular card but it will allow you to get by. Have direct deposit to your account so you money is always there and...

Ok I am still lost. I did see Gas mentioned above and maybe that has something to with it but then again I know BroomPilot uses fuel. Why do you have to give a DL or CDL to a fuel desk? I have never in my life had to do this and I fuel at PILOT on a regular basis. I fuel at other Truck stops as...

Oh God! I shake just reading of your thoughts. I have no advice for you other than to say read pasts POSTs. I do not want to tear down your dreams or goals. It will either be fantastic for you or you will quickly be looking for info on how to tie a noose Raceman OTR O/O

Let me ask again. Why does any fuel desk need your CDL? I have never taken my CDL out anywhere near a fuel stop. Why does the CDL come into buying fuel Raceman OTR O/O

Sounds like a bad thing and sorry it happened to you. I do want to ask though, why do they require a DL? I have never once, no matter where I fuel but I do mainly fuel at Pilot and LOves, had to give anyone a DL. How do you pay that this becomes an issue? The only time I have ever had to do...

There is a lot of info if your read past POSTs on this topic. Microsoft Streets and Trips and Co Pilot Truck. Run both on a Laptop. Do not waste your money on CoPilot. MS&T is the way to go. Best program and locator out there. My opinion based on experience and ownership of both Raceman OTR O/O

I drive at night, every night. It is a dedicated route but I talk to PII and Tri State drivers every night at my picks and drops. All the drivers say it is very slow. I have noticed when it is one driver they tend to really say how bad it is. If there is more than one, everyone is doing...

I have heard and seen many "SCAMS" but the one I will never forget happened to me back in May of 04. If you go back and read past POSTs you will see the entire story but it had to do with a break down. One of my trucks went down near Muncie and it was a transmission. I was here in town and had...

Welcome LDB. I agree you will be good for the place. Not sure I know how this works. Did you get a big salary and office with a view? Do you get one of those big high back leather chairs or do you just do this from the house or truck? No matter the case I hope it does not change you and you...

Just spoke to my dispatch group and they have added two more PU and drops on my dedicated route. This jumps the pay up to an even better amount. Now at this point I am sure I can not make this same amount on the road in the current freight market. They are making it very hard not to stick with...

As you all know by now, I left E1 and am running for Priority here in town. I was doing a combination of longer runs with some 100 and 200 mile runs and getting home often. I also ran bulk mail on weekends. About two weeks ago I was offered a dedicated run which ends up being about 193 miles a...

THawk is pretty close to right on this. I was doing some teaching and was actually putting a video version together and actually stopped based on no big interest. You can cover the basics and I was trying to put my mapping program in a form that could be taught and used by all and that too got...

I am guessing that is a shot at the fact my dumb A## driver drilled a hole in my roof. If not, then no I drilled no holes in it. OldProf, things are going great since I went back to being a driver and gave up on expecting others to do a good job and take care of my equipment. WoW! How nice it...

Well, as I have said for months, MIcrosoft S&T is by far the best I have used. I wish I had never bought CoPilot Truck. In my opinion it does not come close to MS&T. If anyone wants a good deal on CoPilot Truck let me know. I have no reason to keep it as MS&T has always worked for me and still...

Well, thankfully I moved into more of a dedicated role. I am not sitting at all. I do drop at two places where I see Panther, Tri State and when speaking to one driver at a time, they all admit it is very slow. I can honestly say I am glad I am not doing that right now because it would proably...

I am sorry. I just do not get this at all. It is me I guess because there seems to be so much talking about this sitting thing. How much sitting are folks doing that this gets to be so much of a problem? Are folks down so much that they would go through pulling a vehicle and put up with the...

It is simple math and if it does not work when you check it, you are telling a tale on your logs. Just use the speed limit in the State you are running. If the speed limit is 70, you can do a 140 miles in two hours. Now reality is you can not actually do that but that is my suggestion if you...