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    Worried about income

    Mike, the $600 per week, every week is appealing to me. Is it enough ? If not, there’s a reason to take a chance on the OTR. How’s your home situation ? If you get out West, and don’t return home for weeks, how will it affect your home life ? If you get home a week AFTER a birthday? How would...
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    Rates

    WOW ! This is all that’s been posted in 20 hours ? Or whatever, as I can never figure out the timing of posts. This place is like sitting in the stands at a NASCAR race. A place to go if you want some alone time.
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    Nervous Newbie

    Nothing to be afraid of. Read the original Nervous newbie thread. Good Luck.
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    how many people are allowed in a straight truck w. a sleeper

    Any passenger must be approved by the carrier in advance. Some will have age limits. Many will require you to buy passenger insurance. And, I believe you’re required to have written authorization from the carrier to show carrier approval to any interested authorities. Know your passenger. If...
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    May - be Locations & More

    When Zorry had his COE rust around the windshield was an issue. Although an aluminum cab, the glass was in a metal frame. The truck was a 2001 and around 2010 Paccar only had one or two new ones available in the US. At $3000 each. He found a Peterbilt body shop that was able to save his.
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    how many people are allowed in a straight truck w. a sleeper

    Yes, if all 1) have proper restraints/seat belts 2) are permitted by the carrier. If you are the carrier, no issues. 3) the person in the jump seat, must log on duty if a loggable driver. I believe there is an allowable 2 hour off duty provision in the latest regulation. I don’t believe any...
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    Leave your guns at home

    I like to pretend to be, but I have a wife to remind me I’m not.
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    Leave your guns at home

    Leave my guns at home ? No way, I worked too hard for them !!!!!
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    May - be Locations & More

    My wife says I used better grammar before I started on EO. I let her think EO is diminishing my skills. I think it’s just that I’m getting old.
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    Leave your guns at home

    I was thinking a small smuggling job.
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    May - be Locations & More

    Before You Judge Me, Make Sure You’re Perfect. Fixed it for you. Told I’m a perfect A-Hole, so I guess I qualify. Actually we seem to have more members every day that are trying to learn our language so we need to try and set a good example.
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    WWW....Who Wears Watches

    After a few Budweiser’s I thought he was going to start singing Take Me Out To The Ballgame
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    May - be Locations & More

    More important, did he take care of the driver or o/o ? Out of his pocket if necessary. It’s a touchy situation. Balancing the customer relationship and the worker’s situation. It’s really none of our business, but interesting. Edit: Any legitimate customer will understand the costs of the TONU...
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    May - be Locations & More

    Is it harder to ask for aTONU fee as a carrier than it was as a driver ?
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    New UPS Delivery Vans

    Package cars is a very old UPS term. I think it basically covers the smaller shipment type delivery vehicle. I also remember the term pie wagon.
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    New UPS Delivery Vans

    My guesses Electric Isuzu
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    17’ Transit 2mpg boost

    Wow. If I wake up with 1/2 a woodie, happens often, and the Transit I’m looking at will give me 1/2 a woodie, when I get to cover one of those great Load One weekend loads, I’ll get the third half of a woodie. Winner Winner Chicken Dinner !
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    May - be Locations & More

    Removed painful corn ? Will this limit your sense of humor ?
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    May - be Locations & More

    Fixed it for you.
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    It never stops amazing me...

    Easily built as a six skidder.
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