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I love the idea that a customer can check on where his freight is in the United States. We demand more money to carry rush freight the least we can do is let the customer see our progress and also see if we are experiencing any delays. We do not get calls from the dispatcher asking where we...

The order that the load opportunities come in determines what will be counted as a refusal. If you accepted the first load that comes across the QC you will get no refusals. If you accepted the second load you will get one refusal for the first load that comes across. If you think of the...

Good luck at Drumrite that is where Bob went to school and he liked most of the instructors and also enjoyed the school. We were lucky the school was not too far from the house and he was able to come home on the weekends. After getting out of school Bob drove for USX and I just rode with...

The reason we first got a fan was due to the Fantastic Vent. When it starts raining the dang things shuts and it would get to stuffy in the truck. We found out quickly with our fan that the truck actually cools down faster and we can stay cooler so it ends up running most of the summer.

There seems to be some confusion about locks right now as I believe we are seeing some new ones. When a load comes available and you are qualified to take the load the dispatcher dispatching the load has to make a quick call to who has you locked and ask for you to be released so they can send...

That sounds like a nightmare for the police and motorists alike. Will be interesting to see how it all works out.

Did they possibly let the truck get repossessed when once they bought the truck and then figured out they could also not use the truck to haul much freight? First time truck buyer not much capital bankruptcy just waiting to happen, and dreams totally smashed. Sad situation and another case of...

We will go for summer also! In the winter I watch the weather pretty close so we do not pick up or deliver right in the path of a huge snowstorm. Once a storm has gone through and cleanup has begun we will tackle just about anything. One thing about the winter though the weather can sure...

Heck Layoutshooter you are rapidly become the smartest person on how to buy a used truck! Experience is the best school of hard knocks and you are sure attending that school regularly. It is the pits you are learning all of this the hard way but your experience will sure benefit a lot of new...

We made our resumes when looking for our perfect trucking job! When attending our first truck show as potential drivers we took nicely printed resumes to hand out. Believe you me the look on some of those recruiters faces was a riot but guess what? We were noticed and questioned while they...

We are still running our Lane Departure Warning System, the electronic rumble strips I have talked about before. It is amazing to us that about 95% of the time when we push talk on the phone, or just reach for the phone 1/2 of our tire goes over the passenger side white line. Never knew that...

It seems it most situations involving two parties one party is giving thanks and the other party is saying what went wrong.

Moot you have the system whipped!! Good for you keep up the good work.

Warned you!! Now have you ever read where the Red Fern Grows? Bob had never read it and does not really care to read so I got it in audio. Forgot about how bad the end gets and you should have seen him trying to drive through a city sobbing! It was really a cruel thing to do.

Great Job! We have always thought if we went to tractor trailers that is the only division we would really be interested in. You guys will do well.

If we have a confirmed delivery and they cannot accept the freight we get paid very well to babysit it. If we take a load without a confirmed delivery that show we are going to deliver on Saturday, we accept the load know it is not confirmed and the load confirms for a Monday delivery we get to...

EASYTRADER has this right for sure. We do have to drive at night no choice in this business. We have to do everything we can to stay safe and alert and deliver our freight safely.

I do not know if I could have survived having a dog like Marley my gosh he cost them a fortune in everything he tore up and also the training classes they went to. I laughed at so many parts of that book though on the things that darn dog did! Cried at the end though so be prepared. Good Book!

Good Luck Joe on this one if you have questions on what you find out give Bob a call I am sure he will have some ideas for you to think on and decided what will fit your situation best.

Bob thinks you probably all ready have a 12,000lb front axle you will need to go to 14,000lb plus and the 12" tires. Bob is think 1/2 to 3/4 lost in mpg but that is speculation but at the cost of fuel that is a huge loss over a year.