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IMO, Paid training from a trucking company equals a contract for involuntary servitude. Try to get out of the contract and they will sue you. If you want a CDL A go to a good school and pay for it yourself. Sallie Mae has loans for it. If you want a CDL B you can try the self taught and study...

I don't think anyone is trying to stop you. They are not trying to keep you out of the business.They are just trying to save you from losing your house, credit, sanity, etc. You need to get a little experience before investing the kind of money you are talking. You need to learn about the...

Think about it this way. If all a fleet owner had to do was buy a truck, drop it off at the carrier and start collecting a good return on his investment wouldn't everyone be doing it? There is a lot to learn about how this business works and how to keep drivers in the truck and the wheels...

Just curious. What ever happened to the facility you were opening in SC?

What would really be nice is an interactive map on the internet. One where you could roll your pointer over an express center and see how many and what type of trucks are checked in. This info is available on the VRU but calling each express center is time consuming. Since the info is...

I was always taught respect was earned.

The first 7 times we were in a TVAL truck. Very little problem getting out. The last 5 were in our dry van surface expedite truck. (We went from contract drivers to owner operators a year ago when we purchased our own truck) Of the last five trips west, four times it took an average of 4 days to...

Since I am the poster quoted in the original thread I would like to clarify what I said concerning lift gates and reefers. We have been to California about 12 times in the last 2 1/2 years. Some as a fully qualified TVAL truck and some in our surface expedite truck. While sitting there for 8...

Here's how ours went. We delivered on Thursday in St George, Utah. Went to Las Vegas and after not getting any loads on Friday or Saturday decided to deadhead to Ontario, CA. No decent paying loads on Monday or Tuesday. Wednesday we did a <75 in hopes of using it to get out of there. Thursday...

About 3 am I had an 18 wheeler ahead of me having trouble maintaining a lane. He finally got control of it and as I was passing him I looked over. The driver was kneeling between the seats, steering with his right hand and getting something out of his fridge with his left.:eek: That was scary.

I checked them out. $5995 + installation and tax, each. Too rich for my blood.

We are looking at replacing our seats and want to get something really nice and comfortable as we spend so much time sitting in them. We are currently looking at the Atlas Elite 80. Anyone have an opinion or recommendation? Also anyone know a good place to get them? Thanks.

We really like doing the west coast runs, especially driving across Texas, New Mexico and Arizona and then coming into California. Or coming down I 15 from Utah. Nice long runs and beautiful scenery. But, we never seem to be able to get a load back out. We delivered on Thursday in St George...

Went broke,:( got hungry,:(here we are.:D

Ellenbaum Truck sales.

The truck has an Eaton 10 speed ultra shift. Not sure of the rearend. We have no problems climbing any mountains or hills even maxed out on weight. We just leave it on cruise and pass all the slow moving trucks. On a 5 degree or greater grade it will down shift to ninth then back to tenth once...

The other half of the fleet is sitting here with me in Ontario, CA.

Thanks for the replies. We went to South Point Hotel and Casino and saw a horse show for free. Then went to Wild Wild West and parked. We walked over to the big casinos and walked around for a few hours then went back to South Point to eat at Primarily Prime. Had the best prime rib ever for...

Does anyone know of a place we can park in Las Vegas near the strip? It looks like we will be here all weekend and we want to go and walk around the area.