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The following was copied from the weekly news bulletin for FDCC O/O. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Canadian Hours of Service Stickers While traveling in Canada, U.S.-based units are held to Canadian Hours of Service regulations. The differences between U.S...

Just shows how informed all these people were when they voted for Bush Cheney. Get your countdown calculator http://www.tminusw.org/

By this definition a guy in a half ton Toyota delivering Pizza`s is a "Trucker"

RE: odd looking straight trucks >I didn't start til 95; which I still consider that the early >days. It wasn't til qualcomm came, a few years later, that >expediting became modernized. > Excuse me....Qualcom came to my truck in 1989. Schnieder was the first to instsll QC,but Roberts was the...

RE: odd looking straight trucks Learned about Expedite from going to a seminar put on by CTX. It was at the Holiday Inn,Angola In in the fall of 1988. They kept dragging their feet in signing me on,so I called Roberts Express (CTX made me aware of them by mentioning that Roberts invented the...

RE: Drain plug ruined threads in oil pan,need new I learned to look at everything before and after. I even carry the proper Metric Allan,and ask them to use it.Also carring an extra drain plug is a good idea. Three ruined plugs over the last 4 plus years. Every time they try to claim they...

RE: Don't ask for something, you may get it >what's holding you? I`ll chip in to send you ingrates back.

RE: Florence Y No wonder no one answered when I was knocking on the TOWER.

RE: Drain plug ruined threads in oil pan,need new Check out this thread. http://www.benzworld.org/forums/r170-slk-class/1297289-oil-drain-plug-stripped-change-pan.html

If hard running is what you are looking for, maybe expediting is not for you. HOS makes it tough for a solo. 99% of loads are straight through. There is almost no"run your hours out"and then continue on. The companies you mention will not dispatch you if it can`t be done legal.

Back when I was even more stupid than I am today. 1 week in Fayetteville NC.

A poster on OOIDA`s Forum said he was in the process of signing on with a Canadian company. When he told them he planned to follow the rules of Cabotage,he was told "WE DON`T NEED YOU".

Two real world happenings with FDCC. While on L/O in HRR,was asked to assist a team who were proving to be totally incompetent on a Haz-Mat load. En route dispatch asked if one of us would drive the stranded truck on to the delivery. I pointed out that it would be impossible for either of us...

My favorite rattle eliminator...Ear Plugs.

Not surprising for Dallas. Have run into more panhandlers and lot lizards there than any place. Glad Carol insisted that doors be locked everywhere. A good habit believe me.

Cash...Money

I have a `03 MBE 900. Idle is rough. Changing up or down afew hundred RPM`s helps,but it seems to be a fault of MBE. Previous enginesI.E. International ,and UD, did not have this problem. By the way my late Dad would just cringe when you call it an "Motor".He was allways quick to point ot that...

Maybe we really aren't smarter.

GIVING THANKS.

Here`s a link that might help. http://flashoffroad.com/Diesel/ForcedShutdown/shutdown.htm