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  1. nightcreacher

    Caffee's Cascadia

    Bob, Linder, as I told you before,truck is awesome,use it in good health.Tri State has put me in brand new Volvo with the v13 engine 465 hp.10 speed tranny,and with 44000 lbs in box at 65 mph we topped a plus 7 mpg.the trailer has no aerodynamics,I have had the mpg as high as a plus 8,just...
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    A Natural High When Driving a Truck; Do You Get it Too?

    If you feel driivng a truck is work,than you better find another vocation.To never see the things I've seen over the last 30 years,would be a crime.It's just amazing how people need to go abroad to vaction,when they have no idea what they can see just by stayin in our own country.From ocean to...
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    TA Ontario Ca, New Rules and fees

    its not hard to get 50 dollars worth of receipts in resturant,then your home free.same at all t a's
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    Warning: Fort Wayne Pilot

    reedytrk,I've been wanting to ask you this for years,what is the blue glove division
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    Debris Removal Charge?? Permission From Dispatch??

    while at fdcc,I delivered many ibm computer loads,and these loads all had dunnage that had to be taken from the hospitals to dump facilities.when this was done there was an extra charge for it.When delivering pharmaceuticals for the same company,FDCC,if the loads were just brought back to the...
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    Data Qs challenge

    dont buy a lotto ticket cheri,your luck suks.unless the tire was below min spec's,your always going to have a little more tire wear in 1 tire from another,especially if the axles haven't been aligned End of last year,dot guy said he heard an air leak,he said it wasnt a safety problem,but still...
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    Cell phones

    in 1989 I got my 1st cell phone.After being misinformed by Cell1,i received a 2100,1 month phone bill,Do to them not precenting the phone as it should have been,I didn't have to pay that bill.THe next plan I got was GTE,that became Alltel.Gte split areas,and where I live,part became Alltel the...
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    Debris Removal Charge?? Permission From Dispatch??

    in 1986, while at Roberts Express,over a holiday weekend,I loaded in MO,4 stops at 4 different Ford locations in and around Detroit.turned out all I had on was 4 boxes,each to 1 plant.I had all 4 boxes in the front of my tractor,1st three were easy,I just carried them on the dock,they signed the...
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    Don't mess with cowboys

    A Cowboy from Laramie, Wyoming, walked into a bank in New York City and asked for the loan officer. He told the loan officer that he was going to Paris for an international rodeo for two weeks and needed to borrow $5,000 and that he was not a depositor of the bank. The bank officer told...
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    Passport Question

    the card is good for land and sea,not good by air travel
  11. nightcreacher

    Pallet size?

    The most common skid is 40 x48,then you can see others from 42x48 to 50 x52's.even 24 x36's,always fun when you get 21 skids,24x36 and the weight is 40000 lbs.Loading that is fun,need locking bars and you use 21 feet of the middle of the trailer,14 feet empty space in front and 18 feet to the rear
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    AAA for Straight Truck Expediters?

    for motel discounts,just ask for the truck driver rate,usually its even better than the corporate lodging card.you pay 4.95 everytime you use the card and the discounts aren't as good as they say.Truck driver rates are in most cases the best rate,AARP rates are sometimes the same.It use to be...
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    Question About Depreciation and Taxes

    if you sell your truck,you have thirty days to reinvest your money,or you pay capital gain.When you use that for the down payment on your new truck,the difference is what you can depreciate on the new truck.In most cases depreciation and interest will be more than your payment.Owning a truck is...
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    Question About Depreciation and Taxes

    taking the mileage write off doesnt even get close to what you can write off.your cheeting yourself
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    first post expediter wannabe

    Welcome to EO Jimmy.I have a very good friend that does the international thing,busses new trucks.He's retired from being owner opp that was in the expedite business for about 20 years.Being in this business depends on a lot of variables.Truck size,team or solo,and who you work for,or driving...
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    Question About Depreciation and Taxes

    if they depreciated to 0,they wont be able to deduct the full depreciation on the new truck.The difference from what the dealer gives for the old truck for the new truck, will get a capitol gain tax.It has nothing to do with what is owed on the old truck.If you depreciate in three years,you need...
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    Speeding ticket

    If the wheel base of your tractor is over 244 inches,you dont have to worry about the 65 mph Canadian rule,cause you would be illegal entering Canada with that wheel base.When I was at FDCC and in W/G,I didn't even have any of Canada on my license plates,my wheel base was 260 inches
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    If you die away from home.

    what ever your plans after death,you better have them in your a will,or the plans may not happen
  19. nightcreacher

    watch your public life

    I live in an apartment,it says I own it, valued at 148 k.any one want to but this place,I could really use the money ,lol
  20. nightcreacher

    Great Day at MATS!

    Lawrence,I was ther for about 2 hrs on Wed,stopped on my way to dseliver in Mi,the next morning.Do to HOS laws,didnt have much more time than that.I walked around for the 2 hrs,and then realized just how many exhibits there really were.What i enjoyed the most was,seeing Bob and Linda;s new...
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