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Here at TRI STATE aqs a tractor,sometime i givwe Aaway 1 hr and most the time 2 hrs,then I start collecting my D time.I can get paid at shipper AND receiver if wither holds me to the 2 hr time.I did 95 loads in 2010,and only had a couple times that D time came about.To get it,I just had to mark...

Well I'm in Company truck.HAs air leak too,but only leaks when trailer is hooked up.Even leaks when air lines are not connected.Have replace air bag,had whole in it,but didn't fix problem.The seconday guage is what shows the leak,doesn't go down far enough to drain the air from the primary...

makes a big difference if your truck is team or solo.Team straights do pretty good at all the companies,solos are much more difficult,purely depends on the driver,as he has to know how to deal with the hours of service

I know most of you on here are in straights and vans,my experience is in a tractor.All the time I was with FDCC,I hated to go to Laredo,was usually a dead head out.Since being with TRI STATE,Laredo had been a hot spot for me.Now that I'm driving one of their company trucks,running solo,dobt if...

Its easy to attract drivers,to get good ones is the difficult part.When you think you finally found the right team,low and behold you feel like you screwed up again.I gues I had bad luck,or just a bad situation.Over the yeasr I put drivers in the best equipment.I really doesnt matter,no matter...

I keep my radio on 88.5,a better trick is put ear buds from your Ipod in the center slot of your xm serious radio,works great

dbl your income,stop paying for the fuel,dont pay your co driver.this will save you more than 100 k a year Im working on my second million,I gave up on my first. You know to be a milionare you only have to be a milliond dollars in debt

Expediting is not rocket science.Yes it does take common sence.I suppose in a van it could be difficult,since there are so many of them.If your not doing this job in a tractor trailer,it would help to have a pension,tractors are usually very busy

a lease purchase is a purchase and you can omly take depreciation and interest.If your friend is being told 100% write off,hope he doesnt get audited,he will be in for a surprice,just as I was years ago.90% of lease purchases never come to term.THese trucks are sold over and over by the same...

waffle haouses are all.franchised,dobt if you will ever find one in a truck stop,I just like to find one next to a truck stop.there are a couple in North Carolina with truck parking Dbl chocolate chip my favorite,but not since I lost the 30 lbs.I still cheat and do crepes at Bob Evans

you use to be able to take a defensive driving class to get rid of your ticket,still can in yoour car ,but not in a comercial vehicle.I myself have done this in 3 different ocassions,getting rid of serious viloations,1 for 15 over in OH and 2 for 30 over,1 in FL and 1 in AR.Price of fuel has...

I wish it were slow,im to old to be this busy,to bad its not my truck.I still refuse to put another 9000 to get it back on The road.I was in TRI STATE office,all trucks are busy,especially tractors

It's time again for the annual 'Stella Awards'! For those unfamiliar with these awards, they are named after 81-year-old Stella Liebeck who spilled hot coffee on herself and successfully sued the McDonald's in New Mexico , where she purchased coffee. You remember, she took the lid off the coffee...

DOD loads don't run over the weekend.Usually load,mon for tue,wed for thur.If you can get tue for wed,thur for fri and then a mon for tue,you can do 3 one week and 2 so it would be 10 loads month.Of cource if you can get lucky with a coast to coast,that always is nice,but it still wont be a fri...

You guys hauling loads in the blind,I have a bridge going to Hawaii I would like you to invest in.Tell me,when you take your truck to the shop,do you get an estimate before you tell them to do the work,or just tell them to fix it.You may have all the trust in L1,but one of these days your going...

Tri State is doing well out those two cities

Garland texas is not at the 241 mm on I 30 Garland is ext 59 and north of I 30 at that point You better buy a better scanner

The only way if a load changes that you can refuse it,If you were a D truck,picking up a D load,and the load became a van load or C load,and the rate of pay dropped,you could refuse it.Other than that,you may be in jeopardy of loosing your lease

In 1996 I had a truck on with Roberts Express and Panther ll .Since was loosing my azz at Panther,took truck off and brought it to Roberts.I think Roberts,Panther ll and CTX were the only expediters that were useing tractors at the time.

At one time or another I have been with 5 different companies.Roberts Express,(now FED EX Custom Critical)PantherII,Con-Way Now,Try HOURS,AND TRI STATE.NOt one of these companies did I ever have to ask what my pay was.With Roberts before the qualcoms we were given the information over the...