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Moose,I sent my answer to the fmcsa directly.I put the need for teams to be on a split clock,such as a 5 and 5 split.On another note,back when we didi the 5 and 5,we didndt split driving 5 and 5,we split being awake 5 and 5,worked great for us.The 10 or 11 hour rule makes it tough on...

When I get tired,I just pull over,wake up my partner, and we will switch for couple hours while I take a nap.It works the other way too.WHat the loggging department doesn't know won't hurt them

The car I drive has a 4 cylinder motor.If I go on a trip and drive 60 mph, that car will get almost 35 mpg.At 70 mpg or in city driving,that mileage drops to 23 mpg.In my truck,at 57mph,is what I usually drive,I get almost 7 mpg.Anything over 65 and the mileage drops drastically,under 5mpg

You know years back when the government gave the states right to make their own speed laws,these states realized trucks got less fuel mileage at 65 than 55 so the states upped their speed laws and at the same time,raised their mileage taxes.Who wins?

do you have any idea what the the price of authority it cost to operate that cab,plus,how about theft?you can have all the cabs you can buy.I have a ggod friend that owns 3 cabs in NYC.He has a hard time keeping drivers,and the medalions for each cab costs more than you can believe.He is an...

You need the perfect way to keep awake. Take a bag of potato chips,crumble them up into a powder,then put them in your shorts.Guranteed to keep you awake

Re: New To edex Custom Critical with those percentages,lead driver would make less than 40000 year.Kevin your not on the flat rate system,your truck makes more than the flat rate trucks.And as I stated,my co driver makes 25%.he made 42000 and we only worked 38 weeks.He averaged 36cpm loaded and...

I thought if your truck was capable of 8000 lbs or more when loaded,thats what they went buy

You better check with yor accountant.If thos ia a lease with a buy out,that's same as a purchase and you can only take interest and depreciation.If the lease also includes serviices,you may be payng out more than you can write off

Bigest mistake in buying a truck,is trying to offset the payment by saving fuel,There are to many variables that can take a truck that is gettin 13 mpg and cause it to drop to 8 mpg.Just think how many loads at that lower fuel mileage it would take for you to go broke..Load...

That company doesnt ship with the same person every day.If a C/V takes their load,and gets to a place where Its all sprinters,these companies that want to keep their sprinters busy are going to overlook the C/V,there fore some day they will become white elephants as the old A units have

Re: Finding Loads/Back Hauls You have to realize this is expedite,Unless a company is useing the internet load board,they will not solicit loads from any company.That lowers the rate.To get the high expedite rate,the shipper has to be in a bind to get his load picked up and delivered.There are...

Re: New To edex Custom Critical Thats 20 cpm each,and the team truck won't run enough miles for you to keep your drivers.my co driver averages 78 cents per loaded miles.Even with thei new flat rate system,your not going to get 5000 miles a week.Almost every truck load company a driver wants to...

bigest problem is the drivers wont stick together ,make the phone calls and tell powers to be they are all wet.I dont believe in shut downs,but this is the bigest reason I would shut my truck down.THe farmers circled the White House,Trucks cant do that ,but they could all take there 34 hour...

In a tractor they become co-driver only,and have to have school and 6 months.

my DLR'Scome on when the parking brakes release.As long as the parking brakes are on,lights are out.I also have my DLR"S hooked to the front turn signals,not the head lights,that way i can flash my head lights when someone passes

kevin,while i was at FDCC,one year I had a co driver get picked 7 times,in fact he was picked twice in the same month.The drug test is no big deal,but when your on the road,its the drive to find the clinic and load you miss ,cause your not available.And yes,guess who has to pay,thats what really...

what you do when the scale says all commercial vehicles over 8000 must enter?I know you are regulated when hauling haz mat,but if you enter the scale because it says you must,since your over 8000 #,can they then check your truck out for a vehicle inspection?

If I were to go to a straight truck it would be a class 8,best reason you can keep it for 10 years at most carriers,class 7's they want you to get rid of it in 5.If your running on your own authority,then still class 8,it will last much longer. 134000 for a straight truck,hope you run with your...

Being I don't drive a straight truck,my answer to the question isnt as good as Gregs,but I have been in expediting since 1984,and Running team since 1987,In the beginning it was easy to cheat and run team miles as a solo.Not anymore.I've run solo numerous times,both with the carrier i was with...