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What size and make sleeper do you have to be able to fit a queen size bed? We have 170" total in ours and only have a large full sized bed. I guess if I had been willing to give up my built in office I could have had a bigger bed. No, I like my office. In the eight years that we have had an...

When the Airline industry was in financial trouble years back I don't remember the Government bailing them out. Yes some went under and were bought up by more solvent carriers. Some filed bankruptcy and reorganized. Jobs were lost and jobs were gained in the process. Many support companies were...

Multi-billing thats properly coordinated with the non exclusive use customers works quite well as we have seen it in our past. It makes so much more sense to fill a truck at least 75% full when time permits.

Why don't these carriers consider "Multi Billing" loads to help offset the declining freight rates they are charging the customer? I know that not all expedited freight is "high value" such as artwork, etc. If a driver was able to carry more than one stop (mutli customers) they could double and...

Before we started carrying extra chains I broke a drive chain on Donner Pass my first year out ( Floridian Newbie). CHP gave me a choice, get (pay) someone to bring me another chain before moving the truck ( fortunately I made it onto the shoulder), or have the truck towed to a location that...

TeamCaffee, Kudos to your youngest daughter in Bagdad. Godspeed her safe return soon to her home and family she has left behind. Our prayers go out to all that are away from home serving to protect our country. Also, thanks to those like Wingnut that are willing to take those less fortunate...

That is exactly why so many of us that have chosen this "life on the road" have gone to fully equiped large sleeper trucks with all of the emenities! Its the next best thing to being home, especially being complete with built in toilet and shower. That allows us to enjoy our love of the road...

Just added their website to our favorites and plan to click it every time we get on-line!

We will be in San Antonio,TX attending our youngest graduation from boot camp. He enlisted in the Air Force and hopes to make it his carreer. The graduation will be a three day event starting the day before Thanksgiving and continuing the day after Thanksgiving. The graduates will have...

Since Leo asked questions about the Winglet,etc on the now locked thread "Setting the record straight" I'm answering his question here since it applies. Winglets look small when they are on the plane from a distance. The one we carried was almost 14' tall and loaded onto a special built...

We were recently on a load to Chicago's Ohare Airport when we got a call to stop in Indianapolis and wait at the airport while a Winglet was removed from a jet, crated and loaded onto our deck and rushed to a jet sitting at Chicago's Midway Airport. Since the jet in Indy was down for...

I assumed that the readers of my past post regarding this would understand that my comparing the revenue earning potentual at my prior carrier to my current carrier is based on my not being interested in doing the total package of services offered by my prior carrier. So let me clarify: I am...

Disclaimer: The following thread is in no way intended to provoke anyone on this forum. It is to set the record straight. When I replied to a recent thread on EO I spoke in a negative way regarding my past carrier. A member on this forum appearantly felt that my memories of actions this...

Phil, I'm not done with you yet! Fortunately I had to stop earlier to go load an engine. Now that I have a few minutes let me finish what I had started: Phil said: Gary's reply: So Phil, what you are saying is that as much as you knew how much I disliked certain things about what fully...

Gary's reply: I can't even imagine you doing what I do Phil, you might get dirty and sweaty. I would think a man of your backgroud would want to be more than a janitor. That amazes me! Sounds like you are down grading what I do now in expediting,are you? Phil, how many times do you get on...

Taternuts is correct on removing the tire from the non-polished or durabrite side of the rim. Plus a carpet or pad on the floor helps so much to protect the other side while on the floor. I'm amazed at how many tire shops have neighther! I will provide them with a mover's pad if need be, they...

What if in the future you took time dated digital photos of the rims before and after once you are in the bay. You could have the service writter present. Afterwards there is no question about who damaged the rim(s).

When a driver calls to tell the dispatcher the run is riddled with safety issues, LISTEN TO THEM! They are the proffesional driver behind to wheel, not the dispatcher. They (the driver) see the issue first hand, not the dispatcher hundreds of miles away. Many dispatchers have never driven a...

Dave, You and your fleet of trucks, like us with our one T/T are proof that there is "successful" life after FECC and that they are not the best game in town as so many like to think! FECC is "one" of many good carriers in this pot of expedite companies. Each has their own way of operating...

I have to wonder if that would be a bad idea. Liable to get some of those "big city" wannabe hunters out here. They're liable to start shoot'n at the really big game! You know the ones I'm talking about, can't tell a milk cow from a deer standing in the pasture! LOL Update: All is quiet now...