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I worked with a couple of guys who quit Trans-Ont as they found the o/o were utilized to cover the route drivers and paid the route pricing for the calls. Basically this means you get a delivery to Burlington from Scar and they wanted it done this morning but it paid all of $6 as it was a...

Most ads list the GVW and you'll have to ask for them to get the curb weight. For new trucks the mfr supplies the curb weight of the chassis but not with the box/bed installed so the truck has to be weighed after it's built. Several body builders only give you an estimated weight for the...

Xiggi is that a nokia phone? Looked a bit like Finnish there. Rob

The newer automatics have a lockup torque converter which most in the heavy trucks (and medium duty) now lockup in first gear or second at worst. This reduces the over revs that used to plague autos (engine did more revs getting up to speed not over redline). Definitely autos are nicer in...

Unfortunately because of design (flawed) of vans getting at anything under the hood is an exercise in unscrewing that most of us do not look forward to. No space for hands, no space for tools. Would have been nice if the north american mfrs had designed the grill, rad system to swing out so we...

I think that this industry will see small spikes in business as the recovery goes forward. This does not mean everyone will get busy but that several markets will see for a week or two more expedite runs from that market so the mfrs can meet delivery deadlines. The trucks in those areas will...

Canda's Worst Driver tv program had a test for the drivers which was a fixed radius circle that they drove around while doing the following: texting, then taking a drink, then eat a sandwich and finally put on lipstick (males and females had to). Results were of course predictable with all of...

Gotta agree with Piper and OVM in keeping the debt load low initially (unless you have good reserves of cash) and definitel research the various carriers out there. HOS does come into play with several carriers as it is fleet policy. Some of the smaller carriers will not enforce HOS as...

The North is pushing buttons and will do so as along as it is to their advantage. The one problem with closing their border means that they have cut off one of the largest income deals they had in that joint venture with the South. That part doesn't make sense as the need money and investment...

What's the problem with the govt operating by the principle of deficit financing? Every time the US goes to war it usually does this! So what's different now? The amount? Well consider you just had 8 years of war and now you're in another war against a recession and it's going to take years...

Well when it's good the more options you present for dispatch to utilize means you have a better chance of getting a job or a better paying job as you're equipped to do so. Today that is not necessarily the case as everything is down. I agree with checkout the past trip records for such...

Some Alumibunks are fine and others seem to have problems. After the fire at the plant in Dundalk there seemed to be a flurry of get it done and out fast which I guess made for some oversights by different people. I knew some of the workers there and they seemed to take pride in their jobs but...

Jack said it right as that's been a game here as well, get the tags and then drop the high priced insc. Now though the govt has started informing insc companies of certain violations right away and the insc companies respond immdiately if they are no longer covering the violator. So this allows...

I say the line about the 8% payroll tax to cover costs. That's a lot! Here it is lower at 2% per employee (paid by employee) as well there is a company part but again low percent so it is kind of affordable. If they did it along our systems lines of a lower percentage paid by all employers...

The truth is the miles vary from week to week and in many cases day to day. One week you can do well and then sit for most of the next. Now this varies also from company to company as well. So one month you can easily do $5k or more and the next not even close. Right now there is no...

Re: ltimate Toy Hauler Hey your spellin is as good as most high school graduats... Rob

Well the language of the communication should matter as the health care plan was a public one which anyone could join and it is government supported but not government run. Meaning it is a separate entity from the government but utilizes public monies from both individual and taxation...

Definitely many US companies are benefiting from the Canadian sales. Right now it's not helping get production lines rolling as much as clearing out stock. Our vehicle factories are at least working part time and car sales are up a little. I still believe that the expedite business will...

Society is changing. No I don't mean the govt and Obama but society. The US as Canada has done are following other democracies along the path to socialism. Not necessarily a full socialist state system but along the path to more govt coddling and hand outs and taking care of the people...

Boy you guys really give Obama a hard time. While I agree that he does have a lack of experience in command and has relatively little political background, he is different. But over the last 8 years everyone complained, no one really wanted another Clinton either. So what were you left with...