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    FedEx Representatives Address Open Forum Topics

    RE: FedEx Representatives Address Open Forum Topic >>As >>far as the question about CC being absorbed or taken over by >>another company, one can't forget that CC was originally a >>company that was taken over by FedEx- you always have to be >>ready for surprises out there. Mudflap > >...
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    Parking solution

    >few year's ago in kmart in newport news, va they had a truck >that loaded at weapons station in yorktown, with some empty >container, and pulled in to kmart parking lot to very end >of, it and when end to store to shop and came out with a >tow truck was hook up to truck getting ready to...
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    Cell Phone Service Providers

    >Well here is my two cents My first boss had Sprint and >NexTELL >He seemed to like em both except, in the mountains he had no >service.] > >Steve as he said likes ALLETEL well I beg to differ The plan >I had cost me an arm an a leg ( Now dont argue with me I >have my phone and a phone to...
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    Please Help

    didnt notice if your running with your wife in van,but do yourself a favor,get you wife a b cdl also,and if not married,find a wife.this life is much easier if your with your wife,and shes behind the wheel,beside all income into 1 house much better than,2 houses,sometime wish i had a wife,but...
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    Expectations

    For those that cant save money for that rainy day,for those that think this is there fortune in truck driving,and are starting out on a shoe string budget,I wish the very best of luck,cause that exactly what you will need,luck you wont sit too long waiting for next load,luck that ole Mr. Murphy...
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    How things have changed in this Business

    dave vru is good,dva sucked in beginning,hasnt got any better,what a waist of money If it were what it was suppose to do we wouldnt find express centers over staffed,and not by just a few but huge amounts
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    WHAT IS THE ATTACTION?

    What expedite is;when you get loaded,your not a warehouse on wheels,customer needs what you are hauling,and when you get there,in most cases you are off loaded right away,thats the part of this business I like and has kept me for over 20 years The money is the next thing,I run team,but my...
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    Please Help

    ok my 2 cents for what ever its worth the check inn card chrges you 4.95 everytime you use it,but yes the rates are great,most motels take it,im in a $100 room at holiday inn right now,paid 57 bucks for 2 of us,with 2 beds and the other problems you had,meet mr murphy,not just in expedite,but...
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    Mexican trucks update

    you get impounded in canada,you can loose your truck over there,mexico,as corrupt as it is,would have a field day taking our trucks,no thanks,ill just run the lower 48
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    Gambling

    >I just do not get it Post, Rich M told a great story about >its affect on some drivers and WE are suppost to bail out >the addict. > > >How many signs do we see promiting this Industry? What is >its true cost to Society? I do not have the answer but I >know its BIG, bigger than any of...
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    How Things Have Changed In This Business!

    actually when I started,I would leave the terminal,and get a com check number,then came united services, a card,which we know today as com data. like was said,air conditioning was 2 windows down at 55 mph,if you could get to 55,we were paid $9.00 if we slept over night in that 2 1/2' sleeper...
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    hazmat

    RE: post holes for best exclamation,google fissile fuel
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    Toot your horn!

    toot horn BEEP BEEP my feb. sucked,end of jan.a swift backed into me,came home,went co- driver hunting,as this last one wasnt working out,-9 degrees fixed it so truck wouldnt start for better than a week,so by time I went back to work,was the 19th,have done little better than $10k from 19th to...
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    Truck finance

    if dealership cant help him hes out of luck,banks dont care to lend on trucks that are for commercial use,if your hummer was going to be used commercially,you might have trouble,but it does help if you have a big bank roll,banks tend to loan money to those that dont need the loan,if you know...
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    Toot your horn!

    i believe she gets mileage,loaded and empty,from previous posts,she has no expenses except food
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    types of trucks

    since your talking straight truck,you know max. length is 40', front to back,bigger sleeper,shorter nose on truck,or sacrafise some of the box length average w900 kw has 126 bbc,same with pete,classic or coranado freightliner is 132 bbc(thats before back of cab),the fld's and centuries more...
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    hazmat

    RE: post holes under 1000 lbs no placcards,unless radioactive fissile fuel
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    Drivers are interchangeable!

    its the revolving door of expedite.this isn't for everyone,you almost have to be lazy to be good at it if your a trucker with that white line fever,or are a very hyper person,this isnt for you,as in expedite,our loads don't come everyday, but while others are wearing there trucks out,at the end...
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    How things have changed in this Business

    >I am grammer challenged,in the last thread i was trying to >say 8 yrs ago.I am leased to panther so we have a fixed >contracted rate,the 85 cents is a van.I think it's 77 cents >now.Is it 58% with Fedx? when i was considering Roberts they >paid you extra if you went into or threw N.Y and...
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    What do you like most about expediting??

    what I like about expedite,most of the time the shippers and receivers are happy we are there,and the big plus,i dont have to work 7 days a week to make a living I did a food warehouse,might have been last year,was asked to sort and stack,so I made that phone call to see what the pay would be...
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