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We are slow too. At least I am. I saw where Geo had 19 runs one day & my thoughts were "WOW!!" because I work for the same company & haven't even been close to that. I'm in the process of trying to find a house down by our office/warehouse. The slow times had me 2nd guessing that decision...

>Intellectually, I understand this is the slow time of year >and I understand that you can be with a great company and >still sit this time of year. Emotionally, however, I still >HATE SITTING IN MY TRUCK BY MYSELF FOR DAYS ON END. It's >probably just not a healthy thing to do. I love to...

I do not have the full list by any means, but one thing that I always take as a deduction is my cell phone bill. My logic is that our company makes us have one, therefore it's a business expense. Some have told me I should pro-rate the bill according to how much I use it for business vs...

Hiya Mike, This is a great question. You seem to have a concious about turning down loads. It shows that you care. With my current company, I have yet to turn down a load except for one time when I was already on one & couldn't be in two places at one time. I've been w/ em since November &...

I am looking at putting on a 2nd truck, possibly w/ ASAP. I have tried searching the archives. I typed in "ASAP" & tried the various choices on how to search. I got very few subjects & none of them were on ASAP. My questions are: 1)How would I go about searching the arvhives for this...

Geo, The freight down there might be a lil different than the freight up here. I often have quite a few boxes & such. Securing those kinds of loads is often tricky at best. The rollers more often than not are an inconvenience. I think I'm going to remove them pretty soon. I appreciate the...

This post ends on a high, so bare w/ me here: My last few days in expediting have been less than great. I'm delivering local, so I often have more than one run per day. Starting w/ my last run Thurs, they went like this: Thurs nite: cancelled after waiting about an hour. When ya factor in a...

My fixed expenses have definately went up. W/ my previous company, approx. $1000/month covered van, house payment, & pretty much everything I owed. (cable, insurance, etc). Now I've got to make about double that due in large part to a new van & insurance that's now $300 vs. the old of $75. My...

The replies you've gotten are pretty solid. This post reminds me of what a forklift driver did to my van one time though. It's kind of funny in looking back, though I was pretty peeved at the time. What this guy did when he was taking out my freight, was he had one fork in the van & the other...

Hiya Tony, W/ the company I'm now with, Nextel goes hand in hand w/ their service. I've been there a lil over 2 months now & no one's shown me HOW it works w/ em. I'm supposed to be able to do something to just let em know I've delivered w/out having to talk to anyone I guess. Still, I'd...

>thanks for all of your comments.just want to kmow from you >guys if i can make $700-$900 a week after >fuel,tolls,etc.......?i was told that JAN,FEB where slow >months. Hi Earl, Driving for someone else, it's not very likely. Even driving for yourself, if ya brought in 50K you'd be...

I'll gladly take the warm weather. Though it can cause problems in summer w/ lakes not filling up & such. I wonder if your post is gonna jinx us though. Could 3 feet of snow be right around the corner?? If so, we know who to chuck the snowballs at!! Be well, Danny

RE: Microsoft Streets & Trips 2006 with GPS $60 at Rebates are iffy at best. You can go to Staples & get the thing for $80 & not have to worry about the rebate. Thanx for the input though. Be well, Danny

If you're not happy w/ your Nextel, you can switch to Sprint at no charge, no fees, or anything. I have Nextel & it's service is brutal. I don't go back to Sprint because our company wants us to have Nextel. Good luck to ya, Danny

Thanx for the reply all. They didn't show the National Anthem, so I was a lil disappointed in that. Still, pretty proud of my cousin. Who knows?? Maybe he'll have a Super Bowl in his future. Be well, Danny

This is definately a good rule of thumb. Responding to the chart that was posted. The challenge comes in when you leave some space & then someone pulls in front of you. If ya back off this vehicle, it can be a never ending process of people pulling in front of you. I try to be courteous & let...

>As you walk quickly toward the car driver and witnesses, >what thoughts would be racing through your mind? What would >you do next? I've been in this very situation. This lady flipped her car over in front of me. I stopped, & went back to her car to see if she was ok. Her car was upside...

I know this is a lil off topic here. If it gets pulled I understand. I'm really proud of my cousin though. Before the Chicago Bears game vs Carolina, right after the National Anthem, there will be US Military Fighter Jets flying over the stadium. One of those pilots will be my cousin Jason...

>The only problem with looking at it that way is it doesn't >address my original question/thought. Specifically the one B >unit driver who lost a run worth about $900 to the truck >plus being put out of service for 10 hours plus having a >pretty good deadhead to somewhere decent after the 10...

Saving the best for last & getting the worst one's out of the way first. No one run comes to mind when I think of "worst". There's a few that kind of stick out in my mind though. One was when I was in the mountains of Pa, driving a cube van that wasn't mine. I'd went from Michigan to NJ &...