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OR, NM doe not share the IRP I do believe those are the only two if anyone knows for sure any others please post. If you purcahse the Truck Stop Guide under $15 at most truck stops or the Rand McNally Truckers version they list every states tax rate for gas and diesel. Personally, Wythville...

Tell us more about your class and how they respond to your post cards, what do you say on them? You posted earlier that you visited the class but please list 1-10 your obligations and response from these students.... How often do you communicate and do you send photos of where you have been...

Highway Star I love old toys and I remember the Gay Toy Co. I have seen some of the toys. (When time permits I enjoy going down old US highways and finding Antique shops) The bargins you find are worth my time, although its harder and harder to find everyone is looking for antiques and all I...

You can read that boring publication, I ask my accountant. As for the phone if you do not have it can you make a living without it? I do not think so, its than 100% deducatable your on the road away from home period. I posted Jeans, jeans are not deducatable but a shirt with a any patch...

PA is not in the midwest? Its part of the Big 10 thats where the majority of the freight is. You are in a great area. Good Luck but research and than you think you know what you are doing do more homework. Make sure this is a passion not just I will try it out. Those people generally fail...

This is a great Post for using a great local mechanic. Speedco does a great job while we need oil and pm away from home but depending on them to service a truck all the time is asking for trouble. My local mechanic would or better detect these kind of problems, second Speedco cannot adjust...

Danny if your on the Road it is 100% tax deductable cell phones. Now Jeans your gona be able to write off, put a patch on a nice button down shirt ABC Expedite yes the shirt and patch are deductable. Work boots yes tennis shoes no work gloves yes. Ask our Tax guy for more details.

Really, a Toy Factory I love toys guess thats why I own a truck its my oversize Tonka... Anyway good luck in Olive Branch, had two knocks at the door last Friday night (remember Dave) one was a FED EX Guy asking me for $ you know the story wife and I need something to eat, truck broke down...

Many are not aware that many companies mine included do not classify a load as C or D. For this I am greatfull I get paid FULL D RATE for every load does not matter and I am not disqualified for D RATE just because once I got a scale ticket for not being able to carry a full 13K. What I am...

Health Insurance, Blue Cross Blue Shield, or others. We are ALL self employed no carrier has the responsiblity of paying any benefits or your classified an employee. In Expediting, there are no empoloyees that I am aware of. If so I WOULD LOVE A JOB, hard worker, will stay out etc.... etc...

Stay where your at until you have all your questions answered. Spend your free time, traveling to these Confrences and talking with REAL DRIVERS not just the recruiters. You will soon find out who is tellin it straight. Dave said the Freedom is pricesless have to agree, but know the...

Economy the Hino's gona be great, over the road 3,000 + a week GOOD LUCK. City truck or Over the Road anyone can take a school bus accross country but back and forth and back and forth. The comforts that the T-300 has enginered into it can keep me alert, comfortable, and safe for miles on...

The Posts keep comming up re: the pay of a load. I am so greatfull not to have to negioate every load that comes my way. My company has to eat some FSC from our biggest customer but we stay pretty busy even NOW. I have decided to take off this week but my other truck has 5 loads for the week...

Matt 5000 you say some conflicting things here, first you speak of having a loan for two vehicles and than say paid off? Which is it? The other item is a 300 every other week, I hope you can get that up to a min of $500 a week, should be at least $1,000 a week. I wish you well, work on...

Heres the down side of meeting E/Os you generally get a call or find yourself calling them once a week just to chat. Hey just got a great run you at home maybee you can meet me for a Coffee Break. Than you find out they have a run four times longer than yours so there goes any chance to brag...

T-Hawk is talking Diesel Dirty, you know how sides of trucks get when fuel is spilled and than run for weeks and weeks, well this truck looked like it had a Diesel Bath and then never rinsed off. If your so busy as to not clean your truck you are missing alot more, items that need to be...

Practice the Pre-Trip on your personal car and (pretend) it has air brakes, I lost it when it came to the guages, but once I started on the windshield wipers everything came back to me (mind block).

In Anna Park at Loves but the restaurant accross the street not accross 75 (truck stop) great food and service. Other services are questionalbe.

Exactly Mike, I was discussing this with another driver in Indpls when I had 20,450 on the rears and 12,010 on my steers with half a tank of fuel. He highly advised me to go around the scales and also told me which ones he felt would be opened (he was right on everyone) IN all closed, one in KY...

Why does diesel have so much air when pumping it. I look into my tanks after pumping 100 - 150 gallons and cannot do a very good job topping the tanks off cause of all of the foam. If I top off at 3/4 quarters I can actually see liquid inside and not foam, waiting for the foam to settle...