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Just one more deal to improve China's economy and increase their demand for diesel fuel and raise the price higher . Daimler/Chrysler has contracted Cummins to start building smaller diesels for Durangos and light pickups . More demand , higher prices . It will make no sense whatsoever to buy a...

The 1099 doesn't tell much . Ask what their reported net income was . I doubt they post it though .

> That's true, but I wonder how many companies find the >tradeoff acceptable. Low price, and the concomitant low >level of service, sure hasn't hurt WalMart any - especially >as they can raise the price - after they've driven the >competition out of business... If you haven't noticed...

>Wouldn't we all be fools if what we've been adding to fuel >was nothing more than modified vegetable oil? > >"If I claim to be a wise man, it surely means that I don't >know." - Kansas O.K. time to call in Myth Busters .

That's a good point . Most carriers require a Hazmat endorsement and the background check usually takes 6 weeks or longer . The other question that comes to mind is can a van really supply acceptable revenue for both an owner and a driver ?

I'm sure you all read about the CEO of Schneider National appearing before a House transportation committee and complaining about labor being a major cost in trucking . Right now Schneider hires all the immigrants they have and want immigration laws eased so they can hire more .

Tom Cobb at the hotshothauling.com forums says he and several other drivers just buy bottles of vegetable cooking oil at the grocery store . He uses 1 qt. per hundred gallons , others use as much as 10 qt.s . They claim better fuel mileage and lubricity .

Did he previously have a license in a different state and later move to the state he is in now ? Generally states report violations of out of state drivers to their but state but they don't always do it efficiently . I once worked for a company in FL that had a driver hired with a cleam MVR . A...

DAC is unreliable and unnecessary since potential employers are required by law to make inquiries to past employers and obtain MVR's from state agencies .OOIDA requests drivers with discrepensies on their DAC report to send full info to them . More info on hiring policies can be found at...

Brown & Brown has good insurance coverage www.bbinsurance.com .

>Please do. I'd be happy for everyone to use my number to >join. I'd be happiest if everyone joined whether using my >number or anyone else's so long as they all join. > >Leo Bricker, 73's K5LDB, OOIDA Life Member 677319 >Owner, Panther trucks 5508, 5509, 5641 >Highway Watch Participant...

I just read a post at hotshothauling.com forums by vegasmax reporting numerous problems truckers are having with Flying J fuel clogging filters in NV and ID .

>just to let you know the only difference between a century >and columbia basiclly is the front clip. the deal about flat >top vs. condo depends on how tall u are. I'd rather run a >cummins motor than I would a detroit. bad thing about a >detroit is how they burn oil and leak oil as well...

He probably just took the ramp too fast . There really isn't much risk . I know drivers that haul a couple of loads of low level uramium a week .

Like I said , it's been several years since I've worked in Atalnta . I knew 2 o/o's that were leased to Peachtree Truck and Trailer Repair . The trucks were single axle day cabs . They'd pull intermodal trailers from the railyard for repair then deliver them to UPS and Yellow Freight . The...

Do you have a Class A CDL ? I haven't worked in Atlanta for 5 years but I knew O/O's with tractors that made good money moving intermodal trailers to and from railyards .

Register at www.thedieselgarage.com/forums . They have a section for the 6.0 .

I just read this in a " Light and Medium Truck " newsletter . Things are tough financially and Navistar is considering selling out . I doubt Daimler/Chrysler would be interested after buying Freightliner , Ford Heavy Truck , Western Star , and Detroit Diesel. I think Volvo might be a potentisl...

Check the website out . Roadsafeamerica.org is the website of Road Safe America , the organization backing ATA in their petition for speed limiters . The founders of the organization had their son killed by a speeding truck so they want all trucks to go slower . They have no statistics or...

I see PLENTY of trucks from big fleets in wrecks . A couple of months ago a Swift driver ran off the road on I-75 near the Ohio - Ky line . Wasn't it a Crete Carrier driver that killed those kids in GA by pushing their car into a school bus ? No point debating . Check the stats at safersys.org .