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If you signed a contract, and they just started this, they would likely be bound by the contract you had signed. A good guess is that once you quit they may hold any outstanding money for 45 days to be sure there are no unreported claims against them. Property damage, or frt claims. Then...

Goes back to read your contract. I guess they could write a contract that says you forfeit three weeks income when you leave. Who would sign that,other than people that don't read the contract ?

So, are you saying you need to work much more than 70 hrs per week and live in a sardine can ? And you said straights are limited "now". Because it's harder to cheat with e-logs ?

There are various, complex rules governing placarding. For flammables in a van you generally get into placards once you exceed 1000 lbs. There are items placarded at any quantity. If you want/ need to haul hazmat get an endorsement and learn as much as you can. And keep plenty of info in...

The carrier cannot put in writing "we give you permission to break the law." By the way, hazmat fines are large enough to put most people on this sight out of business. Log falsification with Hazmat when I ran tanker (70s) was $10,000 per day.

If you need endorsement to haul ANY quantity of HM, as I believe, the carrier owes you an apology and a dry run. Anything less and you need a new carrier. In the chance you only need an endorsement to haul placarded amounts, which I do not think is the case,then you were wrong but I'd put it...

I can partly help you. The 30 lb box was not placarded. It had labels. If you had 1001 lbs of that product you would have had to be placarded. Placards are the 10.8 or 11.8 inch signs you put on the outside of the vehicle to warn people of the hazard. At 30 lbs you weren't hazardous enough...

Seriously, do you have a contract ? Are you giving them reason not to pay you ? They may hold some funds, like escrow. Read your contract.

It does help driver retention.

If you took ten years to stop you better get those brakes adjusted !

Get your down payments together. Phil's truck should be available any day.

No, a single axle is good up to 20,000 lbs regardless of position. As long as all components are properly rated. Think of your D. Add heavier box, reefer unit. Imagine what your front axle weight would be. It was a truck very similar yours that got popped 13,800 on steers with lift axle up...

Are you saying the smarter I get, the luckier I'll get ?

KC should have brake shops that will reline your shoes . Or there may be HD parts houses like Fleet Pro, etc that you need to get familiar with.

What kind of truck/engine ? I saw 5 or 6 Volvo expediters out front of the Ontario Petro recently, so people are slowly getting turned on to them. I know a fleet owner that has two on order that will have custom sleepers.

Put a heavier axle on new truck. Look for heavier axle if buying used. They are more common than they used to be. Buying used gives you the chance to weigh the truck and make an informed decision. If buying new the heavier axle puts you into more taxes. If in an accident I may be glad I'm in...

Just got off the phone with a guy that has 2 New Volvo CR's. Will load first loads next week. VNL, 110 in ICT with showers, 865 Carrier Top Mount, 18 ft Supreme Bodies. No tag. Liftgate. 13,480 on steers, 27,000 (total wt ) plus at TVal testing. Both units breezed thru TVal first attempt. Will...

Saw a Western Star DR that I think sits about 14,200. Don't remember the numbers but I know a KW got busted in Ill a few weeks ago over the 12000. Know a T660 got popped 13,800 on steer empty, had tag up. If I built a DR today I'd look for about 14,600 steer axle. I have a 2012 Volvo, with a...

I was taught early on to keep my key ring to a minimum. If my key ring ever caused a problem I would never think of blaming the OEM. I've often have had two sets of keys. My house keys and my truck keys.

Fuel tank placement can off set the heavier cab. 12,000 lb front axles are obsolete, at least in the class 8 DR market.