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    Panther is a scam.

    i have never done plates through the carrier. to expensive. the true scam is the plates. personally, i dont know how a carrier can justify charging 1200 a year for plates for a strait truck out of ohio. i am in IL. and plates are between 5 and 650 a year depending on mileage. so that means...
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    Regrooving Tires

    i have researched regrooving tires and just did not like the idea for the reason of getting deeper into the bed of the tire. that was why i went with recaps. i have used them for 10 years. putting on my 3rd set today. i have never had one let go of the entire tread since using this brand. i have...
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    Fuel Discounts

    hey vince, take a look at nastc. [ nat'l association of small trucking companies ] they have a program in conjunction with fleet one. avg. discounts we have been seeing are .14 to .23 per gal. and no fee for using the card plus other discounts tied to the program...
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    Regrooving Tires

    joe, did you call and have any luck with my shop ?
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    ProHeat question

    might have been as simple as a stuck ring keep an eye on it and use it like normal. i think the engine in the pro heat is either koehler or kubota.
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    Question About Depreciation and Taxes

    big refunds or any refund make no sense. bring your business to a zero and hold over any deductions unused. why let the government have use of your money all year only to give it back interest free.
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    Question About Depreciation and Taxes

    thanks for clearing that up. i knew the previous statements were not so. just didnt know how they did it.
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    Question About Depreciation and Taxes

    if you reinvest the selling price as down payment or in the event of a trade both lower the amount you are left to depreciate. but a reinvestment of the selling price negates capitol gains tax somehow through the tax laws. we did this and never paid capital gains tax on the selling price. i have...
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    driver qualification file

    ya, more info please. joe, why are all your posts duplicated.
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    Question About Depreciation and Taxes

    if you use the money you get for trade or selling price as a down payment there is no capital gains tax applied. as for depreciation i still think 3 and 5 yr terms are available. when we bought ours we did a 3 yr. term but over 4 tax years. 6 mo. the 1st and 4th and 12 mo. the middle 2 yrs...
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    Cell phones

    why do you tether when the evo makes a wireless connection. tj. sprint has a list of discounts available. a good salesperson in a store should be able to get you one
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    Cell phones

    while sprint does have its problems, other carriers do also. if your sprint account is being shut off you need to update accounts. some older plans are not unlimited or have a cap. where is your brother that he is roaming 800 min. that seems alot. i have had then 7 yrs and never roamed that...
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    Carrier Comfort Pro APU cranks, doesn't start

    on a rigmaster, if you over fill a bunch or fill to fast the oil can over run and get in the cylinders and it will crank but not run. hope thats not the case. not a killer but a pain from what i have been told.
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    If you die away from home.

    for a 40.00 per mo. membership to national association of the self employed [nase.org], you get transportation of your loved one back home as part of the membership plus alot of other very useful services. check it out.
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    Cell phones

    we have sprint everything/everything plan. totally unlimited talk, text, data, internet and phone creates wireless hotspot for laptop. we have 3 phones on this plan for a 174.00 a mo. seems very adequate so far. have only had the smart phone and wireless through it for a month but i have had...
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    roof top a/c units

    ya, i was going to take the belt off the a/c compressor. mine has the 3belt setup.
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    Air Leaks

    sorry joe, same engine as you. sometimes it matters what they are willing to do. currently having the clutch on the a/c replaced. had this done a little over 2 years ago but the place i had it done said you couldnt replace just the clutch it had to be the whole compressor. never gave it a second...
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    roof top a/c units

    thanks guys let me her from some more of you. dave/leo what are you powering those with. i am thinking i will double up the rig master to its full 6k bring it into a breaker box with two 30 amp breakers. one for ac the other for the sleeper.
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    XM Radio for my driver

    jeanie, are you using the square magnetic wilson antenna or a different one.
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    Air Leaks

    joe, i have had that done to mine and they did not have to take out the radiator. they did remove fan shroud. thats alot of extra labor.
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