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I wish my local grocery store ( Wyndall's - Owensboro , KY ) sold diesel . When my wife's Durango gets to about 1/4 tank I head to Wyndall's . They have items marked with anywhere from 2 - 10 cents discount on gas . Actually , you could grab 20 items with a 10 cent discount and get a $2 discount...

A little off topic , but most members recommend driving for a fleet owner before making a major investment as an o/o .

Very few drivers get away with selling fuel . The owners keep a close watch on fuel costs . If one driver has a much lower mpg than drivers in identical trucks he's either selling fuel or has serious mechanical problems .

My carrier will provide routing using PC miler but it's just zip code to zip code and for some reason certain customers won't allow PC miler routing to be faxed with the BOL . I don't carry a computer in the truck . Last week I used the Rand McNally routing at Flying J rather than pay to have PC...

It looks to me like using the brakes more would decrease mileage by needing more fuel to get started and having the expense of replacing brakes more often .

Not enough peopke realize when you co-sign for someone it reflects on your credit as if you had taken the loan out yourself . I've seen my wife's credit report . The only negative points are 3 late payments her son made on a car she co-signed for . She had to take the car away and lose $3,000 on...

Does anybody have an opinion on the refurbished Dells Flying J sells for just under $600 ?

I knew raceman would contribute . He's surely been there and his experience and advice can save others a lot of headaches. I hope things go well for him in the future .

Check with truck body shops for used gates . They cost a fraction of new and work just as well .

RE: Former or present O/O leased to All Types Exp Get away from All Types ASAP before you get ripped off any more . Then join OOIDA and file complaints against them . There have been many negative posts here about All Types .

All the controversy over requiring black boxes , few people know how much info can be gotten from truck computers already . Sometimes it works for the driver's advantage . A driver hit and killed a female police officer parked on the shoulder in Nashville . Charges claimed he was going 80 m.p.h...

There are a lot of scams around lately using fake money orders and cashiers checks , especially originating in Nigeria and many other people have had their banks also accept the money orders only to find out later they were counterfeit . This is not a new scam . Your bank should have been more...

I bet Eat And Get Gas was on US 31 in IN somewhere between Kokomo and Peru . On US 431 in Central City , KY ( can't go there over 11'6'' height )is a moving company's sign that says " moving , storage , and creating " . I've often wonder what they create . Makes me think of what " Reader's...

Follow up qustions showed this driver only had to drive another 2 hours after sleep to deliver the load and he was 5 or 6 hours ahead . That being the case , since he started at 6 a.m. , why ask him to drive on until midnight ending up running 18 hours rather than having him stop at 8p.m. and...

I have cingular . When I sleep I turn the phone of if I'm not available . It will beep when turned on if there is a voice mail and it will show missed calls . The nice thing about Cingular is no long distance or roaming charges and free mobile to mobile . I can call home and some family and not...

The interesting thing is people on vacation can hook up a travel trailer with a boat behind that and DOT won't bat an eye . Some larger 5th wheel campers weigh 14,000 or more . Then you have 102'' wide motorhomes over 40 ft. long . More and more of them all the time as anybody fueling at Flying...

In another topic a driver complained about getting a message from safety suggesting he take a 5 hour nap after running 18 hours . He felt he only needed 2 hours sleep and that's all he took . Is that the way you people operate ... suggesting only 5 hours rest in 24 ? ( The driver started at 6...

You're going to drive someone else's pickup hauling horse trailers ? What kind of pay were you promised ? Pay for horse trailers is very low . That's why they haul doubles . RV haulers refuse them for backhauls . What about deadhead ? I'd ask to see prinouts of revenue for the past couple of...

Several magazines ( Truck Trend , Popular Mechanics , and others ) have run comparison tests with Ford , Dodge , and Chevy diesels . The Chevy has a little less power but isn't bad . Lower 0-60 times usually mean better mpg anyway .

The food allowance is $40 but you can only claim part of it ( I think 70% ) . I record advances and payments the day they are actually made ,especially at the end of the quarter . All expenses ( tolls , fuel , postage , etc ) are recorded . I don't save meal receipts since I take the 70% of $40...