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    update on the horrible situation/company I am with.

    first the good news (very little) I gave them my notice over a week ago that I will be leaving them. Also found better companies to take me and my straight truck on and decided I will go with tone of them as it is all around better pay and set up. the bad news. The recruiter said I have to...
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    let me know what you think? am I being screwed?

    Got my first check from my company the other day and I found it a little disturbing. My very first trip they paid me at a van rate. I am not a van. I have a 16-foot box truck and I am listed with the company as a truck. I don’t mind getting van rates on return trips because they help pay the...
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    when should you refuse a load?

    Started with the company I'm with a month ago and so far not the money I thought I would make and not what I was told when I started...Last week they sent me on a run and I had to dead head back 300 miles...yesterday they sent me 980 miles now I have been here for a few hours and I am wondering...
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    what companies are good and who to stay away from?

    I am new to the business and started working with a company that told me if I put on my truck with them I would be real busy. that was a few weeks ago, and It has been real slow. Haven't worked for a few days. I am in the Windsor Ontario area, and already looking to switch companies. I talked to...
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    how good of gas mileage on a 7.3 litre cube van

    how good of gas mileage can you expect on a 7.3 litre cube van with a 16 foot box?
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    what do you think is better cube vs cargo van?

    I have talked to a couple of guys who have different opinions on which one is better. Cube gets more skids and more money but you got logs and weigh scales. cargo gets to run longer because of no scales and is cheaper on fuel, so what do you guys think is better to run??
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    driver newbie question

    I will be driving for an owner who doesnt drive anymore but keeps his cube van with the company. He said he will give me 50% of the pay on each run after gas. Now should I be entitled to 50% of the gas reciepts to use at tax time since it is coming off the top or not? I am new and trying to...
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