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    What is the best GPS device?

    I personally use a Pioneer AVIC-N1. Now this is the early model, and I believe they are an N3 now. I paid $1500 for it. OK I know that is alot over the top, but I have had it for 2 1/2 years and I have never felt ripped of. It is an in dash stereo w/flip out 9" screen. It has Gps with only...
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    Is Everyone sick of people tooting their own horn.

    RE: Is Everyone sick of people tooting their own h I'm not sure I understand what is meant by "tooting". Are you referring to people that offer advice to people who ask questions? If that is the case, then it seems to me there will be alot of questions that go unanswered. If experience is...
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    Union - Could it work, is it needed?

    Actually, in sorts, OOIDA does occasionally ask us to strike. I just read a thread where OOIDA is asking for a boycott of the Indiana toll road. While they are not asking us to walk out on our companies, in our industry that seems reasonably close. In todays media age you only see and hear...
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    Union - Could it work, is it needed?

    I am a member of OOIDA going on my 3rd renewal. While i believe they do alot for us as O/O's and drivers. I don't see anything being done to help with "expediting". By this, I mean, lease purchase protection, fsc, log issues, etc, etc are all issues we and the "normal" trucking industry...
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    Load Boards

    There a few load boards like getloaded.com that offer a 30 day trial for free. I would try them first and see if they work for you. Hope this helps, good luck.
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    Canada border crap

    I don't get the whole point? Maybe I'm slow, but it seems to me that when asked if you have guns in your home, you just say "No" and carry on with your load. Whether you do or not they can't exactly prove it. I mean I'm sure they know how difficult it is to get into the US side so I highly...
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    UPS Applicants

    I am a solo long, tall sprinter driver with 100% cargo area available(no sleeper) out of the Detroit Metro area. I am willing to drive anywhere. (In fact, the more miles the better.) Would you have an opening available? Thx in advance.
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    Perfect expediters please help

    >I don’t recall my DI pulling me aside and quietly >whispering in my ear that I was marching wrong, saluting >wrong or not holding my firearm correctly. I think the >corrections were done in public so others would learn from >my mistakes. (I marched with my head bent over like I had a...
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    gas wars

    If everyone wanted to really drive the price of these fuels down all we would have to do is slow down and do the posted speed limit. I never drive over about 62-65 mph. It saves me about 3-4 mpg. Over a years time that is about a $3000-$4000 dollars in extra profit. And if everyone just drove...
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    The expediting world has lost one of it's own...

    Early Saturday Morning, Kyle Rae Smith, an excellent dispatcher from Rodriguez Expediting, was tragically and senselessly gunned down fter bumping into someone in Detroit. The story can be read here: http://detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060205/METRO/602050343&SearchID=73234931440459...
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    pee bottle

    I can't believe you would associate the thought that thinking that chucking of pee bottles is wrong, with green peace. Pull your butt into a truck stop or a rest area and use the bathroom. It takes about 5 minutes to park in a rest area, walk to the rest room, and use the pottie. Chances are...
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    Governor

    Yes, I'll be looking to put a driver in it around the first of the year. I don' t have a driver, but I just want to protect the van. It has over 200,000 on it and I don't want someone driving it at 80 or 90.
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    It's going down!!!!

    I can't believe I'm getting excited when I see fuel at 2.50 a gallon.
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    Governor

    Hi, all. I was just wondering if anyone new where to go to get a governor put on my second van? I'd like to set the top speed at around 70-75. Has anyone else done this on their vehicles?
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    Do You Subscribe To Expedite NOW Magazine?

    Got mine in SE Mich Friday. Thanx.
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    Fatal Truck-Bus Crash in Wis. 10/17

    Yeah it's 21 for a CDL, but most insurance companies won't insure someone under 25. I also agree about the bus drivers. I was on a greyhound in Jan '03, going from Detroit to Connecticut. I was on my way to pick up a tractor that another driver abandoned. It had to be the worst snow I've...
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    Your Opinion Please!

    I work for Rodriguez out of Taylor, MI. I also like the small company feel for the reasons mentioned above. Plus, I like to be able to know who exactly to scream at when/if they screw something up.;) Fortunately, for them, it doesn't happen much. In addition, they have always been pretty...
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    $$$FUEL PRICES$$$ MUST READ!!!

    Hey, Crazynuff, I agree with you on the anti-Kerry vote. I am an independent, so I always vote for who I think is the best candidate. Not for a party!!! I can't stand to watch these debates on tv between Dems and Reps. Both sides arent interested in who is a candidate, just the party...
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    Fatal Truck-Bus Crash in Wis. 10/17

    I understand your point of view, but if the driver had a suspended license he should not have been on the road. And I am assuming he had it suspended for a reason. Just like driving when you are out of hours. In the eyes of the justice system, if you had not been on the road then the accident...
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    Tri-State Good or Bad?

    I was with them from 01/04-10/04. I liked working for them just fine. Alot of short runs though, but they kept me pretty busy. Also,when I started with them there was alot of start up costs but I believe they have changed few things since then. I haven't seen too many complaints on the...
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