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Over the weekend a midwestern fleet owner posted an ad ( here on EO)with a novel approach. No money down. No payments. Drive the WG/TVal truck for 18-24 months and he'll sign the title over to you and throw in the needed equipment. I don't know the guy, or gal, but I have seen his trucks...

Today's fleet bulletin confirmed the rumor that Carriers will be allowed to be added to the fleet. Present Carriers are OK. New ones must be Supra 60s with maint free fans. 1) have any former Carrier owners become TK converts ? Would you now order a TK by choice ? 2) would the make of unit on...

Well it seems like they are finally listening to IceRoadTrucker and putting a system in place to run " the sky's the limit." It will be interesting to see how this plays out. Didn't they have the same deal for the old Flat Rate Program ? Comments ?

I'm kind of surprised this didn't show up this week. Pray for the families of those that died. The guy with the concealed carry is dead because he had the piece. Otherwise he would have escaped with the others. Hummm.....

Killing time while wife shops I often read the classifieds. I see the Caffee's have posted the Caffecadia for sale. '12 Cascadia/Bentz. Bob Cloud has also listed his 08 Volvo/ 144" ARI for sale. Unfortunately no pics. Very nice truck. Both highly equipped, top notch trucks for sale. See...

Probably another slow month. I don't imagine there'll be much to talk about this month. And today is Sunday, so we'll be off to a slow start.

USA Today reports an unmarked Ford Cargo Van hit a Honda stopped at a stop sign Sunday am. They pulled two deceased from the wrecked Honda. They could see two more. Once they got the van off the Honda they found three more deceased. Prayers to the families involved. The van driver was...

With all the discussion on BMI I am curious if your carrier requires you to have a DOT Physical for vans. FedEx ? Crossroads Panther ? Express ? No Load-1 ? Yes Tri-State ? Yes Nations ? LEA ? Yes Barrett ? Others ? Bolt ? Yes Active Aero ? Yes CTX...

There is a lot of talk in another thread about BMI . I'm curious, of the regulars on here, if you'd fall below the magic number of 35 if you went in today ? I would be 3.8 lbs too heavy today. I'll be at least 10 lbs under it by my next physical. All my wife would tell me is that " BMI...

How about a Book Title, Name of a Song, of Movie Title that best describes you ? Me? Happy Together. Because I'm so happy with my wife.

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Dust is driving me nuts. Particularly on my electronics. GPS,Camera monitor,Dash guages. Doors/windows are tight and I seldom go into dirt areas. I change the cabin filter often. Anyone have any ideas ?

I was involved with 3 owners in my short time expediting prior to building my new truck. They are all in the Midwest and I think they all have 4-5 trucks. I was surprised that they all have ads on EO looking for drivers for large sleepered 2013 or 2014 trucks. Is it hard to keep teams in...

I did a double take when this guy parked next to me.

In another thread an experienced driver told us that 800 mile weeks would be more common than 2500 mile weeks in a $printer. Really ? I'm curious just about volume of miles. Average per week. And vehicle. Example: 2400 miles per week. DR unit.

Last weekend I dropped my wife off to pick up a rental car. I logged her off the truck. This is Saturday. I drove to a place and parked the truck. While waiting for my wife to arrive, I did Monday's bol and entered load number into logs. We had a wonderful weekend away from the truck. Mon I...

DND International , the Illinois based carrier that had a driver hit/kill a tollway worker and injure a State Trooper on Jan 27, 2014 near Chicago has been allowed to reopen after being shut down by the FMSCA. Although they are bad, they're not bad enough to shut down yet. The driver...

There was a horrific crash on I-5 near Orland, Ca. A FedEx Truck crossed the median and hit a tour bus with High School Seniors on a college scouting trip. Reports are 9 dead, 50 injured. Initial reports are the truck may have been avoiding a Nissan Altima that was also involved in the crash...

I run 445/50R22.5 XDA Energy tires on my full tandem. It weighs 21,000 lbs empty. I seldom load over 2500 lbs. I never load over 11,000 lbs. If I read the Michelin Website right I should be running 85 lbs. This doesn't seem right. Presently running 120 lbs. Curious what others run for...

As my Onan 7500 turns 2 years old I thought I should revisit the owners manual to see what, if anything, I need to address. I have 3200 plus hours. All I've done is routine air,fuel,and oil/oil filter changes. And I cleaned the spark arrestor once. Book says at 2 years, flush coolant and...