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i live in northwestern pa about 3 miles from where i-90 and i-79 cross. the local news has been doing alot of stories on pennsylvanias "eye on 79" campaign. be carefull on i-79 the next few weeks. pa state police are targeting i-79 from where it ends in erie, pa to the west virginia line. they...

what is the "average" fuel surcharge for a b-unit these days? i have talked with a couple drivers at truckstops and the say about $.O6 - $.09. is this about right? also can someone please explain to me why an owner feels they should get the surcharge in a 60/40 split with the driver paying...

have done both otr and expedited frieght. otr you have dispatchers or driver supervisors who tell you where your next load is, when it needs delivered and so on. expedited frieght is "offered" to you and it is pretty much always hot frieght. expediters are like problem fixers. we fix the...

from past experience unless things have changed in the past 3 years theres not alot you can do. department of labor cant help being that you are considered self-employed. had the same problem with an owner in the past. was asked if i could hold on till next week for my check being that the...

posted this message elsewhere too. on average how many total miles are you b-units putting on your van? of them total miles how many are paid/dh? trying to find a way to lower dh miles from nearly 30% to 22-24%? i know in most cases it is a matter of luck where you are. just wonder'n if theres a...

from experience there are alot of companies that will send you to get your class a license no charge as long as you commit to a 1 year contract with them. after that year you can stay or move on its up to you. the trucking industry is one of them industries that is different than others. there...

well, i'll tell yea there sure are lot more companies to look at then there was 3-4 years ago. when i started there was pretty much just fedex cc, conway now, panther 2, and tri-state, that you wanted to look at. after looking around it seems these companies are still running strong. when i was...

in the summer i like to wear shorts but depending on where im going that could change. delivered a gm load once in lordstown, oh and the guard wouldnt let me in the plant without putting on a pair of jeans. it was like 90 degrees outside and it didnt seem worth it to change for 10 minutes worth...

i remember just a few years ago when i went from driving line-haul to expediting that it was hard to find an owner that didnt want you to stay out for 2-3 weeks at a time. guess thats how i got used to staying out all that time without going home. well, now i have a family and i do want to see...

yea sure would be nice to get a few loads like that just remember, transportation of coors beer east of texas is bootlegg'n. sure would hate to have a sheriff following me all across the country. drive safe. sam

heres a question for yeas. how long on average are you staying out there before you go home? as a driver for an owner whats a good medium to work with on how long you stay out? i would like to stay out 12-14 days and come home for 2-3. that puts me out on the road 80+% of the month. does this...

i once ran a load about 3 years ago when i was driving b units with panther 2. i was in mentor, oh asked to pick up an empty skid and some hardware in a paper bag in cleveland, oh. take the empty skid and paper bag to dallas, tx. while in dallas they loaded a mainframe computer on the skid...

well i do remember that usualy january thru april it was slow once summer came it was busier, and once the fall came it was run, run, run, hot, hot, hot. that still the same trend or has it been slow for longer than just the begining of the year? are companies still paying around $.85 to $1.15...

hello all, it's been a few years since i have been into the expediting seen (started a family and wanted to be home a little more often) but now its time to get back out there. i drove straight truck for panther 2, then went to conway now and drove cargo van. conway was a great company to drive...