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My personal best was 6000lbs of Laffy Taffy in 300lb bricks that had to cross half the USA overnight. What kind of emergency requires taffy? As they say, If you get paid to haul it, who cares why?

Nope, still alive here. The truck is up for sale because basically my dream ran out of time and money. Jason and i parted ways and I went out as a solo. It just happened to be on of the slowest times at Panther. Things were tight before, and with half the miles ran, even tighter. However I was...

I'd take the job... Like you said, "I just drive" My best friend runs a '96 FLD as his wrecker. He's been pretty happy with it. Seems less plastic-like than the later Century and Columbia.

Well, I got to IN on a decent load today. I was booked as soon as I was unloaded, on a short, nut well paying run. Maybe the tried and true hotspots are changing.

LDB, that was the way I was thinking. If I keep even a half-page spiral notebook on the dash, and write mileage, state, and date, I should be fine, I think. The suggested form that MI included was far more detailed, and seemed overkill to me, as I keep a record of each of my trips for financial...

My PC is still fighting off this virus... What program do you reccomend?

Dave, THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I tend to be a bit of a worryer, and you have taken a load off my chest!!!!!

Well, I was reviewing the fact that I got to my IRP renewal far too late. And once again I am up the proverbial creek and I forgot the proper equipment. I had never heard of keeping state by state mileage and fuel records for each load, and while I've kind of found a way to still pull off...

I agree with you on the no Canada. In the almost a year I've been here, I have not had one load to Canada that didn't involve major problems. And not with border patrol, but on Panther or the shipper's end. I just don't do it anymore.

What gives? Are things seasonally this bad? I've been out for a few days, and I come back, and it seems the freight is gone. I haven't seen a load over 100 miles yet, and all have had an amount of deadhead that could easily be considered excessive. Is this just Michigan, or is everything slow...

Those payments sound a little out of touch. I paid $21,000 for my KW, my credit was in the toilet, and I pay $700 a month. I put $1K down. And yes breakdowns happen. My truck ate $10,600 last year counting parts, tow bills, repairs, etc. Be prepared for it, it will happen even to the best...

You didn't break a mirror recently did you? Perhaps forget the lucky socks at home? :)

I went with red, basically because the truck was a steal. I'll get another color match for the next truck too, just because I like being a little diffrent than the scenery.

I have so much Paintball junk at home... I never thought of bringing it here. As long as you know your stuff about border issues, you should be okay, but I think some facilities may have a problem with it. I had a pickup at a high security chemical plant once, and while they didn't check the...

I got my badge in the mail Saturday. Hopefully, barring catastrophe, I'll be there.

Another option for unloading is having a roll-back type wrecker meet you at the unload point. It's pretty easy, just drive from truck to truck, and then tilt the bed and drive off.

For the most part, I've been happy here. Most problems I've had have been minor. Right now the loads are coming constantly. It seems I'm the only truck available wherever I go.

Well folks, as some of you might have predicted, my team operation is going it's seperate ways. I finally told J that it wasn't working, and on our next time home, the 8th, I will be dropping him off. IT was hard to break a money making operationj up, however one must look past the dollars and...

1. Keys 2. Wallet 3. Cell Phone Steve Kamysiak Straight Truck Panther Expedited

We too are reserved. Hoping to just camp this time with all the other trucks. And I'm gonna do my best to be early enough for those concert tickets.