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    Schneider National Closing Terminals

    well for one thing Sni.pretty much quit taking students and closed there trainimg fac.down.They also was looking for more exp.drivers since Jevic there is a few others that went out of business due to the economy and fuel prices.I heard they was going to shutdown Green Bay training also.So if...
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    Well here we go with the first timer questions!!!

    i 2nd what the moose said
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    Best Starbucks Ever

    i was reading the thread and wondering who was going to bring up Mcdonald's Coffee,i also think there coffee is alot better than StarSucks.What gets me is ppl.will go into SS in the mornings order there drink and a danish it comes to $10 tehn wonder why they don't have money.I know it's there...
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    The KC Casino on Sun.

    hey Moose that is a damm good buffet at Ameristar Casino in KCMO,i love going there getting a bite to eat and giving them a couple bucks
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    Workers Accident Insurance

    Lets discuss that shall we,since this was kind of bought up in another post.Well i want to say how great it is and NO ONE should be without the insurance.In Oct.07 i had a bad enough wreck to put the wife and i out of service for almost 1 yr.I had to have 2 operation's during that time frame and...
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    Are You A Contractor or an Employee

    You change companies and within just a couple of weeks you know all there is about that company,and expect everyone to follow you there.Now your suggesting non of us know the difference from an owner opp and a company driver.I guarantee you that every company that puts on owner opps has looked...
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    hey how is the freight now

    thanks for the replies.i kinda sorta thought the freight was not really at it's greatest right now.the next few month's are going to be very tough in this type of industry.The wife and i have been thinkin of going back to Expedite coz.we really love this type of trucking,but it appears we might...
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    hey how is the freight now

    the wife and i have not been out there since Oct.07 running team for Fed Ex. so give me the good bad and the ugly on the freight as it is now,so just curious how the cruel world is now-a-days.Since the economy is going south i thought expedite freight might go that way as well,the wife and i are...
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    Reply from Pilot Corporation - Shower Procedures

    when the wife and i was out there we used our own towel's we had 2 each,worked out pretty good for us,all we had to do is put em in the laundry then add some softner which the T/S does not do.So when u wipe off it feels you are drying off with 60 grit sand paper no thanks or drying off with...
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    Health Insurance in the Expedited Game

    the OOIDA enrollment is going on right now till 03-31-08,they sent me info.on it a couple weeks ago,yes it is kinda pricy good luck.
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    Good Times, Good Food - You're Invited...

    i really hope the wife and i get to make it and to meet some great ppl. that i have followed on this site for the past 6 yrs. or so that i have lurked here and put a face to the name,the only problem we have of not making it we are stuck in El Paso doing the hurry up and wait game.
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    question on APUs

    we have a Thermo King on our truck it is supposed to be the mercedesof APU's or so i've been told by a few tech's unrelated to T/K all i can say it does it's job and doe's it well.
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    Fuel Milage for a 2007/2008 volvo class 8 670

    in out T600 S/T with a C11 Cat eaton auto 10 we got right at 9 mpg on this trip out west to NM up thru the Mountains to Durango Co. then on to Denver via US 285 that was with 9,000 lbs in the box.i was impressed espesially with the winds out here i was running about 68 mph.
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    Early or not

    we always P/U the load and go straight thru to reciever no matter if it is a 500 mile trip or a 1200 miler and has tons of tme only time we stop is to get coffee or a cold drink, outside of that we boogie,then when we make it at the other end we can find the place etc.take a nap or what...
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    Hey What is the Deal on QueBec

    just wanted to thank you all who repyed back to my post,somegreat idea's which the wife and i are working on getting done to make things easier out here again thanks.
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    Hey What is the Deal on QueBec

    i have heard from a couple fellow drivers do not except load's into Quebec 1 said it is cause they do not like ppl.from the good Ol'USA of course we all know you here so much garbage out here thanks.
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    Whos the winner? Fedex CC or Panther?

    the wife and i have now been at FedExCC for 1 month in a D unit,so far they kept us running pretty hard for newbie's and dispatch has been pretty patient handling our newbie issue's. Not once yet have they us to DH somewhere told us to stay put and sure enough within i would say an hr. or so a...
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    Need a Little Help and Advise please

    RE: reducing brightness of the monitor Thanks a bunch everyone for the help and advice now you got me scratching my bald head,i just looked on E-Bay they have some real descent prices for GPS system's.
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    Need a Little Help and Advise please

    thankyou for the quick reply yes we have discused the GPS TomTom or Garmin but with so many Brands and Model's it makes yeah go hmmmm which one is best at a descent price.
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    Need a Little Help and Advise please

    the wife and i run team for FedEx so far we really like it only been at it for two week's but FXCC is a good fit,even thou i have nothing to compare it to. Now the Chief complaint iheck my s the routing sysstem they use heck my Dog could do a better job than that thing can and she doe's not...
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