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We were listening to Business and Beyond the other night and a Canadian called in that had just received a $1,100.00 fine in Quebec for not having a permit for Super Singles. From what I understand the legal weight you can haul with S/S is pretty minimal unless you have the permit. He was...

I see I forgot to mention a few details! We delivered a load near Las Vegas so immediately headed over to see our daughter who has only been back from Iraq about a month. She has been talking about this event and if at all possible she wanted us to attend. I believe she was the only Captain...

In my own thoughts when you lease on to a company you agree to their procedures. If you do not like their procedures then you can find a new company or if you want to write your own procedures get your own authority. Right now there is a lot more trucks then freight so our position is very...

Has anyone seen what the fines are if you are caught in Ontario or Quebec without the speed limiter?

Once again Dave Panther might not have much freight in Canada but FedEx Custom Critical does and much of it is on a sealed truck. FCC also has a fleet of trucks that run Canada but that does not solve this problem of a sealed straight truck. Your logical reply is for Panther and it sounds...

They did a really awesome job Leo! What an inspiring story to read.

Jim the choice is yours if you do not want to put the speed limiter on change companies. No way would I cover my face so I would have to move to a different company. Our company made a choice we can accept the choice or not. Jim I do not agree at all with what Canada has done. When the...

How often have most of us said when you go to another country you follow their laws? Well Ontario and Quebec have changed their laws. We are leased to a company that has high security freight that goes into this country and the company we are leased to have said add the speed limiter or...

Let us know Joe! Have a great time!

Leo you have part of your post VERY wrong as I have to have the patience in this truck! Now as for Jan and your wife I can really understand the patience part.

We always enjoy meeting the posters on EO and putting a face to a name. Even you OVM when I see you posts I remember seeing you at the Expo a million years ago! Maybe this year we will see you there for more then a second? We are lucky we all ready have a face to a name on Mr. & Mrs...

We have heard the same thing on FedEx Custom Critical trucks and had to chuckle over that one. I was once told to pull around back and the DOT officer came over and told me to go on as there was no sense checking us as they were looking for trucks with problems and so far he had never found any...

You can look around and see how many people are still posting from the time you left in December. Some are still doing very well and some are making ends meet the same as it was in December. We are moving into a time of the year where we are normally busy and freight does seem to have picking...

For us it makes sense to get a Level one inspection to turn into FedEx Custom Critical as one of our yearly inspections. A free inspection is always nice! They are no big deal and if you do have a problem I would rather find it out before the accident happens.

Wow is that guy lucky to get an opportunity to ride in one of those planes! Great video.

We have found that expediters seem to be more communicative then and other form of trucking we have been involved in.

Yes we have had the ECM changed and so far fuel mileage is the same and since we run so slow we have seen no difference in performance. We have been running the mountains of Califonia and Nevada and everything is good. We did not expect any change in our trucks performance and so far we have...

We found the dates at Casa de Fruta out here in Caifornia. They carry them year round. The ideas are great for salads.

This seems like another reason to run your truck down around 60 mph or less so if you do have a problem you can correct it. If you are governed at 65 mph that does not mean you have to run that speed everywhere you go.

I really think TA missed the boat with this new promotion. Everywhere I seem to read about over weight truckers and the health risks of our profession. I felt as if TA should have invested the money in a healthier menu that would list the nutritional value of every meal they serve. The TA...