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I think from even before you get your first truck or start driving you will be valued on this website as we all have different backgrounds that can help each other or offer insight. I have also managed to lock us out of the truck but now due to idling. I have to ask why you leave your truck...

Another thought that scares me about getting your own authority is the amount of brokers filing bankruptcy. You and your bill will be on the bottom of the list to get paid. I would think you would need a large emergency fund to get you started and a few of your own customers so you would not...

The inside of our windshield is hard to clean also on the truck so I can only imagine how bad it must hurt your shoulders. Great idea.

Steve you are right this is not rocket science. The idea of a seal is an added protection to keep the cargo safe that you are responsible for. If you leave the shipper with a seal and you have not sealed the truck you are putting yourself in jeopardy. When Bob drove for USX every load was...

Oh Cheri cannot wait to meet her! Molly is tentatively interested as long as she does not move to fast as she cannot keep up with her.

Is anyone else tired of snow yet?

The "C" word is not allowed in our house!

On our BOL's we have a line that is checked saying the seal was intact that we check and the consignee signs when accepting the freight. We also carry bolt cutters and often the consignees bolt cutters are shot or then have left them on someone’s truck. The seal though is not cut unless...

You know OVM there is not a doubt in my mind that if worse came to worse Bob would freeze before he let me freeze. I am spoiled rotton!

Hey Moot we also have a rattle in the dash and you can only hear it when we idle. I figure it is code for "Do Not Idle Do Not Idle Do Not Idle" so we shut the truck off to get rid of rattle. I cannot tell you how many times Bob has pulled the dash apart looking for that rattle!

One of the things we have always taken for granted is our Rig Master being there for us. Last year our Rig Master trying to gel up and the light bulb went on finally in my head. We could always sleep dressed but that sure does not sound like a lot of fun. I have started carrying more blankets...

Happy New Year from frozen Wilkes-Barre PA and the Petro.

There is not enough driving time in the day to listen to all the great books out there! We have the perfect job to get all of the education to have a masters degree and still have time to listen to fun books.

Had a friend call us that was going through Florida and stopped at three different J's and all had the fuel islands blocked off. Has anyone else seen anything like this?

There are so many people at MATS it is very difficult to find people you should recognize much less someone you do not know. We need a really bright lanyard maybe to identify us EO Groupies that is totally different then all the others that are given away. Maybe a cool bag to carry around...

Great Turtle thanks for defining this subject clears up a lot of misconceptions.

pelicn thanks for correcting those figures I thought I might be off on that. We do not take the per diem deductions like salesmen do.

Why do you need per diem for each state? I believe the deduction is $58.00 in the US per day per team member when away from the house; I am not sure what the Canada Per Diem is. This is a good post on why you need a good truck accountant.

I purchased ACT and it has as the second ingredient 11% alcohol.

It is not easy to find a mouthwash without alcohol so if you have mouthwash in the truck you might want to dispose of it.