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You made the right decision to accept responsibility for your part in the mishap. Remember the old saying "don´t cut off your nose to spite your face"? You probably solidified a good and fair working relationship with an owner whom you said treats you right. It will turn out to be a good lesson...

This was too good not to pass on to my expediting friends. When you think about it, there are patterns in the capitalists pursuit of the pot of gold. Traditional Capitalism You have two cows. You sell one and buy a bull. Your herd multiplies, and the economy grows. You sell them and retire on...

Each lease agreement is different. Most will send you a copy on request in my experience. For sure the lease agreement will not be changed to accomodate you or anyone else, so if you don´t like the agreement, don´t sign. The lease agreements are contractual agreements. Reading your post, you...

michfan...i posted this awhile back on the newbies forum, to try and answer your question which seems to pop up frequently on this site for obvious reasons. so here is my take on your question...hope it helps you with your decision. In this chapter, expediting. We´ll begin with The Game Plan...

There are services out there that companies can use to spot check trucks contracted to them. Been going on for years. Nothing to worry about, if your not doing anything unsafe, and living up to your contract. Safety and quality control.

I can count on one hand the times I´ve had multiple loads on my truck (d" unit). The only way they came thru were because I was heading in that direction and the frieght was sitting at a dock close to the interstate, ready to be loaded. In other words, waiting in priority mode for me to get...

My last truck was a cat in a "D" unit. Always ran hot. The heavier the load, the hotter it ran. That coupled with other problems indigenous to small cats, made me a cat hater. I´ll never own another kitty.

Like everyone that is on the road, there are times I find myself waiting for this, that or the other. I often amuse myself by surfing the net, something that I love to do. Here are a couple of my favorites to visit. If you have any favorites, please post them on this thread...

Ramrod..I started trucking years ago, and when I started I had never even been inside one. I started with North American Van Lines. They had, and I think they still do have, an excellent onsight driving school, in Fort Wayne. About a year later, my wife decided she wanted to go with me on the...

My wife and I stay out 4 months or better...only go home when it´s necessary. We have been doing it for years. When we need R&R, we go someplace we like, and enjoy ourselves for a few days. We go home 1st or 2nd week in December, don´t come back out til sometime in March. We both like the road...

I have run under Household Movers Guide,Rand McNally, USA Zip, and PC Miler. The first three were always short. That is to say, the difference on my odometer, of actual miles driven, compared to what I was paid for, had a discrepancy of anywhere from 50 to 100 miles on average for every trip. PC...

A good question to ask any recruiter is which standard(guide)they use to calculate paid miles. I´ve run under Household Movers Guide, USA Zip, Rand Mcnally, and PC Miler... with the first three, I was always running more miles than i got paid for on my odometer, with discrepancies typically...

Does anybody have any actual cost figures rebuilding a given engine? What warranties are out there today? A few years ago, I remember Cummins had a program called NOW WARRANTY..and you could rebuild a Cummins and they would warranty it for 1-2 or 300,000 miles, depending on what you had rebuilt...

The comeraderie is still out there, where it´s always been. It´s hit or miss, like it´s always been, in my experience. There are still guys and gals hanging out together. Just not in every truckstop, everyday. I hit stops where there is conversation, and others where trucks are parked and no one...

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Really an interesting concept! Years ago I read an article about trucks of the future. The emphasis was on driver comfort, and they had some really outrageous designs for tractors. After readng the EO article, I was thinking, wouldn´t it be great if, instead of hauling passengers, you had the...

I don´t think there is a fair way to rate anyplace. The reason is, if the company you work for or are leased to has the account, then they get the frieght. For example, I used to go in and out of the Ford plant in Kansas City, from all over Canada, and Detroit and got backhauls most times, when...