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Not a big issue for me at any rate-- I think I've been to NYC maybe 3 times since I started this gig. Here, my issue is that Garmin seems to be in love with the Skyway. A more expensive toll-road does not exist in the Chicago area, and I avoid it whenever possible. (I wonder if the GPS unit has...

Writing my Congressperson wouldn't do a lot of good anyway. Yes-- she-- so the "Congressperson". But at least I know who she is and where to get contact information if I did choose to contact her. Trying to get her to sign onto this: Good luck, yer gonna need it. I voted for the other guy----...

If you don't have the information for contacting Washington--- shame on you! It's 2015, man! First, like Cheri said that info is in the motor-carriers atlas. Get one at any decent truck-stop. Second--- you've got a computer of some sort--- you're posting here so you must have something. Google...

OK, after that last I figure you just cashed in whatever credit you have here. Jumping on Xiggi because he's not instantly jumping onto your bandwagon? Yep-- that's the way to influence people and make friends here. Keep it up. (/s)

Pat McManus wrote that we have become dumber as our technology becomes smarter. He may have a point. Used to be, in order to do a job like this you had to know how to use maps, and in a business like ours you sometimes had to ask for directions--- man-card or no--. Today, you just push a few...

Seems the OP is trying to unionize one of the most anti-union segments in the transportation industry. How are you gonna do it? Getting us all on-board mad at the Penske trucks driven by foreign labor? Good luck, you may need it. Look, I'm no fan of illegal and dangerous vehicles being on the...

Funny thing about that, department: Back in the days when I was running for a local courier outfit, loading at the warehouse-- I pulled out overloaded more than I care to think about. My cargo van/Sprinter (I drove several vehicles over a 20-year period) was on the rubber blocks more than once...

As far as having or not having a GPS goes-- GPS is a relatively recent tool. "Back in my day" we used the Trucker's Atlas for cross-country, then either bought a local map once we got near the destination or made phone calls. Calling the local police non-emergency number was good--- the police...

When I was doing my Google search of this company just a couple of days ago, Ripoff Report was only one website of many indicating trouble. This one of those times when you have to say-- if one person says the outfit resembles the South end of a Northbound horse, maybe you ignore the report...

He just might have trouble with that, if the stuff I've been Googling is any indication. Seems there's a skunk in the hen-house. All the stuff that falls from Google about this outfit is ---- well, I'm no expert, but I'd say this wouldn't be my first choice to drive for. Note: The outfit I have...

This got me curious so I just did a Google search. Hmm.... trouble dating back to 2012, a hostile takeover reported here on EO. Yknow, as a Christian I sometimes have issues with asjssl, but this time he may have called it right. A preacher who engages in a hostile takeover wouldn't be my first...

OK. I wasn't in Minneapolis though. I might have gotten a rental there. I was in a little watering hole called Blue Earth. The power-steering fluid had gelled up in the cold (never ever use Lucas power-steering stop-leak again) and that locked up both the power steering-- so the wheel could not...

I had a breakdown while loaded once. The power steering failed, left me without steering or brakes (why GM thought putting both systems on the same hydraulic pump, I'll never know). The company made arrangements to have the delivery come and get it from where I was, so that took care of that. It...

That $600 might not be unusual for that vehicle, like Xiggi says. Cost of parts, maybe having to get a specialty tool or two (these foreign vans---) the fact that the van is still new (in more ways than one) and that parts are likely single-source as a result--- plus the cost of labor. You might...

This is where a roller-floor could come into its own. Set the skids where you like, secure them with E-straps and load bars as needed, then when you get to the receiver just roll those puppies to the tailgate. What could be easier? But, securing the freight IS a problem with a roller floor, so I...

You can still find a Radio Shack? They've closed all the stores around here.