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So funny, the last company we worked for (City Bus Drivers) went out and bought a couple of these machines (with TaxPayer Dollars of course) for the parking lot. Couldn't have anyone going over 10mph or 5mph in some places. Yup, if they caught you Speeding, you got a ticket. Boy could I put...

>One of the best dispatchers I've had the pleasure of working >with is on night shift. Her name is Julie. She has a sweet >grandmother-like voice, and can talk me into just about >anything. She is a dispatcher's dispatcher! I've turned down >one load I probably shouldn't have, and felt like...

It sounds like not much has changed in the past 5 years as this goes. There is a lot more to determining if a load is profitable or makes a wise business decision, than just the pay per mile. We always ran as a team, and tried to take any load we could justify the figures on. That did not...

I know my information is just a bit dated (about 5 years) but when we were driving we always had good luck getting loads out of South Texas, and they didn't pay to bad either. We live outside of San Antonio, so we would love it when we got paid to go home. Even back then the South Texas area...

It has probably been two years or so since we have made an appearence around here. My wife Wendy (she was one of the original mods on EO) and I came in off the road about 5 years ago, and call us crazy but we are considering doing it all over again. :+ After being away from the industry for...

Hi Weave, Beggers, one of my favorite subjects at my current job. A little background for the newbies to the forum, my wife Wendy (she was one of the first moderators on this site) and I ran expedited freight in a "D" unit for about 3 years. Now we are working for the city bus company in...

Thanks for the input. Guess we will stick them in a back corner somewhere for another 4 years. Olko, now heading back into Lurker mode!!!!

It's been a little over three years since my wife and I had to come in off the road, and in doing some cleaning before moving we started wondering if there was any legal reason to keep our old log books. The only thing I can think of would be if we got audited after all this time, which would...

We ran team for them a couple of years ago. They were probably the best company we ran for. They had about 40 units when we were there, and kept us running pretty good. It was a small company and you never knew who would answer the phone, a lot of times it was the owner himself. There was a...

WOW, what a difference in the size of the show since that first one that Wendy and I attended, way back when. That first show had one display, and it was setup inside the main enterance. I think you had one vendor (Freightliner of Knoxville) which Alumi-Bunk came over to complain about. Wish...

Not sure about the other 2 guys because I never met them, but that realy is a picture of Weave. It's been a couple of years since I last saw him, and I sure hope he has been keeping up with the workouts. A lot of "Yes Sirs" and "Anything you want Sir" when you walk on the dock looking like...

Sounds a lot like the drivers here in Austin, TX. Want a fun experience, come on down and drive a bus for a day. You will probably be cut off, told you are number one, and honked at more than a whole month out on the road, and that is just on your Deadhead to where you pick up the route...

Here are a couple of links to have some fun with. . . . Call this one. Test your Aim. http://195.92.224.73/j20/content/host.asp And this one. Do you know what time it is. http://www.funforwards.com/flash/september02/saddam.swf

A man walks into a pharmacy and wanders up and down the aisles. The salesgirl notices him and asks him if she can help him. He answers that he is looking for a box of tampons for his wife. She directs him down the correct aisle. A few minutes later, he deposits a huge bag of cotton balls and a...

I noticed I deleted in my editing the line about how they ended up with over 6800 posts in less than 2 days. They were having a contest, and the person who got the 100,000th post, won over 20,000 dollars worth of equipment. Of course they knew they were getting close, and it set off a posting...

I follow another board which has been slightly more active than here. Let's see if we can get the posts up. I'm posting their stats so everyone can see what it could be like. Usage - Overall Messages - This Week ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~# of posts Tuesday...- March 11, 2003...3360 Monday....-...

Welcome to the wonders of being a moderator. I feel for you. I can still remember back to the days when Wendy was a moderator here on EO, and it came time to make a choice about what to do. All you can do is, make your moves based on what you feel is right.

Wish we would of had an extra axle when we were at Landstar. Had some friends that had the drop axle, and they were run a lot better than we were. It always seemed that the LTL loads from the sister companies were always a little to heavy for our truck. Another benefit you should have with...

Not sure how it is now because we have been off the road for over a year now. We were living SE of San Antonio when we were on the road and never had a problem getting a load out of South Texas. If I remember correctly we got 1 or 2 loads out of San Antonio, and a few more than that out of...

What a difference a few years makes. When my wife and I started in this business our first month was Feb of 99, and we were driving for an owner. We did a little over 10K for the month, and he was upset at how badly we had done. He expected 14 to 15K, taking into account that Feb is...