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  1. TeamCaffee

    Truck Backing Aid: Getting Your Marks

    When I first started learning to back a straight truck I drove Bob nuts. When ever I pulled into a truck stop I headed for the back row and picked different parking spots and I backing into them from different angles and different directions. I did this over and over till I felt comfortable...
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    Convoy for the Cure pics

    It looks like you had a pretty good crowd for your first event! Thanks for sharing the pictures.
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    convoy for the cure

    Gotta Go I hope you have pictures you will post on here! Sounds like fun was had by all.
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    Question about winter driving

    Mortal Sin? Maybe you are talking about a division in FedEx Custom Critical and not the whole company? We are often several hours early to pickup or to deliver and have had no problems. I can only speak for how we handle a departure call when we leave a shipper. The load is secure and...
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    Question about winter driving

    That surprised me that most do not have the 15 minute window to get rolling. We do not call in for our departure call until we have the freight secure and we are ready to roll. We still get the fifteen minute window as often we still have to go through security to get back on the road or we...
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    Trucker Buddy Class

    Thanks Chefdennis I hope others will get involved and find out for themselves how much fun it really is. I look forward to receiving the emails from the kids and even Bob who was very reluctant to do this is now totally on board and also cannot wait to receive the letters.
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    Question about winter driving

    Don't most companies allow fifteen minutes?
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    Question about winter driving

    EXACTLY!! communicate communicate communicate When the weather gets bad and you need to pull over send a message or call and let dispatch know what is happening. Safety always comes first. No one wants their freight damaged and you do not want your means of making a living damaged.
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    Trucker Buddy Class

    After several years of considering Trucker Buddy and backing away before signing up we finally bit the bullet. We signed up last year and this summer we were assigned a class near our house. We introduced ourselves via email to the teacher and she sent back a little about her and the class...
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    Site Seeing while you Expedite the Freight

    When we were with USX we picked up a load of copper wire near Globe and we were grossed out going east and went through the Salt River Canyon and it has to have been one of the worst memories I have of trucking. I took plenty of pictures and it was beautiful but it is not a place for a...
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    Great Lakes Convoy

    I hope you guys have a great turnout which I am sure you will. Great job Gotta Go and all of your helpers and supporters!
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    So you have a gun in your truck?

    Do you know of any carrier that has a policy allowing guns in a truck? Especially the carriers who have freight in Canada?
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    Dream truck.

    That is really cool. Nice job...
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    Birthday! Happy Birthday Linda!

    Thanks you guys! It was a different type of birthday as we are at home! That has not happened often in the past eleven years.
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    On the Road Recipes

    I have not seen the oven ready lasagna noodles thanks for sharing as I will be looking for them!
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    Flat Rate vs. Percentage Pay

    I do not know many surface trucks who average $1.80 a mile and I do not know of many White Gloves trucks interested in the Flat Rate programs.
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    is fedexcc who I should be with?

    You are not with FedEx which is why you did not pickup on this. Knowing your costs is a given as a Owner Operator
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    is fedexcc who I should be with?

    While you might make a little more per mile at another company or on a different program there is something else you need to consider. How many miles will you get each week with another company or in another program? It is great if you can make $2.00 a mile at a different company and then...
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    Great Lakes Convoy

    Great Job Gotta Go and Petro! TA/Petro just keep stepping up to the place...
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    Future will we drive not using a phone?

    I sent an email to Joe Rajkovacz, Regulatory Affairs, about OOIDA's stance on this issue and received this back: We (OOIDA) are completely opposed to any blanket ban. It cannot be supported by scientific evidence that a CMV driver talking on a cell phone is at ANY increased risk of having...
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