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Paying yourself an hourly wage in this industry is kinda like masturbation. If it makes you feel good, go for it. Just remember you're only fooling with yourself.

I pay myself $16/hour for waiting between loads. After 8 hours the hourly rate goes to $24/hour. Saturdays and Sundays are double time. Of course paying for sitting between loads cuts rather deeply into my mileage rate.

Should people on the No Fly Terrorist Watch List be denied to right to butt a gun? I fixed the title. There was a missing "t". Is this about conceal/carry or something entirely different?

As mentioned the curb weight is merely a guide. Different options affect the empty weight. My van probably weighed more than yours because of options like the dual batteries and power seat and the fact that yours took the scenic route to the dealer. Always weigh your van after outfitting it...

Get yourself a clay bar kit, clean soft rags, wax, beer and a bunch of friends.

Or your shorts.

Or that half pint of Turtle Wax in your shirt pocket. (Think Gene Wilder and Woolite)

Why? So you can limit the hours you have available to drive, thus limiting loads offered to you thereby messing with dispatch and your carriers customers. Why else?

The HD might be good for towing but not for expediting.

If you are looking to buy a Transit don't get a T-250 or the T-350 HD. Go with the T-350 SRW and stay under 10,000 lbs. GVWR.

Greetings Chuck and welcome! I like your screen name. I wish the state of Michigan would seriously consider chuckin' Detroit.

In another life a long time ago I occasionally pulled new stainless steel tankers from the manufacturer to an intermodal rail yard for shipment. The first time I latched on to a tanker it was parked in a row of other identical stainless steel tankers. As I pulled out from the row and began...

The 3:10 to Yuma was cancelled today at 3:40 P.M. EDT. I did get Dry Run pay and extra stop pay. The garbage Has been Taken out. Carry on.

Excellent idea! Schools could cut back class size to 5 or 6 students and have classes in private residences. Movie goers could forgo theaters and watch movies in private residences. All military persons could live off base in private residences. Office workers could avoid large buildings...

I only got my percentage of the published tariff and the percentage of the HazMat surcharge.:cry:

I guess the Britts learned a lesson back in 1775 that armed citizens (colonists) could get a little uppity and cause trouble.

Wow! Nearly double? In 1998 I was getting a $26 Hazmat surcharge. A few years latter it went up to $29.

What carrier was paying nearly double for HazMat loads?

And Steve Irwin can't hold a candle to Jim Fowler.

Who? Marlin Perkins, Jim Fowler or Ragman?