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Send an email to your CC or CR discussing how much time you spent trying to do a departure call. There is no reason that I know of that the system cannot be tweaked and standard departure calls could be automated on the C-Link instead of using our phones. I see no difference in using the...

One of the best things you can do for yourself is get to know your company from the inside out. When in orientation get names and extension numbers to ask questions of at a later date. Talk to other drivers for the company you are leased to including the ones that are happy and the ones that...

Since we are offered loads on a percentage bases we see many pay per mile offers. This is where knowing what we need per mile and also what we need per day to run comes in very handy. A dispatcher does not look at what pay we are getting they look at who can make the pickup on time and they get...

I finally went to unlimited minutes on my AT&T phone and solved the problem of to many conference calls. I enjoy the calls as I can listen in on the headset of the phone. A podcast to back up the conference call would be nice. I like just being able to listen and not have to go get the podcast.

We had some friends that were in one of the red KW's and they had very little storage and the room between the sites was horrible. The Freightliners have lots of room between the seats, and the OEM sleepers have lots of storage and a better layout. The red KW we were in was very narrow between...

Here is a notice I received just now. You do not need to be a member of WIT but you do need to pre register. I think the event sounds like a lot of fun! We are finalizing our plans for the first annual Women In Trucking Association 'Salute to Women Behind the Wheel.' The event will take...

You are right Pelicn the route you are given by your carrier or your GPS is a suggested route and the buck stops with the Driver not the Company. That area of the country can be tricky.

The calls were very informative. Scott talked about the new QC and the pricing for the new unit will be $35.00. They will initially be installed at PJ's and then there will be more locations added. There will be no fee to replace your existing QC with the new unit. The QC will have training...

I will be calling in on this session to listen. We have a couple friends who will be attending the event and will submit our comments to the panel.

January 28, 2010 1 p.m. – 9 p.m. CST Davenport, Iowa Comfort Inn Hotel and Suites 8300 Northwest Boulevard Davenport, Iowa 52806 (Within walking distance of the Flying J Travel Plaza) Participate by Webcast If you are unable to attend the listening session on January 28 in Davenport, Iowa...

How do you justify those figures? How long do should I sit until I am offered $1.40 in a bad area while sitting next to my competition who would also like to get out of this area.

Just imagine we all band together and what rate should we jack the rates up to? How about $1.25 or $1.50 all the way up to $5.00 a mile. Now let’s say we agree on $3.00 a mile and we are all happy! Now two things are going to happen one everyone is going to want to get into this business as...

What is the dollar figure on cheap freight? Is it the same dollar figure no matter what part of the country you are in? Can you define cheap freight for all of us here on EO by truck size?

Do you see Wal-Mart supporting the other grocery stores in the area when they move into a city. If I lose my business because we are supporting each other are you going to give up your load to help me? We are business owners and as such our business comes first.

We each own our business and each of us have our own CPM so your cheap freight will make me money and my cheap freight will make someone else money. Knowing my cost per mile will keep me in business and I do not need to know what your cost per mile is. As business owners there is no sticking...

Do not forget today 1/27/10 will be the conference calls. You can get the phone number and the call id from the Extra net or the weekly email: What will be covered on the call? For this edition, Jason will discuss three main topics. Although...

Very interesting post Bubblehead and one we have had many times with out OTR friends. Henry has said often that Expediting and Oversize did the exact same thing told the world about all the money to be made in their prospective fields. The same thing is happening right now in the DoD world...

I guess I need to start watching this thread closer! We were sitting about 4 trucks down from Mr. and Mrs. Layoutshooter did not know it! Luckily we had time to have coffee together before we needed to go get loaded. Sure would have been nice to have supper with them last night!

Greg the thing that I like to keep in mind is that the people just coming into this do not know about the "Good Old Days" so they look at this with a fresh view. The bottom can drop out of anything at anytime. Anyone is trucking knows that we are in an iffy world and you need to be financially...

Reading the forums, asking questions of drivers, talking to recruiters and then trying make sense of all that you have heard is how you are going to make a informed decision. It appears to me that is exactly what motort31 is trying to do. Just because you make more money somewhere else does...