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Sounds like a heck of a deal AnnaM and the cabbage and egg noodles sounds awesome!

There is no such thing as cheap freight for us. There are many things that come into play when you are offered a load. Keeping in touch with other drivers and your company will keep you in the loop on how freight is moving. What day of the week is it? Freight for us moves better the first of...

One company that has drive shaft balancers is Balance Masters. If you feel the need to re balance your drive shaft you would money ahead to pull your drive shaft take it to a shop and have it balanced. Any time you add weight to a something that is spinning it take more energy to turn it...

Over the years we have dealt with different recruiters and I have to say that our recruiter Marc Hodges is awesome even to this day. When we first were making our decision on who to go with he was always very helpful and honest. We started in January and he was very blunt about the fact that...

Exactly! The revolving door policy will have to change I believe as the companies score starts to rise.

Has anyone been able to afford or try the Road King Shocks? Shock absorbers for big trucks and class 8 trucks by RoadKing These shocks are high priced and I wonder if they are worth the price?

CSA 2010 in either going to be a companies and drivers worst nightmare or their best friend. The drivers are now going to be rated and that rating will follow you from company to company and you as a driver can help or hinder a companies score. From what I have seen drivers with a good score...

Bob is speaking from his experience as a mechanic for many years on many different types of trucks.

Bob also wrote an article about this subject earlier this year: Expediters Online.com - The Expedited Freight Information Center

I called Pre Pass and found out more details on what licensed Hazmat actually entails. If your company has Alliance for Uniform Hazmat Transportation Procedures you do not have to stop at the scale in Ohio. Check your permits and see if you have this form. If you do not have this form you...

aileron this is where a network of contacts can come in very handy for you! When we were first starting we had contacts of other trucks that were very similar to us and we used them for advice. We would often take that load to the middle of no where for to low of money but we found that if...

Jim all I can say to the above work on trying to eat two bacon sandwiches is now I know why you are so darn skinny!

Molly has many endorsements to her credit! She has traveled extensively in this country and in Canada and she has saved our behinds a few times with her manners. People will get to talking to her and forget all about us! I know for a fact that many people recognize her before they recognize...

Good post! There is so much negative press about truck drivers we feel that anything we can do to show there is another side to trucking we try to do. Sometimes not getting paid for everything you do can you further down the road then always asking for compensation.

I am going to try that Greg when we go home for Thanksgiving since I do not have a pan I want to drill a hole in. I believe I cook a lot more at a time then Jim can in the microwave.

Pre Pass Site : Wyoming Bypass Restrictions Oversize/overweight (even permitted loads) Livestock loads

We are a straight truck and we still have the same questions when we are offered a load. The first question is what does the load pay ALL miles and by all miles I want to know from out last delivery to the delivery on the load offered. Where will we be when we deliver this load? Are we going...

Greg someone else was just telling me about the idea to cook the bacon on the grill but they went one step further. They have a cast iron skillet only used for bacon and they drilled a hole in the pan to keep bacon drained while cooking. He said he has been doing it that way for years and like...

If you have Pre Pass you can look at each state on the Pre Pass Map and find out if you need to stop or not when you have a green light: Alabama Here is what the site says for Ohio: Bypass Restrictions Oversize/overweight (even permitted loads) Unlicensed Hazmat Here is what...

I do not do 30 to 40 minutes for bacon! That does not sound like fun Jim which is why my bacon is usually a clumped mess! I like really crisp bacon and have found my best luck is to just do it all in a pan and get it over with.