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Thanks to all who've contributed. I've added yours and many others to the list so that we now have the most complete list to be found anywhere. I'm up to 4+ EO pages now and will post a new list soon.

There are plenty of exceptionally clean truckstops owned by non-Americans; they are owned by Canadians.

When we first got the QualComm, we were not as familiar with city and town names as we now are. We were laying over on a Friday somewhere in Pennsylvania and hoping to get a load toward our St Louis home. We hastily accepted a load offer to Anytown, ON thinking that Anytown, Ohio was better...

No OVM, I'm looking to learn what the actual average operating costs of any Sprinter were in 2007. The model year would be helpful to me because repairs would be less on newer than older. I included tolls and washes because I don't know if that would be different for a Sprinter than for my...

Now that 2007 is behind us, I am hoping that a few Sprinter owners have some operational costs that you would be willing to share with me on a confidential basis. I would like to determine the true typical cost of Spinter operations for my personal use, and you folks are the best source of this...

DT44 - Our carrier's statistics indicate that 50+% of all their expedited freight weighs 5000 pounds or less. I suspect that this holds true for all other expedite carriers that operate on an exclusive use, door-to-door basis. A couple of years back, I averaged all my cargo van loads for a...

Creach: Your flu will last seven days; if you medicate the flu will last a week. Get well soon

Whoa John. I said we (as in you and me in Vietnam) were assisted in calling home. I appreciate the accolade, but I am neither a HAM nor a member of MARS. I made many call to home thanks to these great folks.

John: We were assisted in calling home by a great group of HAM operators who were members of MARS as defined in this Wikipedia entry: The Military Affiliate Radio System (MARS) is a United States Department of Defense sponsored program, established as a separately managed and operated...

Some carriers, Panther in particular, have an active "backhaul" depatment that allows Panther drivers to obtain their own freight under the Panther authority. Panther takes a small percentage for their involement. Some drivers have their own authority and a lease with a carrier. If their lease...

Are all lease purchases the same? NO. Many of us think that a lease purchase with a trucking company or an owner/operator is a bad idea. A lease/purchase involves two contracts. The first is a contract to obtain a truck, the second is a lease agreement for use by a carrier. If you don't like...

Mary is the answer

Today I ordered a DVD from Garmin that provides an update to the mapping info on my unit that is 3 years old. While doing so, I asked a tech rep if Garmin had any programs for handheld or dash mounted units that were trucking friendly and included clearances, weight limits and Hazmat routing...

What the schools are doing is raising my taxes so they can bring technology into the schools. Granted, they need to stay current in computer technology to advance in the business world, but with the computer comes the obsolesence of pencil and paper math, slide rule math and hand held...

Like the police 10 code, CW (continuous wave) morse code operators use Q and Z signals to abreviate text. Q signals are used by all operators and Z signals are used by military only operatorsFor example ZES is the Z signal equvalent of 10-4, I have received your message. The USCG recently...

Looks like Split rock

Rene' and I have never been uncomfortable in the Flying J's you mention in Beaverdam, Walton,KY, or Wytheville. We're not familiar with the Gulfport or Monroe locations. Several others are OK as well. Typically if there are a lot of expediters and/or R/v's out front, we feel OK. The nasty...

OVM: Part of what I said about DVDs and cosmetics was tongue-in-cheek. The references some folks make to "meal per diem" that applies to us is officially called the Standard Meal Allowance for Transportation Workers. The deduction for 2007 is 75% of $52 per day ($58 for Canada travels) My...

Most expedite carriers use the following descripters: A = Pickup truck or mini van capable of 500 pounds B= Cargo Van/Sprinter capable of 2500 Pounds C = Small dock high Straight truck capable of 5000 pounds D = Large straight truck capable of 13,000 pounds E = Tractor/trailer An R suffix =...

Funny but sadly ironic