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    Double AA Sleeper

    Larry is not gone, he is still working for awhile. he will be selling and marketing. we were there 3 wks. ago for some sleeper work. Had the water pump replaced and the sleeper skirt put back on. LARRY + ALEX !!!!!!!!! got me all fixed up and out the door, no $. I know they are planning on...
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    How Many Companies

    Panther for 4 months, Bolt for 7 months, Conway for 5 years, then 8 wasted months of my time and money with Tri-State, now 1 year with RJR Transport. The first two are there, although i consider them a learning experience as i had just come into expediting,.
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    Great Shop for a Rig Master

    yes the olathe facility is also the warehouse for parts. yes they are a great place in my book also. did the same for me and all i did was order belts and air filters, but they called to make sure i got them. as for aftermarket air filters, if you are still under warranty i would not use them as...
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    Health Insurance in the Expedited Game

    yes, most are rite. ins. companies like to disqualify many and quite a few have trouble with being widely accepted. the info i posted yesterday though, as i stated is worth checking out. my wife has a pre existind mitro valve prelapse condition but they accepted her. and as far as being widely...
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    Health Insurance in the Expedited Game

    we have just purchased a plan through mega health ins. we feel for what we need we purchased a really good plan. the plan comes w/lots of options and lots of perks like a occupational health policy and a life ins. policy built in w/the plan plus several other perks that i wont go into not...
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    allison transmission

    like stated, allisons are bullet proof if taken care of. you may want to check your service intervals with allison dealers {detroit/allison-clark power service} any allison branded service center. we have an allison in our m2/112, it is the hs4000 series. it requires service every 75,000 mi...
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    question about randoms

    Randoms are a part of our industry, but there are rules for all. Correct me if i am wrong, but unless your carrier states in the lease or somewhere else in paperwork they give you the D O T only requires the carriers to random a certain % every quarter. My understanding is the D O T uses info...
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    DD's

    Having your picture in the E/O magazine is something special for the people who actually grace the pages. Rather it be in a ad for your company, truck dealership, or the coveted profile that jeff does. while this may not do anything for your business it does make you proud and make for a...
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    An Economic and Trucking Slowdown is Happening Now

    RE: An Economic and Trucking Slowdown is Happening another hank hill, quit runnin or i'll kick it harder dammit. i am with the opinion that freight is getting harder to come by so i say that i am fortunate to have a good bunch of people finding us loads and keeping the wheels turning. we have...
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    Laredo

    now all of you get along and get back to the post topic, who is rjr. well, rjr is a small co. that has been around for a long while. they have hq. in windsor and a office in sylvania, Oh. they shut down u.s. operations after 9/11 and just reopened it last oct. or nov. we have about 25 units on...
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    Strange or Odd Deliveries

    we hauled the prototype for fedex and the gov. manpass project. they would not even speculate a value. northrop grumman had a team of 21 people working on this 24 hours a day almost 365 for 3yrs. it was a pod that hung on the belly of fdx overseas cargo planes that would jamm surface to air...
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    Expedite Expo Expedite Expo - Cool Rigz

    how soon will you be picking the trucks and letting us know who made the cut. time to prep b4 the show. tnt
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    tri-state rate per mile

    rmctt2, yes i can give a run down. i do mention where we are at in posts if it is pertinent but since we have moved i just have not found it important til your question. we are currently leased to rjr. we were with t-state from 8/1/06 till 3/23/07. before that we were with conway for six years...
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    tri-state rate per mile

    thats the ugly little phrase that is never mentioned anywhere but in the contract/lease. which is another reason we are not there anymore. as you stated nil, nada like conway, we use to be conway so it was even harder to adjust to that rule. i dealt with the drop and climb back up like you have...
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    tri-state rate per mile

    dave, at t-state if you turn down what they consider a viable load they drop you to the bottom of the board you are on and you stay there for eight hours. they will give you a load if you are the only truck on that board but all other units that come in during that eight hour period go in front...
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    tri-state rate per mile

    well we are not t-state anymore but do still have some contacts inside . yes last week for about 24 hours there was a change in rates . they decided or should properly be stated as dave (ceo) decided that they should seperate the rates. so loades of 5000# or less were going to be offered at 1.10...
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    how upset would you get and what would you do

    well ms. boatylady, i take personal offense to your comments but thats ok everyone is entitled to reply as they wish. however you should be a little more specific. there are only two people in the office that were in the conway office, and as stated neither in the position to make any of the...
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    how upset would you get and what would you do

    you are rite, i do not use cd at all w/tstate and never have and obviously never will. as far as the addendum, the portal website that tstate has says that any addendum not signed and returned by 3/1/07 will cancell that o/o right to recieve any advances till they receive the signed addendum. so...
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    how upset would you get and what would you do

    ok, lets get this out there so everyone understands how t-state works. first we get paid, for lack of explaining the difference between cd and dd every fri. all paperwork must be turned in by wed. at noon. and pay is a week behind. for example paperwork recvd. on wed. 2/7 would actually pay...
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    Favorite Truck Stop & Eating Place

    browns, at the congo road exit on 30 just west of littlerock, ar. great buffet including dailey fresh catfish. great sweet tater casserole and local favorite cheese potatoes. they have all kinds of good home cooked choices. another if you like seafood, froglegs, ribs{smoked}, chicken, turtle...
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