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Dispatchers still do not seem to get it. I have been running solo ever since the new rules went into effect.They still try to dispatch with delivery times past the 14 hr limit. I seems their software tells them its legal.

Here is my experience... Asked for a full service oil change and a new starter. Two hours later they said truck was ready. They didn`t do the starter,because it would not do what it had been doing to me intermitenly for the last month. IE failure to disengage after starting. I said I wanted...

RE: Diesel price versus cost, or whose $20 is that Leo you are making my head hurt. Makes me glad I have a "C" unit. Pump price is the final price. (Except in a few places, where we are supposed to be paying auto diesel prices (IN and Mi I think)

http://www.todaystrucking.com/news.cfm?intDocID=16248

RE: Anyone ever had a bad cup of coffee at Dunkin For some you may want to limit your intake of coffee to keep your Blood Pressure down. I reduced my BP by 20% by cutting back to 2 cups a day. A cup is added for those all nighters. http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=20340

That Qualcom "Beep" wont wake me up. It takes the "Screeming Meamie" to do the job,along with a regular alarm as a backup.

On Dr.orders to get the cholesterol down...I have added a 12 volt food freezer to the truck equipment. I can now carry about a dozen healthful frozen dinners they are tasty (Not as good as the Taco Bell)But hopefully my numbers will be down or my next Dr. visit.

Here are fuel taxes by state State Tax Rate (Source Comdata) AK $0.0800 AL $0.1900 AR $0.2250 AZ $0.2600 CA $0.2950 CO $0.2050 CT $0.2600 DE $0.2200 FL $0.2790 GA $0.1650 HI $0.2210 IA $0.2250 ID $0.2500 IL $0.3140 IN $0.1600 KS $0.2600 KY $0.1410 LA $0.2000 MA $0.2100 MD...

http://www.commercialappeal.com/mca/business/article/0,1426,MCA_440_4712755,00.html

Heart-victim trucker gets parking ticket as he lies in his cab By John Ferguson A TRUCKER was given a £60 parking ticket while he lay dead in his cab. Harry McLaughlin, 55, is believed to have suffered a heart attack after pulling into a service station just off the M74 near Bothwell...

Our shortest run was in Baton Rouge La during Katrina. Loaded in the back of the Jimmy Swagartt building. Delivered in the front of the building.Put 5% of the load on 3 choppers and left the rest on the lawn. http://www.expediterworld.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=4&pos=7 Lightest load...

You can also do this on Google Maps http://maps.google.com/ Under search business just type in Free Wifi.

We were once dispatched to rescue/assist a "D"truck who`s 2 Totes had shifted. When we got there the police had already arrived,and said that they found both drivers sitting in the drivers seat hopping to keep the truck from turning over. A wrecker was working to adjust the load. This truck had...

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>When we were shopping around for a custom sleeper in 2002, >one sleeper builder showed us a sleeper he was building for >a handicaped driver and his wife. The man had no legs below >the knee, and the sleeper was fitted with a lift to get his >wheel chair in and out of the truck. I was...

RE: The president’s speech about high fuel price It`s not going to happen with this administration all you are going to get is "lip Service"(just enough to stave off a march on Washington) Maybe next time.

For several years I was the primary care giver for my father a double amputee,and this of course qualified him for the handicap privileges. I cant tell you how many times spots in reserved spaces were taken by cars with no permits or no visible impairment. I always wanted to park blocking them...

>Try this to Caroll Kings "You're so Vain" music; Wasn't that a Carly Simon song?

< My problem is with there being handicap parking spots in a truckstop. Don`t blame the truckstop.They are just complying with the "American`s With Disabilities Act"(your government at work). Your complaint should go to your congressman.

What a great way to clear up traffic jams? I just open the window and start singing. Presto every one disappears!!!!