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I thought the same thing Xiggi

The Truck is sold. That is the fastest I have ever seen a truck sell.

A fellow Expediter has a 2006 GMC 26,000 lbs truck that he is looking to sell and it needs some motor work. The truck runs but motor needs overhauled. He is looking to sell the truck for $4000.00 or best offer. The truck is outside of Indianapolis but needs to go to the shop for repairs. PM me...

Enjoy your retirement and thank you for your time served as a Moderator on EO and as a Admin for Roadgorilla. Please have fun and come back and post when you have free time from your honey do list.

Thought about having a small one at out new office in Medina. I have the space and a bunch of things from when I started.

Yea I would say you have been pretty lucky getting 40% as a solo. I really don't like our trucks running solo as it has been a lost for us a we pay the fuel. I feel it's not profitable to put a solo in a new truck at all to be honest even at 30%. We have only had one solo driver that has done...

Moot I remember those Rooms. The Old TA in Perrysburgs had rooms upstairs you could get really cheap.

As for vans I don't see how you can make it unless you own the van. That is the reason we don't own vans. We would sign on vans to our fleet for owner operators that drive their vans. I have seen to may times where two guys in a van aren't making it. Drive a straight truck if you want to make...

Most owner pay drivers 60% of the gross to the truck and 100% of the FSC. The drivers then pay the fuel, tolls and road taxs. Then you have some owners like me that pays a team 40% of the line haul and 100% of any hand load. We get 60% of the gross to the truck and 100% of the FSC and pay all...

You can order the door panels from a door company and put them on yourself. I would say this is your best bet as it would cost you more money in the long run to try to build your own panels that may not last you as long. The panels come with the seals that you need to keep water out.

Not really, a full rate C load was $1.31 per mile and a full rate D load was $1.41 per mile. We got .10 a mile for deadhead after 100 miles. Back in 1995 they changed the percentage at Robert Express from 65% going away from home and 46% going toward home to 58% for all loads. Most of the loads...

Our trucks wouldn't throw a code most of the time when it did this Dave. Why I don't know. I just know the high pressure fuel sensor was the cause every time.

Most of the Expedite drivers today don't remember how Expediting was twenty years ago. Expediting has came a long way since the days of Que pagers, Qualcom pagers, and paper log books. Expediters now have cell phones, Expediters Online, bigger sleepers with trucks that will do almost anything...

Cats are known for the High Pressure Fuel Sensors going bad. The white smoke after idling is from not having the RPM's turned up to 10 to 12 on the tachometer. When Idling you need to have the RPM's turn up to get enough oil up to the head. The smoke you see is from the oil getting up to the...

What they should do is make it 10,000 miles a year until 2020. 95% of the trucks by then will have everything that California is asking truck owners to have on their trucks anyway. It's a Win/Win for everyone.

I agree with you on this John. We have a few of each kind of trucks except a Peterbelt. Freightliner has been the best fit for our needs over all. We all know that trucks have breakdowns as it's part of the business with the miles we turn every month. We have our own repair shop so it is easier...

I have been in Transpotation for 26 years. 18 years 9 months in Expediting. 13 years 9 months with Roberts Express/FedEx Custom Critical and 5 years one month with Panther Expedited Services. Man how time has flown by.

Expediting has changed so much since I started many years ago. Fuel has went up, tolls, have went up, The cost of a truck has gone up. Everything has went up except Expedite rates for the one that owns the trucks. Carriers have found other ways to make money off the truck owners other than...

This is so sad to hear and i'm very sorry your friend is going threw this. We will say a prayer for him.

Drivers Protest November or October 11,2013 I found this on the web and got a laugh. Its says that truckers are going to shut down America on October 11,2013. I think they mean November 11, 2013 as that is Veterans Day. I have heard this many times over the years and have yet to see it happen...