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    HELP... Business Plan?

    Matt 5000 you say some conflicting things here, first you speak of having a loan for two vehicles and than say paid off? Which is it? The other item is a 300 every other week, I hope you can get that up to a min of $500 a week, should be at least $1,000 a week. I wish you well, work on...
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    Who are you?

    Heres the down side of meeting E/Os you generally get a call or find yourself calling them once a week just to chat. Hey just got a great run you at home maybee you can meet me for a Coffee Break. Than you find out they have a run four times longer than yours so there goes any chance to brag...
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    SLOW TIMES

    T-Hawk is talking Diesel Dirty, you know how sides of trucks get when fuel is spilled and than run for weeks and weeks, well this truck looked like it had a Diesel Bath and then never rinsed off. If your so busy as to not clean your truck you are missing alot more, items that need to be...
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    CDL test

    Practice the Pre-Trip on your personal car and (pretend) it has air brakes, I lost it when it came to the guages, but once I started on the windshield wipers everything came back to me (mind block).
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    T/A steps up to the plate

    In Anna Park at Loves but the restaurant accross the street not accross 75 (truck stop) great food and service. Other services are questionalbe.
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    Hey Leo

    Exactly Mike, I was discussing this with another driver in Indpls when I had 20,450 on the rears and 12,010 on my steers with half a tank of fuel. He highly advised me to go around the scales and also told me which ones he felt would be opened (he was right on everyone) IN all closed, one in KY...
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    Fueling

    Why does diesel have so much air when pumping it. I look into my tanks after pumping 100 - 150 gallons and cannot do a very good job topping the tanks off cause of all of the foam. If I top off at 3/4 quarters I can actually see liquid inside and not foam, waiting for the foam to settle...
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    Criteria For Turning Down Loads

    Frisco Mike 250 load offere the day before, that works out to lets say $375 for the load including FSC divide by two $187.50 for two days tying up the truck? What a shame that a load might come available that evening for 600 miles and your stuck with $187.50.
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    You shouldn't go into expediting

    I would not have made it in this business without reserves, I took the advice of many including LBD on this site. Things did not work out as planned and had to find another carrier ASAP. Without a savings account to back me up I would have either of had to borrow against my credit cards to...
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    SLOW TIMES

    Fellow E/Os I did not go out of service at all in December, I was at the house for X-mas and most of X-mas eve even though the truck was underload. You gotta prepare for these slow months, I have a nice little nest egg, and am just making ends meet here in January with a little padding so not...
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    Hybrids

    JUST KISS MY BUT OPEC........ I LOVE THE IDEA and hate OPEC.
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    Criteria For Turning Down Loads

    Snowstorms I will take, why? I cant help the snow I will park it and wait and thats just the way it is until I can begin running again. Will not jeoperdize, load, equipment, life, I can run in snow just not a snowstorm, dense fog, ice, shut her down even if I know in advance and so did the...
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    Hey Leo

    Does that go for the axle weight as well, my truck is rated at 12,000 steers and 21,000 rears and as far as I know Tennessee and Virginia, you better not cross a scale one pound over per axle, well I take that back I believe VA only cares about 20K on rears but Tennessee looks at the steers. If...
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    Curious on truck purchase

    Question to the post, so does that mean a 05 in great condition will be worth a premium in two more years?
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    How will Ford changes affect you?

    I ask this--- Are we gona take a stand or just keep buying at Walmart? I hate this companies philsophy but Americans can't even stay away at 2AM there putting grocery stores under IGA Spartan to name a few, camera stores, film processing, hair salons, now they want a piece of the banking...
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    In response to another Post

    Joe Bob, crying no I am not and gettenRdone you obviously dont know me. But tired of companies ripping off consumers, look at any credit card offering you get EXAMPLE #1 As for N.O.L. if one did not have enough common sense living there to have flood insurance I agree with you, but these...
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    Stern on Sirius

    I would rather fall asleep run off a bridge and die before listening to him ever again!!!!!!! And he wonders WHY he has no friends.
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    IRP

    If your state does not do Staggard Registration you better take a look at the CAB CARD in your vehicle. Lines are very long at the IRP office so if you can still do it on line you better get busy.....
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    How will Ford changes affect you?

    Times are changing, luckily Automotive is not the bigges % customer all those industries took advantage as a fix to there problems no air shipments overnight, Expedite. Ford has done nothing but an excellent job at its auto line up, the Mustang GT is the shaprest affordable car in the market...
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    Columbia,South Carolina----Flying J Truck Stop

    Yall gotten any load offers? Its time for everyone to get out of the Carolina's now. My company had 4 sitting between the two states this morning dont know now but I need to get moving Wednesday PM.
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