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    Medicaly Unfit Drivers.

    Where'd ya order your decoder? I need one!
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    The Thread You Can Use When You Need To

    Another cream that works really well (for me anyway), is that 'udder' cream, I forget what it's called? I'll look and edit this post to add name later. My career choice for the past several years meant my hands were being constantly washed (haha, no it wasn't OCD) during the past several winters...
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    FAST Card

    Aw C'MON Cheri! It'll be faster for you to come visit me if you renew ;0
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    How often has this happened

    Insurance is way too high for a tiny company to get hazmat, IF it's even available from their insurer of choice. With a large company/carrier, the risk to the insurer is spread amongst hundreds of vehicles, as opposed to just one or 5 or 10. Some insurers will insure a small carrier for just...
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    really need advise

    Do you mean you want to be a driver for an owner-operator signed on with a carrier, and drive the truck home on your off time? (whatever that means?) In Canada, it is very different for us than you will read about on here. This is due to the cabotage rules. We have to go back and forth and...
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    Business Registration?

    I see that no one has answered you yet (how rude!!!), and I probably shouldn't answer either, seeing as how I am in Canada and have different laws/rules/governments, etc. But here, we must register as a biz, even if we are just signing on with a carrier, in order to get our GST credits back. I...
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    How long do you Stay out?

    Thank you. Thought it was just me. :confused:
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    what bad economy

    Keep in mind the media report what they want. If most of the stuff they're reporting is doom and gloom, it can lead people to have a certain attitude and make decisions they may not have made. Like putting off that purchase they were going to make, for example. Like selling their house for less...
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    Escrow

    Yes my horses are supposed to be running! Are they slacking off again??? On my screen, they're not at a full pace and they keep getting kinda stuck or something. PS I am *supposed* to have *high* speed via cable, maybe it's true what they say about sharing with the people in your neighborhood...
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    Fedex BR unit

    I think it's like that with anything.. d*mned if you take that low-paying load, d*mned if you refuse it; d*mned if you take that high paying load and find out there's 100% deadhead on the way out, d*mned if you pass it up; so Leo, it's all your fault!! Anyway, I did a search for 'posts' on...
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    Escrow

    The more I learn about other companies, the more I realize they are all the same, for the most part. But that's what I mean about the growth of ISOs. If an ISO is just for one little aspect of an operation, that's great, but I don't see how it comes with bragging rights. And, I'm not sure if...
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    Escrow

    Not talking about any one specific company in this post right now, but from what I've read and heard from people on here, it seems they all have their own set of rules for giving the escrow back. I heard of one company wanting the removed decals sent back in the mail within a certain period of...
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    Escrow

    Thanks Turtle, I've often wondered about the ISO thing, and you have captured the essence of what it's all about in a short enough explanation for an average joe like me to be bothered reading. I used to have an obviously false belief that co's who were ISO certified had achieved something of...
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    Escrow

    Just throwing this out here to see if anyone happens to know.. If the escrow is actually regulated by fmcsa rules.. for americans.. who regulates those rules for canucks? and where can I find the rules? and why would they be different? In Canada apparently it is pretty standard to get it back...
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    Pregnant Turkey Story

    Ha, that's hilarious! I'll bet Patricia didn't eat much that evening tho! Reminded me of 'turducken'.. would love to try it sometime.. anyone ever tried it? YouTube - How to make a turducken
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    Escrow

    I realize they're different, but I thought that was the whole purpose of the escrow, was for the carrier to have funds from which to draw upon, if, after the contractor leaves the carrier, and the final accounting is done, there are things that haven't yet been billed to or paid by the...
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    Escrow

    Some carriers will give you things at their own expense, but only if you are contracted with them for a certain minimum period of time, ie decals, satellite installation, satellite removal, uniforms, whatever, etc. Some carriers charge more upfront for initial insurance premiums, others may...
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    cheated again!!

    You know, this situation really sucks. Two hundred for deadhead pay.. Then you have wait of 2.5 hours.. Then the load ends up cancelling.. The $200 and time was worth the deadhead only if you were also getting the load. You have to wonder, at which point does it become worth the...
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    Fedex BR unit

    Call yourself what you like, think of yourself how you want, but no matter if you are an independent carrier, an employee, a driver, or an owner operator, the economy is changing. There are too many trucks and not enough freight, which is making prices drop for all of the above. If a store...
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