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    Truck parking at home.

    We live in a rural area north of Flint. Even tho our property exceeds 300 acres we are still bound by local township rules and regulations. All exterior buildings must have permits for use before construction. If you have failed to disclose actuall use, then i can see how you got in that...
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    Open road on XM

    RE: Open road on XFM >channel 171 on XFM. Actually, we have XM radio . Never heard of XFM. Strange tho, XM has a similar program too: Open Road - XM 171 The "Satellite Cowboy" Bill Mack, "The Truckin' Bozo" Dale Sommers, and Dave Nemo are the Kings Of The Open Road. Hear America's...
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    Evolution or Revolution

    Excellent reply Phil. As you've easily seen, being an educated person and applying that schooled knowledge to our business holds no water here. Apparently, one must have XX number of years experience in order for ones opinions to have merit. I'm certainly not ashamed of my degree and apply...
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    Evolution or Revolution

    Excuse me for one second, but the content of my post was not a invite to throw childish comments at another fellow driver. The owners I work for began a long term plan at upscaling their vehicles years ago. I can assure you decisions that were made in this regard were based on statistical...
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    Evolution or Revolution

    Mike: You've raised some of the best realistic scenarios i've ever read here on EO. I applaud your intellectual observations. I personally have just over a years worth of actual experience. But, i'm surrounded by friends, family and owners whose experience in expediting spands two decades...
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    con-way sells out

    Mayfield said: It was reported that Con Way was in Bankrupcy court and that is one of the reason for them selling Con Way to Panther. I can't say this is a sure thing but the person that that told me is good with the facts. I will keep you posted on this. This other person said: A reliable...
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    Subject: Engineering Problem.

    http://www.snopes.com/photos/accident/graphics/hoecrash4_small.jpg The photographs displayed above capture the aftermath of an accident that occurred on the evening of 13 February 2006 on Interstate 70 near Hays, Kansas. The driver of a semi-tractor trailer that was hauling a track hoe...
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    Subject: Engineering Problem.

    A backhoe weighing 8 tons is on top of a flatbed trailer and heading east on Interstate 70 near Hays, Kansas USA at 65mph. The extended shovel arm is made of hardened refined steel and the approaching overpass is made of commercial-grade concrete, reinforced with 1 1/2 inch steel rebar spaced...
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    CoPilot Truck Laptop 9

    The Delorme Earthmate USB GPS unit works just fine with streets and trips 2006. Plug & Play http://www.fishing-catalog.com/delorme/hand.jpg The Delorme Earthmate USB GPS unit works with co-pilot laptop 4 using the drivers available here...
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    Independant Driver Contract

    I agreee and totally disagree with some of the above comments. To begin, there is absolutly no such thing as a contract someone could fax you that would be worth the papers its written on. As mentioned, state laws very to such a degree that a blanket faxed version would almost be guarenteed to...
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