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    Misconceptions in truckin

    Well, this individual ran a D unit. When starting his day in Rockford, he would typically visit several DIFFERENT Camcar/Textron plants in the area (Rockford has about 10 seperate Textron affiliate locations within the Rockford marketplace) and pick-up 2-3 pieces at each location. These would...
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    Misconceptions in truckin

    How many minis do you think a large carrier covers every day in a hot market, like say Chicago? Versus: How many drivers are on the Chicago board each day? If you just dropped in Chicagoland, and you're now at the bottom of a LONG board....would you agree to exclusively run minis all day(s)...
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    CDL

    In Illinois when taking the tests for a class B, they have a seperate segment test for air brakes. If you pass it with 80% or better and pass the general knowledge section, then you receive an unrestricted class B. If you cannot pass the air brake segment, you still get a class B....but you...
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    Wally World story raised some concerns

    As a former ASE certified "Master Technician" with many years of repairing/servicing vehicles in my past, I am truly concerned that a segment of "mechanically informed" people would attempt to chide the rest of the population into undertaking tasks for which they are woefully underprepared! One...
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    the art of sitting still

    I googled it...appears to be foreign currency trading. This is from one website: The foreign currency market (known as the FOREX) is the largest financial market in the world. Every day over $1.9 trillion dollars in currency are traded thru the spot foreign exchange market. Until recently...
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