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  1. Jack_Berry

    cdl thru books

    Commercial Trucks - MadisonClick Shopping saw these while looking for trucks.
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    newbies....learn from this

    got a load offer this morning. pick up pt a deliver pt b. buck a mile. dispatch did not have the weight but knew it was 2 pcs. offer on qc came across w/o the weight. after the 150 mile drive my tgruck was loaded with 5500lbs. let'see here. gvw is 8600, logging starts at 10,001 and the truck...
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    recruiter promises

    just a word about maybe getting it in writting before you commit. i was at the lodi ta yesterday and in drove a couple panther sprinter vans. i went out and talked to the folks. they had come from orientation and were willing to sell these 07 expediter bob caldwell vans. they were recruited...
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    rockin' in the wind

    as the weather front came thru last tuesday i was in the rv section of the j. the wind blew hard and the truck rocked. not just gentle rolling but ROCKED as the box was directly in the path of the wind. if i had parked with the big trucks i would have been face into the wind. so here is the...
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    insurance: yours or theirs?

    i am sitting down and putting numbers together to show the wife i can be responsible. i am using the cost analysis ss that ldb gave a link to from ooida. some of the fixed costs are bobtail, health and cargo ins. i talked to the commercial guy at the company that has the cars and house and he...
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    non cdl truck?

    i thought trucks over 10k needed to log and thus were cdl trucks. i also know that you can get a truck from penske that is non cdl. in the classifieds here i find two trucks that are non-cdl. one is a box and the other has a sleeper and a box. when does a box truck become a cdl required vehicle...
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    anyone ever maxed out?

    just wondering if a load has ever cubed or weighed you out of a run. maybe this is more for vans than c and d trucks. Jack Berry
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    dock high

    i keep seeing this on threads. it is obvious to me that a van, ford, gmc or sprinter is not dock high unless you use an off road lift kit. i'm guesing that dock high is only a ref to straight trucks or do some of you carry ramps to load down to your level? most of the warehouses i have worked...
  9. Jack_Berry

    c unit-need help identifying

    i know the b class vans, sprints, chev and ford, the d class trucks of fl, keno, hino and sterling and e truck tractors but what is a c unit? i see references to them but i can't find a good pic or a mental image to figure these out. i know the weight limit is 10-26k# would this be like a...
  10. Jack_Berry

    how is this good??

    on their website here, and for pam and maybe usa truck also, expedite solutions offers after training beginner rate of .28 cpm. now if i take a 700 mile run that pays me 196 bucks. if the truck gets 8 mpg that is 87.5 gal. multiply that by three bucks a gal and you get 262.50. um, i am a little...
  11. Jack_Berry

    memorial day poll

    so like me there area a lotta noobies out here reading, lurking and asking questions. as many have said, "if you aren't driving you aren't making money". okay here's the deal.....memorial day weekend, time for family, chilling and grilling. here is the question was it your choice to work...
  12. Jack_Berry

    more noob questions

    Jack Berry hi folks. i fell on this site accidently and have been looking at it closely especially the helpful people on the forum.(is my check in the mail yet?) anyway here are my noob questions 1. i have seen different classes of trucks from A0E. My guess is they are broken down by weight...
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