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[RoadTime]

Laredo space time continuum?

Don't know why this morning I thought today was Saturday

Picked a good night to sleep here, temps down in lower 60's, hopefully gone before things start to heat back up.

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[RoadTime]

Finally loaded up.
Laredo to ST. Clair MI. For Monday.

Oh yeah, that's 13 miles from my house, Bonus


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[OntarioVanMan]

 

[ntimevan]

a whole lot of nothing..and after 50 yrs living east of the Mississippi....I love this...

What 50 years .... man YOU are OLD......

10 minutes after empty ... load to Arizona ... No Go

30 minutes later ... direct load to Alabama ... No Go ... shipper was looking for van that could FLY ... yes over 100 mph in shipment travel time ..


So ... now heading home after a much needed hair cut ... yes Ovm i have more than 2 hairs to trim ....

my Poking sticks are donated by OVM Mfg. of Bison , SD.

 

[VSprinter]

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Why is there a beaver on second image eating his own tail?

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[Ragman]

Finally loaded up.
Laredo to ST. Clair MI. For Monday.

Oh yeah, that's 13 miles from my house, Bonus


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I love that town!

St. Clair, Michigan - Wikipedia

 

[Worn Out Manager]

I love that town!

St. Clair, Michigan - Wikipedia

Speaking of Michigan, did they change the bottle refund? I get some plastic bottles that have 5¢ refund and some that don't

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[Ragman]

I love that town!

St. Clair, Michigan - Wikipedia

Speaking of Michigan, did they change the bottle refund? I get some plastic bottles that have 5¢ refund and some that don't

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Nope.... all deposits 10 cents.

 

[VSprinter]

Nope.... all deposits 10 cents.

We all know how Ragman survives with local runs from and back to Michigan.

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[xmudman]

Whyizzit that we can never get a load when we need to go home? Counting from our last load, which delivered last Friday night in San Antonio, we will have deadheaded 1800 miles back to PA when we get there tomorrow night. This isn't the first time we've had to do a four figure DH

 

[Steady Eddie]

shhh, OVM, people have enough crossroads in life.
This business needs a clear straight forward vision.

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It needs a enema!!


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[Mailer]

Heading to Vegas for a drop. Saw what might be a Ram dually 3500 pulling a loaded 5th wheel open trailer.

Interesting. Land Star Logo was on the side of a truck. Didn't know LS hired 5th wheel hauler.

 

[VSprinter]

It needs a enema!!


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Some need that for sure.

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[NorthernBill]

MT, Louisville, KY after loading yesterday in Whitewater, WI. Meet some nice people, in the 2 hours of exploring the Ford plant, this morning. Good thing we didn't try to drop last night. Might have been a bit grumpy for such nonsense!

 

[VSprinter]

IMO some operators are NOT true and complete INDEPENDENT operators when they expect thier respective carriers to hold thier hand....like the pay issue...they expect to get paid in a week....BUT thats not the way this business goes....1 example the local grocery operator...he gets paid when people buy the product whenever that should be...another the local gas operator gets paid when fuel is sold....he does not get a check from the gas company a week later....employees get paid next week for work done today...

IF some carriers would give people the OPTION to carry forward their own invoices and say bump the pay up maybe 2-3% points for doing so would help increase take home pay.....the cost of carrying a line of credit comes right out of our pocket...its an unseen expense...

in addition I see some carriers advertising pay in 2 days.....don't people think there is a cost in doing this...and where and who do you think is really paying for this service?...smarten up people...

Gotta love those carriers that do pay with "comcheck like speed" though.
I give preference to faster paying broker over one that pays 25-45 days, when booking a load.
It's like not giving a chance to other people to invest your hard-earned (aka, sitting on our tushies) money.

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[OntarioVanMan]

First one is always the hardest...LOL

 

[in-Transit]

So I turned down a high paying load today... why because I don't want to deal with crazy! FEMA run Winchester Va to Orange Texas , double the normal rate 230 miles dead head even paid... I said no ... did this crap after Katrina and don't want to jump them hoops anymore! Home sweet home wife's making supper be safe this weekend !


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[FlyingVan]

So I turned down a high paying load today... why because I don't want to deal with crazy! FEMA run Winchester Va to Orange Texas , double the normal rate 230 miles dead head even paid... I said no ... did this crap after Katrina and don't want to jump them hoops anymore! Home sweet home wife's making supper be safe this weekend !


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What hoops do you have to run through for fema loads?

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[VSprinter]

So I turned down a high paying load today... why because I don't want to deal with crazy! FEMA run Winchester Va to Orange Texas , double the normal rate 230 miles dead head even paid... I said no ... did this crap after Katrina and don't want to jump them hoops anymore! Home sweet home wife's making supper be safe this weekend !


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Did one of those Hurricane Harvey Emergency Relief load (first aid stuff).
Walleyworld was refusing it at consignee. Lost pre-planned load and drove to Cross-dock after 2 hours.
Not worth it for sure.

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[OntarioVanMan]

i heard sometimes you can get tied up for days on end at delivery...they pay ya of course...one guy got stuck for a week before they needed what he had on....