The whole deal with big companies, the Feds, more rules, cop harassment, etc. really makes this job tough. I started collecting SS last year but...
Last week I saw Walmart fuel at 17 cents less than a Pilot just 15 minutes up the road...
No matter how big you feel when you get your first truck rookies make mistakes... often BIG mistakes. they cost trucking companies big $$$... but...
Great news... I guess my return trip from Florida next weekend will involve a detour!
There is no truck of any make that comes sans muffler... we've had noise limits on class 8 trucks since the 70's.... You can remove the mufflers...
That's crazy talk... I bought a '96 FLD in '01... $12,850... I ran it 1 1/2 years and the next owner still has it an runs it everyday 6 months of...
Let the buyer beware... if you got ripped off it's probably because you didn't do your homework...
CAT filters are made by Advanced Filtration Specialists in Champaign, IL... talked to the sales reps at MATS and they offered to give me the...
here ya go... http://www.thetruckersreport.com/truckingindustryforum/trucks-eighteen-wheelers/166553-alert-warning-lf9070-fleetguard-oil-filters.html
Fleetguard had a filter for the ISX that was loosing an o-ring and plugging up the internal oil lines... do a search here and you will find the...
No because the guys who own the trucks need drivers... you don't "lease" the truck, you run for a percentage of the freight and YOU pay the...
The best thing to do is to run as fast as you can from it. First of all you live in Florida.... freight in and out of the SE is all but...
But I can drive real good....
There is new technology that the feds want that can turn your TV into a video camera.... just seeing me in my underwear watching reruns of Swamp...
Famous last words...
I can call the owner of the outfit I'm leased to 24/7 and he's always happy to hear from me... couldn't do that when I worked for UPS!
I've been to thousands of bad docks in 40 years... used to back thru an auto shop to get to a dock in the Bronx... alley docks in Detroit... old...
A lot of reasons you don't see.... service failures, lack of commitment to the customer, poor communication... lots more to hauling freight than a...
just for info...the average lifespan of a career OTR driver is 62... I guess I beat the average. The lifespan of the average American male is...
Must be different engines....