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Discussion in 'Lease Purchase Trucking Forum' started by Wickedfire77, Mar 18, 2014.

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  1. May 21, 2016 #2041
    Wickedfire77

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    Over halfway to MN drop. Taking my 30 at the petro in Portage Wi.
    Hopeful the Soup is ok and salad bar is acceptable.
     
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  3. May 21, 2016 #2042
    DenaliDad

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    Sometimes they are, sometimes, not so much. Hopefully, yours was good.
     
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  4. May 21, 2016 #2043
    Wickedfire77

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    It did the trick!
     
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  5. May 22, 2016 #2044
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    Rumor has it, our regular customers are waking up and will be back to normal shipping lanes and off this water hauling kick. Good thing too, I'm getting nervous.
     
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  7. May 24, 2016 #2045
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    The burden with having a drop delivery is that the place is picked over for empty trailers leaving me bobtail until further notice.
    If you didn't drop one, you shouldn't take one.
     
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  8. May 24, 2016 #2046
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    Finally a load to Alabama. Things are starting to look normal again
     
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  9. May 24, 2016 #2047
    DenaliDad

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    Nestle Water was a major customer of Kuperus when I worked there; their loads made me nervous, too. I dreaded finding that first Indiana scale open in the morning as I drove from Michigan to the delivery point in Chicagoland; those loaders often did a miserable job of balancing the load...and then there were the sharp-eyes MSP commercial officers who could tell just by looking whether my tandems were within the 37'-41' range.
     
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  10. May 24, 2016 #2048
    Wickedfire77

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    Lucky for me, my company has a lot of ultra light weight trailers. When I scale out empty, with me in the seat, it only grosses out at 29100.
    We can safely load 48000 and be legal.
     
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  11. May 25, 2016 #2049
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    Another day, another construction zone trailer tire blowout.
    At least they are burning tree piles so if I close my eyes, I can pretend I'm camping.
     
    Wickedfire77, May 25, 2016
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  12. May 25, 2016 #2050
    DenaliDad

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    Kuperus used nothing but Columbia glider kits which were very light, too. I remember the heaviest load I've ever carried was water out of Stanwood...50,100 lbs. That little Columbia engine did not like the hills between pickup and drop off!
     
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