Rates are crashing and fuel to the moon!

Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by Kenworth6969, Mar 3, 2022.

  1. God prefers Diesels

    God prefers Diesels Road Train Member

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    Will everything showing on that tailgate be enough to make them shiny if they're beat to hell? Not showroom, but "good from twenty feet"?
     
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  3. Brettj3876

    Brettj3876 Road Train Member

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    The cheap stuff from Harbor is for touch ups and in the tight spots. So far the buffer is good. 6 different speeds and replaceable brushes. About a 1/3 of the weight as the DeWalt
     
  4. DUNE-T

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    Back in 2015, when I was a company driver with a $1200 weekly salary, I remember talking to a Landstar o/o at a repair shop. Dude did not have a front tooth and the whole time during our little talk I could not stop myself from looking into his mouth, thinking what's more expensive, the repair he is about to pay for, or a new tooth
     
  5. TheLoadOut

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    Some years ago on Freemont Street in Vegas .38 Special was putting on a free concert. There was a bunch of bikers there and there was one dude, let's call him Jack O'Lantern, he had 1 tooth just hanging on for dear life, you could see the darn thing swaying in his mouth when he opened it up. I have no idea how it was intact, funniest and grossest thing at the same time.
     
  6. Brettj3876

    Brettj3876 Road Train Member

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    One of my uncle's was piss drunk one night and nose dived into his bed. Both of his upper front teeth came out.... I cringe just thinking about it.
     
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  7. Big Road Skateboard

    Big Road Skateboard Road Train Member

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    Still doing good here. First load this week was 1500$ on 227 miles. 2nd $2700 on 504 miles. This load $2500 on 567 miles. Load tomorrow for $3400 on 687miles.

    I usually like doing these 2-2500 miles runs. I'm trying short stuff to see if I'll profit more.
     
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  8. Dave_in_AZ

    Dave_in_AZ Road Train Member

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    Here is fact-

    Many huge solid companies have lost over half their value in the stock market.

    Chevron, Shell, BP, Mobile, Exxon, have all doubled their value.

    Now someone can keep saying they aren't for big oil. But the facts, dang facts, tell a different story.
     
  9. TheLoadOut

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    I got out of trucking for almost 8 years in the 2000's, wanted to try something else, went into the dental field as a dental lab tech making teeth. As a result I still notice peoples teeth almost immediately, it's a habit I need to stop.
     
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  10. Dave_in_AZ

    Dave_in_AZ Road Train Member

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    Was really hoping you would have kept that between us.
     
  11. Munch75

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    Don't have a dog in the fight one way or another I just want to point out that those "big oil companies" also have stakes in other markets including green energy investments. None are singular market entities.
     
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