The low rate killer is real.

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  1. Dino soar

    Dino soar Road Train Member

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    They should talk to everyone. Somebody needs to explain to them how much more money they could make and how much more everyone should be making.
     
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  3. MGE Dawn

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    I'll take up part or all of the hammer lane to avoid a collision with the ####### on the shoulder who decided it would be an AMAZING idea to pull out right in front of me going 30 or 40 below the flow of traffic if I #### well need to. I'll also take up the hammer lane if the truck in front of me is a mother####ing Prime. Otherwise, I don't understand drivers' fascination with STAYING in the hammer lane; legally we're supposed to be in the granny unless we're passing anyway
     
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  4. PE_T

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    You actually can, but it takes many years and lots of dedication. It turns out most millionaires in the US are self-made and did it through pretty mundane businesses. Trucking is one of them.

    Source: The Millionaire Next Door
     
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  5. PE_T

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    I made the jump last year. I haven’t had any problems making money. I did have 4 years experience as a contractor and 5 years total trucking experience. You need the experience and money to make it. It’s not difficult. It’s just a lot of work and learning (initially).
     
  6. Ridgeline

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    Tighten up authority apps, do means testing and create real licensing system, most of this will go away.
     
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  7. PE_T

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    I’ve never had a CB radio, but isn’t there a specific channel for other languages. I’ve heard Spanish speakers use a certain channel.
     
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  8. TallJoe

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    What a BS thread! Very Good for spreading hate to make all those with moron level intelligence feel better. Find your enemies somewhere else....Concern about them not speaking English? Go to the nearst DOT scale ask why they don't enforce it.

    Someone could take 79 cpm coming out of Orlando FL to Calhoun, GA to reload Quartz slabs for $1300 to Elgin, IL or took a partial. Nobody in their right mind would take a load of 79c per mile and run it like that on permanent basis! Not feasible!

    Easter Europeans, Pakistanis, Indians, Mexicans or whoever living here has to bear the same expenses as anybody else!!!! Fuel, Tolls, Truck payments, Tires, Parts, 2290,.... DOT citations, cheeseburgers....it is all the same. What a f...ing BS to say about them driving any worse trucks than anybody else. Wearing four stripes pants is very comfy too and I've seen them drive new trucks specked like a dream! At least they are not dependent on insulin injections as many of the cheeseburger eaters are, which is much more of a safety concern than a bumper stitched be few zip-tights and a duct tape!

    The above nations mentioned make not that much less as drivers already here in Chicago area. Paid on 1099 55-65 cpm who of them would be stupid enough to pull for 79cpm.
     
  9. JoeyJunk

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  10. frito bandito

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    Great, now everyone is going to take 79 cpm to calhoun for those slabs.

    I dislike everyone equally while I'm on the road, out of the truck, we are all humans with the same basic wants and needs.
     
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  11. TallJoe

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    GOOD! UBER app and TQL have them. The problem is they will make a mess on the floor... lots of see - through holes after you remove the nails.
     
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