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Posted: 3/12/2018 6:13:44 PM EDT
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A 6.7 Cummins would do. But it’s a moot point now, I have this truck. I saw where you're pulling a 115 gal fuel tank in the back, what's that for? I'm assuming it's just auxiliary fuel. I'd rather stop for fuel more often, get a camper and toss a mattress and pillow back there. |
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Posted: 3/12/2018 6:14:18 PM EDT
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Your employer doesn't pay for a hotel?
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Posted: 3/12/2018 6:16:58 PM EDT
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What kind of truck do you have now? (Sorry for all the questions, I find this interesting)... I saw where you're pulling a 115 gal fuel tank in the back, what's that for? I'm assuming it's just auxiliary fuel. I'd rather stop for fuel more often, get a camper and toss a mattress and pillow back there. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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A 6.7 Cummins would do. But it’s a moot point now, I have this truck. I saw where you're pulling a 115 gal fuel tank in the back, what's that for? I'm assuming it's just auxiliary fuel. I'd rather stop for fuel more often, get a camper and toss a mattress and pillow back there. Quoted:
Your employer doesn't pay for a hotel? |
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Posted: 3/12/2018 6:17:10 PM EDT
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Did you ride one of the scooters in the store while sporting a summer dress?
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Posted: 3/12/2018 6:17:54 PM EDT
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Hey Brother!
When you rolling back through Texas? |
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Posted: 3/12/2018 6:19:25 PM EDT
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Did you ride one of the scooters in the store while sporting a summer dress? Quote HistoryQuoted:
Did you ride one of the scooters in the store while sporting a summer dress? Quoted:
Hey Brother! When you rolling back through Texas? |
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Posted: 3/12/2018 6:19:48 PM EDT
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With the 115gal tank I can top off on fuel when I find it cheap and stack it deep. Sometimes you end up in a spot where local fuel costs are $3 and up and it’s not worth it to stop. Nope, they pay permits, tolls and miles. I pay for everything else. I still don't get why you get stuck waiting though. Do you pick up trailers from the same location every time and deliver them or do you pick up at different locations every time? |
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Posted: 3/12/2018 6:22:44 PM EDT
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Something I never thought about: how do they get Class A and big fifth wheels from the factory to the dealer?
Guys like you or do they put them on freight trains? |
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Posted: 3/12/2018 6:24:29 PM EDT
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Wow. What's your yearly pay? I still don't get why you get stuck waiting though. Do you pick up trailers from the same location every time and deliver them or do you pick up at different locations every time? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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With the 115gal tank I can top off on fuel when I find it cheap and stack it deep. Sometimes you end up in a spot where local fuel costs are $3 and up and it’s not worth it to stop. Nope, they pay permits, tolls and miles. I pay for everything else. I still don't get why you get stuck waiting though. Do you pick up trailers from the same location every time and deliver them or do you pick up at different locations every time? |
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Posted: 3/12/2018 6:25:26 PM EDT
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Something I never thought about: how do they get Class A and big fifth wheels from the factory to the dealer? Guys like you or do they put them on freight trains? |
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Posted: 3/12/2018 6:28:52 PM EDT
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can you afford a fishing pole ?
it's not really important to catch anything world would be better if more people fished |
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Posted: 3/12/2018 6:34:10 PM EDT
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How many miles a year do you drive?
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Posted: 3/12/2018 6:34:56 PM EDT
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Didn't we just do this last week?
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Posted: 3/12/2018 6:35:05 PM EDT
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can you afford a fishing pole ? it's not really important to catch anything world would be better if more people fished There is no back up plan. There is no fun. There is only work and sleep. |
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Posted: 3/12/2018 6:35:46 PM EDT
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How many miles a year do you drive? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Didn't we just do this last week? |
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Posted: 3/12/2018 6:36:59 PM EDT
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$65k last year. We have 6 drop lots we pick trailers up from within about 30 miles from each other. From there we take them to wherever they go. This vendor stops taking deliveries at 3pm and there’s not enough time to get dispatched and drive to the vendor before they close. I could have sat around and done nothing today, but instead I hooked up and ended up 20 miles from the vendor. I’ll deliver at 7:30am tomorrow and drive back with enough time to hook up to my next load. Why don't you just do whatever during the day then hook up in the evening and drive through the night rather than waste all the time you do sitting at wal Marts |
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Posted: 3/12/2018 6:38:10 PM EDT
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How far away are you now from your lots? Why don't you just do whatever during the day then hook up in the evening and drive through the night rather than waste all the time you do sitting at wal Marts Quote HistoryQuoted:
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$65k last year. We have 6 drop lots we pick trailers up from within about 30 miles from each other. From there we take them to wherever they go. This vendor stops taking deliveries at 3pm and there’s not enough time to get dispatched and drive to the vendor before they close. I could have sat around and done nothing today, but instead I hooked up and ended up 20 miles from the vendor. I’ll deliver at 7:30am tomorrow and drive back with enough time to hook up to my next load. Why don't you just do whatever during the day then hook up in the evening and drive through the night rather than waste all the time you do sitting at wal Marts |
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Posted: 3/12/2018 6:38:14 PM EDT
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Have you ever thrown a "piss bomb" out the window of your truck on the freeway at 70 MPH, and hit a Toyota Prius?
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Posted: 3/12/2018 6:39:00 PM EDT
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Have you ever thrown a "piss bomb" out the window of your truck on the freeway at 70 MPH, and hit a Toyota Prius? |
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Posted: 3/12/2018 6:42:22 PM EDT
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Yeah, I can. It’s hard for me to get across to people, even the girls in the office who hand out paperwork, what this job is. I’m hauling a $25k-$40k trailer that I am 100% responsible for. I can’t go to a museum, or movie, or fishing, or anything other than getting food and fuel. I am land locked for the entire time I am hooked to a trailer. If the trailer is damaged while I’m out fucking off I get fired. I get fired I’m homeless and two other people who depend on me are homeless. I am one major break down from being homeless. I roll my ankle, I’m homeless. There is no back up plan. There is no fun. There is only work and sleep. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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can you afford a fishing pole ? it's not really important to catch anything world would be better if more people fished There is no back up plan. There is no fun. There is only work and sleep. Pull over like you're taking a piss at the bridge and whip out your pocket fisherman rig and kill some time. Those hours in the parking lots are rookie numbers ... spend those hours under a bridge with new friends |
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Posted: 3/12/2018 6:43:32 PM EDT
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Have you ever had a female motorist pull up alongside your truck whilst on the highway, and "flash gash" at you?
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Posted: 3/12/2018 6:43:50 PM EDT
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Rough one man. But glad you're doing it. Helluva lot better work ethic than others I know n
Good luck OP and rest up. |
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Posted: 3/12/2018 6:44:50 PM EDT
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B.S. on no time to fish ... here in Fl you can't swing a dead mullet without seeing salt water. Pull over like you're taking a piss at the bridge and whip out your pocket fisherman rig and kill some time. Those hours in the parking lots are rookie numbers ... spend those hours under a bridge with new friends Quote HistoryQuoted:
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can you afford a fishing pole ? it's not really important to catch anything world would be better if more people fished There is no back up plan. There is no fun. There is only work and sleep. Pull over like you're taking a piss at the bridge and whip out your pocket fisherman rig and kill some time. Those hours in the parking lots are rookie numbers ... spend those hours under a bridge with new friends |
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Posted: 3/12/2018 6:46:10 PM EDT
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Have you ever had a female motorist pull up alongside your truck whilst on the highway, and "flash gash" at you? |
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Posted: 3/12/2018 6:49:43 PM EDT
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$65k last year. We have 6 drop lots we pick trailers up from within about 30 miles from each other. From there we take them to wherever they go. This vendor stops taking deliveries at 3pm and there’s not enough time to get dispatched and drive to the vendor before they close. I could have sat around and done nothing today, but instead I hooked up and ended up 20 miles from the vendor. I’ll deliver at 7:30am tomorrow and drive back with enough time to hook up to my next load. |
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Posted: 3/12/2018 6:50:34 PM EDT
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Have you considered going to CDL school? I would think you could make that as a truck driver, w/o the liability (assuming you're a company driver)... and you'd at least have a bed to sleep in. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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$65k last year. We have 6 drop lots we pick trailers up from within about 30 miles from each other. From there we take them to wherever they go. This vendor stops taking deliveries at 3pm and there’s not enough time to get dispatched and drive to the vendor before they close. I could have sat around and done nothing today, but instead I hooked up and ended up 20 miles from the vendor. I’ll deliver at 7:30am tomorrow and drive back with enough time to hook up to my next load. |
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Posted: 3/12/2018 6:50:43 PM EDT
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Nope. My brother told me a fat chick flashed him once. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Have you ever had a female motorist pull up alongside your truck whilst on the highway, and "flash gash" at you? 
Okay that's all I got, brother. Enjoy Dayton. Be safe. |
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Posted: 3/12/2018 6:53:03 PM EDT
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... it appears that your navigational timing is regularly fucked up.
Do you ever get out of your truck in these parking lot, and just walk around? |
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Posted: 3/12/2018 6:53:29 PM EDT
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Do you get paid by the mile or trip?
Do you stop at scales? CDL? How is whatever you're towing insured? |
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Posted: 3/12/2018 6:55:33 PM EDT
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You don’t understand how a commercial vehicle works. We can’t just pull over. We pull over and we get hit it’s our fault. No matter what, every time. Are you the only employee who does this? Does the employer just always expect you to sleep in the cab of the truck? This thread just screams "look at me I'm married to my work" |
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Posted: 3/12/2018 6:55:42 PM EDT
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... it appears that your navigational timing is regularly fucked up. Do you ever get out of your truck in these parking lot, and just walk around? Quote HistoryQuoted:
... it appears that your navigational timing is regularly fucked up. Do you ever get out of your truck in these parking lot, and just walk around? Quoted:
Do you get paid by the mile or trip? Do you stop at scales? CDL? How is whatever you're towing insured? |
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Posted: 3/12/2018 6:55:53 PM EDT
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Average MPG towing and non-towing?
Satellite radio? Do you have a bedliner? What tires do you have? Do you change your own oil or pay someone to do it? |
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Posted: 3/12/2018 6:57:08 PM EDT
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How often do you eat gas station pizza? |
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Posted: 3/12/2018 6:57:55 PM EDT
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Lol. There's places all over where you can pull in and fish from the banks and still see your rig in the parking lot. Are you the only employee who does this? Does the employer just always expect you to sleep in the cab of the truck? This thread just screams "look at me I'm married to my work" Quote HistoryQuoted:
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You don’t understand how a commercial vehicle works. We can’t just pull over. We pull over and we get hit it’s our fault. No matter what, every time. Are you the only employee who does this? Does the employer just always expect you to sleep in the cab of the truck? This thread just screams "look at me I'm married to my work" |
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Posted: 3/12/2018 7:00:24 PM EDT
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Average MPG towing and non-towing? Satellite radio? Do you have a bedliner? What tires do you have? Do you change your own oil or pay someone to do it? |
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Posted: 3/12/2018 7:02:58 PM EDT
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How many OD's have you seen in these parking lots here in the great Dayton OH?
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Posted: 3/12/2018 7:03:38 PM EDT
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And again, you don’t understand how commercial vehicles work. We get hit in a parking lot, any parking lot other than a federally defined safe haven it’s our fault. You're telling me you could be sitting dead stopped, parked.. and if some moron hits you, it's your fault? That doesn't make sense on any level. |
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Posted: 3/12/2018 7:05:02 PM EDT
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What phone do you have? Company or personal?
Good medical benefits? Dental? Optical? Do you have prescription sunglasses? Favorite pizza toppings? Brisket or ribs? Do you brush your teeth before or after you shower? How often do you pass semis going 1mph faster than them? Hardwood or tile for kitchen flooring? Beagle or jack russel terrior for a low key apartment dog? |
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Posted: 3/12/2018 7:07:21 PM EDT
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How do I get into your job?
Done the whole truck driving thing and don't want to go back. |
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Posted: 3/12/2018 7:07:29 PM EDT
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Are you a subcontractor?
If so why not work directly for the manufacturers? It seems like a pretty cut and dry job that somebody is making money off of you for shuffling some paperwork if you are a sub. If you are a sub do you know what they charge per mile vs what they pay you? |
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Posted: 3/12/2018 7:08:26 PM EDT
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And again, you don’t understand how commercial vehicles work. We get hit in a parking lot, any parking lot other than a federally defined safe haven it’s our fault. |
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Posted: 3/12/2018 7:13:25 PM EDT
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How many OD's have you seen in these parking lots here in the great Dayton OH? Quote HistoryQuoted:
How many OD's have you seen in these parking lots here in the great Dayton OH? Quoted:
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And again, you don’t understand how commercial vehicles work. We get hit in a parking lot, any parking lot other than a federally defined safe haven it’s our fault. You're telling me you could be sitting dead stopped, parked.. and if some moron hits you, it's your fault? That doesn't make sense on any level. 
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Posted: 3/12/2018 7:14:22 PM EDT
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None so far. No it doesn’t make sense. But it’s that law. All in here: http://www.driverlogbooks.com/images/training/federal-motor-carrier-safety-regulations-pocketbook-5-x-6-7-ors-a-500.jpg |
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Posted: 3/12/2018 7:15:44 PM EDT
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What phone do you have? Company or personal? Good medical benefits? Dental? Optical? Do you have prescription sunglasses? Favorite pizza toppings? Brisket or ribs? Do you brush your teeth before or after you shower? How often do you pass semis going 1mph faster than them? Hardwood or tile for kitchen flooring? Beagle or jack russel terrior for a low key apartment dog? Quote HistoryQuoted:
What phone do you have? Company or personal? Good medical benefits? Dental? Optical? Do you have prescription sunglasses? Favorite pizza toppings? Brisket or ribs? Do you brush your teeth before or after you shower? How often do you pass semis going 1mph faster than them? Hardwood or tile for kitchen flooring? Beagle or jack russel terrior for a low key apartment dog? None. Yes. Olives and artichoke. Brisket. During. Never. Tile. Quoted:
How do I get into your job? Done the whole truck driving thing and don't want to go back. |
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Posted: 3/12/2018 7:16:29 PM EDT
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None so far. No it doesn’t make sense. But it’s that law. All in here: http://www.driverlogbooks.com/images/training/federal-motor-carrier-safety-regulations-pocketbook-5-x-6-7-ors-a-500.jpg According to that, this really only applies to Hazmat. |
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Posted: 3/12/2018 7:17:12 PM EDT
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So wal mart parking lots are federally safe havens?
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Posted: 3/12/2018 7:17:44 PM EDT
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Are you a subcontractor? If so why not work directly for the manufacturers? It seems like a pretty cut and dry job that somebody is making money off of you for shuffling some paperwork if you are a sub. If you are a sub do you know what they charge per mile vs what they pay you? Quote HistoryQuoted:
Are you a subcontractor? If so why not work directly for the manufacturers? It seems like a pretty cut and dry job that somebody is making money off of you for shuffling some paperwork if you are a sub. If you are a sub do you know what they charge per mile vs what they pay you? Quoted:
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And again, you don’t understand how commercial vehicles work. We get hit in a parking lot, any parking lot other than a federally defined safe haven it’s our fault. |
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Posted: 3/12/2018 7:18:16 PM EDT
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And again, you don’t understand how commercial vehicles work. We get hit in a parking lot, any parking lot other than a federally defined safe haven it’s our fault. |
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Posted: 3/12/2018 7:20:39 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: So give an example of a Federal Safe Haven... I've never heard of this. Quote HistoryQuoted: So give an example of a Federal Safe Haven... I've never heard of this. Quoted:
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None so far. No it doesn’t make sense. But it’s that law. All in here: http://www.driverlogbooks.com/images/training/federal-motor-carrier-safety-regulations-pocketbook-5-x-6-7-ors-a-500.jpg According to that, this really only applies to Hazmat. |
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Posted: 3/12/2018 7:22:03 PM EDT
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So wal mart parking lots are federally safe havens? |
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