http://www.truckersroad.com/fusionbb/showforum.php?fid/15/This forum is for discussions related to the issues facing drivers on a daily basis.<br> MODERATOR: JuciefruitenMon, 01 Mar 2010 19:11:01 GMTMon, 01 Mar 2010 19:11:01 GMT10http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rssFusionBB 3.0 FINAL (www.fusionbb.com)http://www.truckersroad.com/fusionbb/showtopic.php?tid/60255http://www.truckersroad.com/fusionbb/showtopic.php?tid/60255Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:49:44 GMThttp://www.truckersroad.com/fusionbb/showtopic.php?tid/60104http://www.truckersroad.com/fusionbb/showtopic.php?tid/60104 1: I like the 34 hour restart!
2: I believe you should be able to stop the 14 hour clock!
3: The shippers and receivers need to be held accountable for delays that take drivers hours away.

What do you all think!

Chaplain ]]>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:31:29 GMThttp://www.truckersroad.com/fusionbb/showtopic.php?tid/60101http://www.truckersroad.com/fusionbb/showtopic.php?tid/60101
What interesting topic's do you all want to talk about!

Not prying just enjoy the form and just visting with you all.

Chaplain ]]>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 18:33:39 GMThttp://www.truckersroad.com/fusionbb/showtopic.php?tid/60089http://www.truckersroad.com/fusionbb/showtopic.php?tid/60089
They had 131 locations in 34 States...I guess they will revert to regular truck parking spots again...Maybe they will eventually take down the hardware....It seemed to me --most truckstops lost parking spots with the installation of Idelaire system...

Maybe someone will buy them out of bankruptcy and try and restore the service in some locations... So much for their attempt at lowering exhaust emissions and saving diesel fuel costs for fleets.. ]]>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:28:02 GMThttp://www.truckersroad.com/fusionbb/showtopic.php?tid/60052http://www.truckersroad.com/fusionbb/showtopic.php?tid/60052 Hi all,

A few days ago I was saved from a deluge of grief and financial
pain by my trusty GPS with the LowClearances.com database
installed.

Travelling at night north on Old Eagle School Road near
Philadelphia, I was actually on a different route from the one I’d
planned due to another low clearance (which is kind of ironic).

Anyway because of the distractions and the sign being partially
covered by a bush, I think there’s a pretty good chance I’d have
hit the 10-6 railroad bridge. However the alert sounded, I was
able to take avoiding action, and disaster was averted.

This software has really saved my bacon so I just want to share
by experience and recommend to everyone that they give it a try.

The website is: http://www.lowclearances.com


Safe driving.
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Well, he was talking to the company owner and mentioned it, and she said we have till the end of February. Ok, good, Al wanted to stay out till at least the middle of Feb.

I got a phone call from the company owner, saying the prorate office in St Cloud is no longer open. She faxed me the letter she had received from them and it says you can file online.

Great! HA! I got everything together this morning, sat down at the puter, went to the web site to get it done.

You have to have an ID and password in order to get into the DVS/Prorate site! Fill out the forms, MAIL them in, and within 2 to 3 weeks get an email with our ID and Password. Two to three weeks!

I suppose with all the budget cuts, they have had to let people go, so a few are doing the work of those who were let go plus their own. A phone number is given for any questions to be asked and I bet those poor people on the other end of the line go home with cauliflower ears at the end of the day.

I'm not sure why we didn't get the same letter the company owner got; we get our own license. I know she was surprised when I told her we didn't. The prorate office was closed in October of last year! ]]>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 19:48:25 GMThttp://www.truckersroad.com/fusionbb/showtopic.php?tid/60010http://www.truckersroad.com/fusionbb/showtopic.php?tid/60010Fri, 15 Jan 2010 18:02:56 GMThttp://www.truckersroad.com/fusionbb/showtopic.php?tid/60002http://www.truckersroad.com/fusionbb/showtopic.php?tid/60002 Police think a band of thieves were in town as 4 truck lots were targeted... Ted Kopf was one of two trucks stolen out of the lot of Pioneer Trucking.
Several loads were broken into as the thieves tryed to determine which loads were worth stealing... Mr. Kopf's trailer had $ 400,000 worth of swimwear...

Mr Kopf, a OOIDA member is planning to install and use some type of truck "kill switch" in the future... Probably a real good idea for any O/O semi-truck.... It is amazing how many truck loads are stolen each year here in the USA...normally the truck and trailer are recovered minus the freight... ]]>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 23:33:39 GMThttp://www.truckersroad.com/fusionbb/showtopic.php?tid/59975http://www.truckersroad.com/fusionbb/showtopic.php?tid/59975
Several years ago I decided to become a company dispatcher...only to end up giving it up after 6 weeks or so...could not manage to learn how to do a repower...no problem with the truck that needed a repower...hard part was finding a truck who would do one with their system... Did I mention the company sent me to their HQs for dispatcher training ...the trainer spent about 2 hours on trying to teach us how to do a repower... Duh... not help at all...

Apparently repowering a flatbed hauler is even more difficult...most guys do not want to give up their tiedowns and tarps... even if they are a company driver...

How about some repower "horror" stories??? We could use a good laugh or two for the New Year !!

The one thing that I did discover as a dispatcher... in most cases the load was already late when being repowered... the driver or team doing the repower would not get charged for running late to delivery regardless... time to slow roll along if desired.... ]]>Sun, 10 Jan 2010 20:11:46 GMThttp://www.truckersroad.com/fusionbb/showtopic.php?tid/59885http://www.truckersroad.com/fusionbb/showtopic.php?tid/59885Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:43:37 GMT