Man found dead in big rig at PETRO identified

[Midnightrider]

the 48th ronin wrote:

or get out of the "Owner Operator" business and drive for someone who can make a profit.( you don't see swift shutting down or J B Hunt... HMMM wonder what their secret is?)

HMMM could it be cheap labor, unpaid waiting time away from home, etc? Would YOU work for THEM?

[ALPHA AND OMEGA TRANSPORT]

just hope he had his act together before he met the real JUDGE

[ALPHA AND OMEGA TRANSPORT]

i'll tell you what the secret is they pay drivers .25 cent a mile and try and keep you away from home 3 wks and give you 3 days off

[the 48th ronin]

ALPHA AND OMEGA TRANSPORT wrote:

i'll tell you what the secret is they pay drivers .25 cent a mile and try and keep you away from home 3 wks and give you 3 days off

Thier secret is they find FOOLS willing to work for them. And even MORE FOOLS willing to sign leases and rent purchase trucks from them so they can pretend to be businessmen, and even more fools who have somehow financed a truck who lease to them hoping to eek out a living by competing with thier indentured slaves and share croppers..

Don't blame J B Hunt, blame the fools...

[the 48th ronin]

Trucking is made up of many types of people who have many types of job desires..

For instance I went home only 4 times in the last year, but I took 2 weeks of in Florida in November, and again in February. I attend any function I care to go to anywhere in the country ( I just spent from tuesday till Sunday at Louisville Ky, and my wife and I meet all over the country for short mini vacations.. That is MY type of trucking, If yours is being home every night I have friends who do that, if yours is being home every other day, or once a week etc, I know people who do that.. Find what you want at a rate of apy you demand, forget this pitty party bull crud about the governemnt needs to be brought down to show the "power of truckers"... Socisalism like other forms of communism is not the workers paradice people pretend it to be..

Canadians come to America for health care....

Chinese are sneaking into the USA very few Americans are determined to sneak into China...

[Mad Max]

Hay there,
Why do we think we need to strike agianst our own country?
Well there really are some good reasons,for example when they KNEW without a doubt that we were going to be defiled and raped by Husain(?),what did they do?NOTHING,they stood back and waited to see if they really would before they lifted a finger agianst them.And lets not forget the time when America gave (at OUR expence)those who did such an injustice to our people three hot meals a day and a roof over their heads that didnt leak as well as a warm and comfy cot.Now you may not think that this is alot but just think...to a starving cold wet child and her family this is possible the stuff that dreams are made of.My thoughts on this strike..GO FOR IT BEFORE THEY GET YOU FIRST.

[popobears44]

this is addressed to the 48 ronin,boy i have truckin for 30 plus years an i can tell from your ravins,you have no ideal whats going on .#1 this is not about the feds helping truckers Its ABOUT TRUCKERS TRYING TO HELP THE USA,the large oil companys has being useing the people of american to line their pockets for years now. look at the profit sheets. 156 billion,so get out there an do your thing,i can tell you got a couple years exp.so in about 25 years from now email an let me know how it goes.

[popobears44]

#1 this is not a truckers strike,men its a fuel shut down,we all know the profits of large oil companys,we are not asking the FEDS to bail us out, we need the people we installed in washington to put a stop,to the suits in nyc lining their pockets useing the american people.think about it 156 billion profit wouldn,t you like to make that,wonder how many in DC. OWN STOCK.

[mikem18wheels]

SO TRUE! LETS MAKE A STAND AND SHUT DOWN! JOIN THE CONVOY IN APRIL TO CIRCLE CITY! 1000S OF TRUCKS ENROLLED SO FAR!

[the 48th ronin]

popobears44 wrote:

this is addressed to the 48 ronin,boy i have truckin for 30 plus years an i can tell from your ravins,you have no ideal whats going on .#1 this is not about the feds helping truckers Its ABOUT TRUCKERS TRYING TO HELP THE USA,the large oil companys has being useing the people of american to line their pockets for years now. look at the profit sheets. 156 billion,so get out there an do your thing,i can tell you got a couple years exp.so in about 25 years from now email an let me know how it goes.

I started driving a truck in the Republic of Viet Nam in 1968 and have been doing it all my life....BOY....
Your excuses are full of bull doo doo...

The oil companies are making record profits but have you bothered to check what size the big oil companies are now? For instance complaining about the profits a company of 100 employees makes as compared to a 3 employee cmpany, The oil companies are SOOOOOOOO big because each is the combined assets and debts etc of the several oil companies that are now under one name...

Does that profit come from speculation?
The price of a barrel of oil on the NY merc is determined by the price buyers are willing to pay to secure a contract... two years ago maybe 9 billion dollars was invested in OIL on the merc... today 290 billion dollars is invested... A growth that would if it happened in any other field mean that prices would rise by an amount that would have a barrel of oil at 400$

If you want to lecture me about the trucking industry, start by finding out who I am instead of pretending to be an expert...

Maybe you should study economics?

[lastword]

has the truckerstrike2008 thread been removed?

[the 48th ronin]

lastword wrote:

has the truckerstrike2008 thread been removed?

Who could remove it?

[the 48th ronin]

lastword wrote:

has the truckerstrike2008 thread been removed?

evidently yes... for reason you have to contact TOPIX ADMIN...

wondered why there weren't any new posts there,

[lastword]

It seemed like it went away, then came back, now gone again. I'm too lazy to contact admin for reason. The way some were posting on it, I can imagine why. But if someone wants to contact them and post the reason, that's fine with me.

the 48th ronin wrote:

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evidently yes... for reason you have to contact TOPIX ADMIN...
wondered why there weren't any new posts there,

[the 48th ronin]

The best people in the shut down effort realized thaqt peacful protest rather than thugs closing roads was the way to make their point without losing the american public.

Some people were agitating for violence and revolution.

The nation neads leadership I don't see coming from eny of the three stooges the media is promoting towards the election...

The answer for me does not include shafting my customers who do pay me for the increased costs.

The solution for everyone?

[Long Haul Driver]

The truckerstrike2008 thread is still there. someone had posted on it 49 miniutes ago. but your right some of the posting did cross over to stupid. here is the link to it if you can't find it. http://www.topix.net/business/trucking/2008/0...