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  1. 02-21-2009, 08:28 PM #41
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    weren't you the guy that switched from company driver to o/o then the motor let go on your truck? I thought you switched back to a company driver after that?
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  2. 02-21-2009, 09:05 PM #42
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    Quote Originally Posted by rank View Post
    weren't you the guy that switched from company driver to o/o then the motor let go on your truck? I thought you switched back to a company driver after that?

    No that was Cynaide or how ever you spell it. sorry I've had a few.
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    I had heard that TMC parked quite a number of trucks... A thousand of them. But, I thought that was just a rumor until I talked to a TMC driver yesterday. The only one I saw all day, and normally I get to see 4, 5, or 6 a day. He said the only trucks that are moving are the ones on "dedicated accounts". I'm guessing that it will be cheaper to fill the contracts than to get out of them. He didn't seem all that optomistic about his own job either.

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  4. 02-21-2009, 09:31 PM #44
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    Yep, Cyanide that was it.

    I've been meeting 3-4 TMC trucks on routes 37-122-11 in northern NY state lately. I think the one guy said they were bouncing 235 miles from Amsterdam to Massena then reloading for Baltimore. A 235 mile bounce for a 500 mile load. Yikes. He also said they lost the Alcoa acc't.
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  5. 02-22-2009, 04:50 AM #45
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    wowsy wow wow That's one of the reasons I not sure where to begin, again. Sure you can find a job, but who wants to get laid off in a week or a couple months? I wonder if there is some place like Alaska where you can go where there will be work no matter what. That may be a little extreme- you know, I remember trying to book loads with agents, dealing with freight volumes and freight prices- I didn't miss it when I went cents per mile.
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    Quote Originally Posted by lowrange View Post
    Hmpf...that's interesting. Do you remember when those stores started to pop up? They look a little ratty but you could sure get some staples at a cheap price- now, they're everywhere.
    Even their brand new stores look ratty. I dont know how they do it. They build a brand new building and on grand opening day the place looks 10 years old.
    Don't trust anybody. Especially that guy in the mirror.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jumbo View Post
    Even their brand new stores look ratty. I dont know how they do it. They build a brand new building and on grand opening day the place looks 10 years old.
    LOL isn't that the truth!? What, do they plan it that way!?
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  8. 02-22-2009, 06:24 AM #48
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    I had heard that TMC parked quite a number of trucks.


    I've never seen so many TMC trucks running empty as I have lately, 5 or 6 a day easily.
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    Seems like all TMC would need to do is maybe back off from 7 truck washes a week to maybe 3 and they'd be able to pay a lot of drivers!
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    Wow..... sorry to hear about your company letting you go...count ur blessings!
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    Quote Originally Posted by marcel27208 View Post
    Wow..... sorry to hear about your company letting you go...count ur blessings!
    Will do Marcel, thanks! I got an email today, I may be able to stay with the company and not have all the transition costs.
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    Quote Originally Posted by lowrange View Post
    Will do Marcel, thanks! I got an email today, I may be able to stay with the company and not have all the transition costs.


    wow....lord works in mysterious ways!!! thats good to hear.......
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    so whats the word lowrange....u working?
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    I'll start a new thread, Marcel.
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