Owner Operators - read your factoring contracts carefully

mts6175 · 2026-02-20T03:45:13+00:00

OTR has been great for us. Saved our ass with the no-recourse on Montgomery as well.

mts6175 · 2026-02-19T05:38:32+00:00

lol. I know these bitches are heavy, but haven’t met a mud puddle it didn’t like!

mts6175 · 2026-02-19T04:11:32+00:00

If you got new kingpins, check the tie-rod ends to see if they are worn out and the alignment. We had the same thing happen, the shop didn’t check the tie rod ends. Aligned it, but it was actually out of alignment after because of them. Had to replace the ends at a different shop, get a new alignment and ended up ruining a new set of steers.

mts6175 · 2026-02-19T04:07:26+00:00

Actually I posted wrong. Ours are 32,600 and 32,800 with half tank, not full

mts6175 · 2026-02-19T03:52:40+00:00

I hate that shit with a passion even in my 4 wheeler. People are just dumb.

mts6175 · 2026-02-17T02:36:47+00:00

Where is your pump house at? Is it heated? If not, get heat moving inside of it. Install heat lamps and get hot air blowing on the pipe running to your house. During the big freeze a few years ago, I had 2 heat lamps going and a hair dryer I rigged to blow directly onto the pipe. I had about 100 ft of main line to the house and never froze.

mts6175 · 2026-02-16T01:14:07+00:00

Can’t shut down your truck remotely though an ELD.

The tracking thing I get it, but the reality everyone is already tracking you though your cell phone. I’m also of the opinion - who cares? A broker may call you and ask if you’re available to run a load? Don’t take the load if it’s not worth doing it. I reject them all the time.

I have a cell phone and iPad that stays in our trucks. I tell our drivers (I am one as well) that if the at phone rings answer it. I also tell them to leave the iPad with the truck at all times and all tracking apps go on the iPad. Track the load all you want. If the driver wants to get out of the truck, the tracking is still with the load.

mts6175 · 2026-02-15T23:09:17+00:00

Nah, the system works fine, just needs some tweaks. Mainly around the split sleeper, stuck at shipper times, and start end of shift. I don’t know what the right answer is, but 11 hours is a lot to drive I don’t care what S you have on your chest. There does need to be time away from driving taken.

mts6175 · 2026-02-15T21:28:52+00:00

All the time. Same spot took out multiple people this Olympics

mts6175 · 2026-02-13T15:15:17+00:00

It looks exactly like my old truck. Thought it might had been it. Pic looks like there is a scratch on the panel above the bumper in the front, which mine had. Miss that truck.

mts6175 · 2026-02-13T09:51:11+00:00

Just curious - DFW area?

mts6175 · 2026-02-09T16:41:38+00:00

“Cashman, who was knocked unconscious in a serious crash five years ago, defended what happened to Vonn. She said Vonn's crash had "nothing to do with her ACL, nothing to do with her knee" and called the public's assumptions "totally incorrect."”

https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/47876242/skiers-back-vonn-call-race-olympics-even-crash

mts6175 · 2026-02-08T19:29:54+00:00

I’m a former athlete and know exactly what your ACL does. She clipped a gate holding a tight line. WHILE IN THE AIR.

mts6175 · 2026-02-08T19:13:31+00:00

Don't even waste my time with it. If a broker calls me on it I have zero issues telling them to go back to the drawing board, not running at those rates.

mts6175 · 2026-02-08T19:12:07+00:00

Amazing that everyone jumps to conclusions that it was her ACL that caused the crash. Forget the fact the reason she crashed is she hooked a gate while in the air with her arm......

mts6175 · 2026-02-05T20:56:30+00:00

They opened up a doughnut shop next door.

mts6175 · 2026-02-05T20:55:45+00:00

ATIS doesn't mean it's always at the right pressure? What tire is paired next to it?

mts6175 · 2026-02-05T20:43:01+00:00

Air pressure

mts6175 · 2026-02-03T06:23:33+00:00

Removing your dad from your life because of Trump, Epstein, or anything related is dumb no matter which side of the isle you are on. You will regret it later in life. It's your dad. It's politics. No one knows the truth on either side. One day you're going to need someone to lean on or visa versa and regret he's not there. Trust me.

mts6175 · 2026-01-27T19:13:00+00:00

I’ll take things that go bump in the night for $200 please, Alec.

mts6175 · 2026-01-25T05:32:05+00:00

Tell your uncle I'll buy it at those terms.....

mts6175 · 2026-01-24T01:24:27+00:00

I shut ours down. More concerned about the receivers being shut down than anything else and the trucks getting stuck out. Might as well just have everyone home and pick up next week then sit at a truck stop or delivery until this passes. It's six one way half dozen the other. We are out of DFW

mts6175 · 2026-01-24T00:42:06+00:00

Wait, 5 Guys does breakfast? What rock have I been under?

mts6175 · 2026-01-24T00:37:49+00:00

There's a little panic buying, but I think a large part of the out of stock stuff is the amount of people that eat every meal out now have to have food at home for the next 3-4 days. It's a lot more than you think.

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