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Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:13:49 GMT

kick88, you are about to be removed along with the spam you have posted. Stop now.

Don't Know

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 18:31:44 GMT

'Bout everybody else..If I had to depend on just hauling,I'd just be breaking EVEN...My costs for hauling are almost a LOSS...Without the pack jobs,I'd be out of business.

Movers EVERYWHERE

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 18:11:20 GMT

http://www.moversguideusa.com/

temp labor

Wed, 29 Jun 2011 19:38:24 GMT

i just wanted to know if any o/o had a hard time with the
irs in regards to there labor receipt for there cash labor i
see this as becoming a problem in the near future   i was
just reading about the new 1099 reporting rules coming in
2012 . none of these guys have id or bank accounts so the
cant get a check and the only way is to pay them cash and
that is time consuming   and getting very expense cash
fees are getting very high now a days. it cost 5 bucks now
just to get your money out of a atm . im starting to notice
some of the agents having you pay them instead of paying
the labor at 15 bucks a hour and that is really high im not really making any money and im thing of closing up shop .
it is really becoming to much new log rules new regs etc
etc how m i going to get load and unload with the new hour
of service rules and electronic logs how can that be
manged    and i think my van lines has did some thing to
the fuel surcharge because it don't amount to nothing
anymore . a lot of work for very little pay

Keep Big Brother Out Of My Cab

Wed, 20 Apr 2011 12:56:24 GMT

http://www.npr.org/2011/04/20/135507979/indie-truckers-keep- big-brother-out-of-my-cab

Read or listen to this entire article

Terry Button is a fifth-generation farmer from upstate New York who also works as a long-distance trucker, hauling hay and produce up and down the East Coast.

When I'm away from home, this is my home. Does somebody come in your front door and decide, 'I want to plug into your computer and see where you've been today'?

- Terry Button, truck driver

He's proud of his truck and likes it just the way it is. Inside, the cab is homey and low-tech, with a bed behind the two seats and a CB radio. There's no cruise control and no GPS telling him where to go.

"Canada is that way, Boston is that way, California is that way, Florida is that way," Button jokes. "I can figure out how to get there. I don't need a little box on the dash, telling me, 'Turn left, turn right.' "

But if a new rule proposed by the Department of Transportation goes through, Button will be required to have a high-tech little box on his dashboard — one that's hooked up to his engine — to automatically record how many hours he drives.

"I can't think of anything good that would come from this. If I could, I would tell you honestly, and I can't," says Button. He cares a lot about safety but thinks the proposed new rule would be a mistake.

Tracking Truckers

Paper log books, like this one used by trucker Terry Button, can be purchased at truck stops for as little as $1.49. Electronic monitors can cost more than $1,500.

Maggie Starbard/NPR Paper log books, like this one used by trucker Terry Button, can be purchased at truck stops for as little as $1.49. Electronic monitors can cost more than $1,500.

The device would be a new way to track how well truckers stick to the federal limits on driving hours that exist to keep dangerously tired truckers off the road. Such driving restrictions have been around since the 1930s, and truck drivers document all of their working hours in daily log books. Currently, they are supposed to work for no more than a 14-hour stretch, and only 11 of those hours can be driving hours.

But safety advocates have long argued that these handwritten logs are so easy to fake that they're a joke, noting that they're sometimes referred to in CB slang as "comic books," and that drivers can just lie on the logs and work far more hours.

"Tired truckers are a major, major safety problem," says Jackie Gillan of the Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety in Washington, D.C. Her group has been urging the government to require electronic onboard recorders for more than 15 years. "Paper log books are easily manipulated. They are easily falsified."...

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Temperpedic Mattress Shipping ???

Wed, 13 Apr 2011 12:08:23 GMT

I have been hearing some issues about moving Temperpedic Mattress. Some carriers are requiring crating.... Could some one please explain what he problem is wit these type of mattress

Thanks

researching before you move

Thu, 28 Dec 2010 18:04:53 GMT

most people that i run in to have no idea on moving where to
start and how to find a reliable moving company , specially
those who are moving long distance for the first time, and
most dont do any research at all before their move,resulting
in most of the time spending double or even triple on what it
post to cost and thats in a good situation.i advise people to do
a lot of research before they move...a good place is to look
around the web for experts articles or from people who
moved before and read their experience.
research is the key to a successful moving and saving!!!

trans factor

Sat, 04 Dec 2010 22:45:26 GMT

can some please explain to me what that trans factor rate in
cost estimate is i keep see it and the number be like .82 and
to me it looks like some sort of discount of the transportation
charge. em i right or wrong about this.

Sales Compensation

Fri, 26 Nov 2010 10:32:55 GMT

How are most sales people paid in the M&S industry ? Salary ? Commission or both ??

BBB and paid memberships...

Wed, 17 Nov 2010 14:59:50 GMT

In this 20/20 segment, ABC suggests that Business owners accuse consumer watchdog of raising grades for members...

[FLASH width=425 height=355]http://www.youtube.com/v/0w6Oick8x48&rel=1[/FLASH]

labor pay

Fri, 05 Nov 2010 18:06:06 GMT

not sure if i ask this ? before but what is everybody paying
for labor these days in the last couple of months i have
been having some labor pay issues and i just wanted to
see what ever body else was pay are you paying a buck a
hundred weight or bye the hour i was in Maine the other
day and and pick up labor and the rate was 15 a hour for 3
men to unload. and i payed a buck a hundred weight @
3men to load 18000 lbs. that one load cost me over a
thousand dollars to do. i should of stayed home on that
one. i cant understand why is it that when the driver
comes to town he or she has to pay way above what the
local agent pays in labor because i know that the local
agent ain't paying them 15 a hour . or a buck a hundred
weight . my actual cost on 18000 lbs was unload 2 men @
150 a man and one man flat 180.00 . load was 1 man
@180.00 and 2 men @ 200 a man . and 200 was because
they did some loading while i did the inventory so they got
20 extra .

Change in Fees in Port Israel

Thu, 07 Oct 2010 11:32:14 GMT

The good news is that the Mas Nemal for import and export ocean shipments has been cancelled.

The bad news in that it has been replaced by a port-imposed Terminal Handling Charge (THC), in addition to the standard ship line THC. Most ship lines have reacted by changing their THC.

The end result is that commercial shipments of a very high value will likely pay less, but smaller value shipments (including Personal Effects) will end up paying more.

It is now more important than ever to make sure any shipping quote to or from Israel outlines the THC and Port Fees. The fees charged to the shipper are NOT regulated by the government, and vary from ship line to ship line, and agent to agent.

If you get a shipping quote that does not say, IN WRITING, that these fees are included, they ARE NOT, but they will still be due.

owner operator contracts

Mon, 20 Sep 2010 22:59:13 GMT

can somebody please tell me if getting paid less then 100%
for i think it is called item 120 (orgin service dest service
fee for the driver) is the norm now of days it use to be
100% but at this place i'm lease with the contract states
74% and according to the 400n this charges is supposed to
compassionate the driver for long carry s etc you know the
stuff that i don't get paid for anymore . . i had a unload a
couple of weeks a go in Atlanta ga 4000 pounds that took
8 hours just me and my helper it had a long carry thru a
parking garage a elevator on the 8th floor and another long
walk to a storage unit in total we probably walked about a
city block no lie and i could not get a extra dime for all that
extra work .i don't like the 400 n at all what is the problem
of just charging for the actually service that is being
preformed. EVERYBODY WANTS TOP SERVICE BUT
NOBODY WANTS TO PAY FOR IT i'm really getting tired of
this

cross country move ?vault

Wed, 15 Sep 2010 15:07:08 GMT

I am a consumer (not a mover). We are looking at a cross country move within the next 6 months. We have moved many times in the past---all self moves (Uhaul) with up to a full 26 ft van full/towing car etc. We now have a bigger house and probably can't really fit into a 26 ft van size, and have cars that can't be easily towed. We are looking at three options:

1) more than one trip with a Uhaul---might not be cost/time effective.

2) move with professional company---we pack, they pack van.

3) using Smartmove (Atlas) or similar--we pack the whole thing, they move the vaults.

We are quite good at packing both within the house and into moving vans and have the time to take to do that ourselves if needed Can anyone give some advice on pros/cons of the above choices.

We have general quotes of $5500 for 5 vaults with Smartmove (drop off, pick up and deliver), $10,000 for traditional mover (we pack in house, they pack van and move/unload).

This is about a 1600 mile move, and a 5 bedroom/4000sf home. We aren't sure if the estimates above are realistic or not and have not yet had a walk through estimate.

national moving contractors association

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 23:10:20 GMT

does anybody know who is running this campaign or has
anybody heard of them. here is there web site .
www.movingcontractors.org