This Blog Is Changing

Hello friends! It has been awhile since I've posted anything here, and for that I do apologize.
I will be posting here once again, but instead of the usual trucking content I will be posting on more of a variety of subjects. As the description says, 'anything goes'. Politics, religion, how to, stock trades, trips, recipes, tips, opinions, suggestions, projects, heck I'll even Baptize your babies;-)And I will try my best to keep it interesting if not provacative!
So please check back often or just hit the subscribe or rss buttons. LET ME ENTERTAIN, ENRICH AND ENLIGHTEN YOU!

God bless!

Welcome Aboard 3 New Team Members!

I want to take a moment to welcome 3 new folks to the Peotected Cargo family. First I want to welcome Robert McManus from Pineville, LA. Robert joined us last week before thanksgiving.
Second to join us was James Griffin from Vidor, Tx. James started yesterday and seems to be doing well.
Third is Paul Clark from Leesville, LA. Paul texted me just a few minutes ago to tell me that he was hired today!
So, what are you waiting for? We still have openings. OTR and regional freight available. Send me an email to find out more, or just call the number at the end of this blog for more info.

This blog is an attempt to give real information about my experiences at Protected Cargo. This blog was started on day one of my employment at Tango Transport and I have continued to keep it going with my new contract with Protected Cargo Transport. Go back and read over the past few months. If you decide to come to work for my current carrier then please put my name down as the one who referred you. Feel free to call me with questions. My number is 337-789-7925. Come join the team!

OOIDA Call To Action

Thank you for making your voices heard last week.  With your help, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 405-16 to pass H.R. 674 (http://www.ooida.com/Documents/HR674-112th.pdf)  - legislation that permanently prevents a 3% “preemptive tax” on payments made by local, state, and federal governments to anyone providing them services. You can find out how your representative voted here - http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2011/roll815.xml.  Please feel free to call and thank them for their support of small businesses.

Despite this strong vote in the House and support from President Obama, the Senate is considering changing the House legislation, meaning that the process would have to start all over again and getting this important legislation into law would be put at significant risk.  This legislation needs to pass now!

Please call both of your Senators TODAY!   Please tell both of your Senators to support H.R.674 without any changes so it can become law.

To contact your lawmaker in the U.S. Senate, simply call the U.S. Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and provide the operator with your home zip code. The operator will connect you to your lawmaker’s office.

You are also welcome to call OOIDA at (800) 444-5791. Association staff will be happy to provide you contact information for your Senators.


This blog is an attempt to give real information about my experiences at Protected Cargo. This blog was started on day one of my employment at Tango Transport and I have continued to keep it going with my new contract with Protected Cargo Transport. Go back and read over the past few months. If you decide to come to work for my current carrier then please put my name down as the one who referred you. Feel free to call me with questions. My number is 337-789-7925. Come join the team!

Welcome Aboard Joda Duncan!

Protected Cargo Transports newest team member is Joda Duncan Jr. Joda is coming on board with us as a company driver this morning, so welcome aboard Joda.

Let me take this opportunity to tell you that Protected Cargo Transport starts their company drivers out at as much as 25% depending on past experience. If you are tired of pulling tarps, and want to give curtainsides a try, call Dee Dee Bass and get started with us today!

This blog is an attempt to give real information about my experiences at Protected Cargo. This blog was started on day one of my employment at Tango Transport and I have continued to keep it going with my new contract. Go back and read over the past few months. If you decide to come to work for my current carrier then please put my name down as the one who referred you. Feel free to call me with questions. My number is 337-789-7925. Come join the team!

Week 7 Settlement

Week 7 went like this:
1. Columbus, Oh to Alexandria, LA
152 empty miles
976 Loaded Miles
1128 Total Miles
$1222.56 + 527.04 FSC(Fuel Surcharge)
Total $1749.60 or 1.55 per mile

2. Cloutierville, LA to Simpsonville, SC
38 Empty Miles
759 Loaded Miles
797 Total Miles
$1234.74 + 409.86 FSC
Total $1644.86 or $2.06 per mile

3. Simpsonville, SC to Ringgold, LA
0 Empty Miles
736 Loaded Miles
$872.82 + $397.44 FSC
Total $1270.26 or $1.72 per mile

4. Dodson, LA to New Waverly, TX
49 Empty Miles
270 Loaded Miles
319 Total Miles
$499.12 + $127.98 FSC
Total $627.10 or $1.96 per mile

5. Houston, TX to Ville Platte, LA
57 Empty Miles
232 Loaded Miles
$283.27 + 125.28 FSC
Total $408.55 or $1.76 per mile

Give Protected Cargo a call!



This blog is an attempt to give real information about my experiences at Protected Cargo. This blog was started on day one of my employment at Tango Transport and I have continued to keep it going with my new contract. Go back and read over the past few months. If you decide to come to work for my current carrier then please put my name down as the one who referred you. Feel free to call me with questions. My number is 337-789-7925. Come join the team!

Week 6 Settlement

As I promised, I am catching up this blog from week 6 to week 13. I will get them done over the next couple of weeks, so be patient please.
I must apologize in advannce for week 6 as I only could find the total miles and the gross pay. Here are those numbers:

Total Loaded Miles- 1961
Total Empty Miles- 349
Total Miles- 2310
Gross Pay- $4215.68
Average Per Mile Pay- $1.82 per mile

This blog is an attempt to give real information about my experiences at Protected Cargo. This blog was started on day one of my employment at Tango Transport and I have continued to keep it going with my new contract. Go back and read over the past few months. If you decide to come to work for my current carrier then please put my name down as the one who referred you. Feel free to call me with questions. My number is 337-789-7925. Come join the team!

Wow! Onions Can Cure or Kill!!

In 1919 when the flu killed 40 million people there was this Doctor that
visited the many farmers to see if he could help them combat the flu..
Many of the farmers and their family had contracted it and many died.
The doctor came upon this one farmer and to his surprise, everyone was very
healthy. When the doctor asked what the farmer was doing that was different
the wife replied that she had placed an unpeeled onion in a dish in the
rooms of the home, (probably only two rooms back then). The doctor couldn't
believe it and asked if he could have one of the onions and place it under
the microscope. She gave him one and when he did this, he did find the flu
virus in the onion. It obviously absorbed the bacteria, therefore, keeping
the family healthy.
Now, I heard this story from my hairdresser. She said that several
years ago, many of her employees were coming down with the flu, and so were
many of her customers. The next year she placed several bowls with onions
around in her shop. To her surprise, none of her staff got sick. It must
work. Try it and see what happens. We did it last year and we never got the flu.
Now there is a P. S. to this for I sent it to a friend in Oregon who
regularly contributes material to me on health issues. She replied with this
most interesting experience about onions:
Thanks for the reminder. I don't know about the farmer's story...but, I do
know that I contacted pneumonia, and, needless to say, I was very ill... I came
across an article that said to cut both ends off an onion put it into an
empty jar, and place the jar next to the sick patient at night. It said the
onion wo uld be black in
the morning from the germs. ..sure enough it happened
just like that...the onion was a mess and I began to feel better.
Another thing I read in the article was that onions and garlic placed around
the room saved many from the black plague years ago. They have powerful
antibacterial, antiseptic properties.
This is the other note.
Lots of times when we have stomach problems we don't know what to blame.
Maybe it's the onions that are to blame. Onions absorb bacteria is the
reason they are so good at preventing us from getting colds and flu and is
the very reason we shouldn't eat an onion that has been sitting for a time
after it has been cut open.
 
LEFT OVER ONIONS ARE POISONOUS
I had the wonderful privilege of touring Mullins Food Products, Makers of
mayonnaise. Questions about food poisoning came up, and I wanted to share
what I learned from a chemist.
Ed, who was our tour guide, is a food chemistry whiz. During the tour, someone
asked if we really needed to worry about mayonnaise. People are always
worried that mayonnaise will spoil. Ed's answer will surprise you. Ed said
that all commercially-made mayo is completely safe.
"It doesn't even have to be refrigerated. No harm in refrigerating it, but
it's not really necessary." He explained that the pH in mayonnaise is set at
a point that bacteria could not survive in that environment. He then talked
about the summer picnic, with the bowl of potato salad sitting on
the table, and how everyone blames the mayonnaise when someone gets sick.
Ed says that, when food poisoning is reported, the first thing the officials
look for is when the 'victim' last ate ONIONS and where those onions came
from (in the potato salad?). Ed says it's not the mayonnaise (as
long as
it's not homemade mayo) that spoils in the outdoors. It's probably the
ONIONS, and if not the onions, it's the POTATOES.
He explained onions are a huge magnet for bacteria, especially uncooked
onions. You should never plan to keep a portion of a sliced onion.. He says
it's not even safe if you put it in a zip-lock bag and put it in your
refrigerator.
It's already contaminated enough just by being cut open and out for a bit,
that it can be a danger to you (and doubly watch out for those onions you put in your hotdogs at the baseball park!). Ed says if you take the leftover onion and cook it like crazy you'll probably be okay, but if you slice that leftover onion and put on your sandwich, you're asking for trouble. Both the onions and the moist potato in a potato salad, will attract and grow bacteria faster than any commercial mayonnaise will even begin to break down..
Also, dogs should never eat onions.
Their stomachs cannot metabolize onions.
Please remember it is dangerous to cut an onion and try to use it to cook
the next day, it becomes highly poisonous for even a single night and
creates toxic bacteria which may cause adverse stomach infections because of excess bile secretions and even food poisoning.

Cat's Eye Tire Inflation Monitor

I ordered a set of Cat's Eye Tire Pressure Monitors from Www.stenglebros.com this week. Have any of you used them? If so, what's your opinion of them?



This blog is an attempt to give real information about my experiences at Protected Cargo. This blog was started on day one of my employment at Tango Transport and I have continued to keep it going with my new contract. Go back and read over the past few months. If you decide to come to work for my current carrier then please put my name down as the one who referred you. Feel free to call me with questions. My number is 337-789-7925. Come join the team!

Blog Update This Weekend. Protected Cargo Now Hiring!

Sorry I haven't been blogging lately. I will try to catch y'all up this weekend. Owner operators that are looking for a change may want to check the blog this weekend as I'll be posting several weeks of settlements. Feel free to inbox any questions you may have.



This blog is an attempt to give real information about my experiences at Protected Cargo. This blog was started on day one of my employment at Tango Transport and I have continued to keep it going with my new contract. Go back and read over the past few months. If you decide to come to work for my current carrier then please put my name down as the one who referred you. Feel free to call me with questions. My number is 337-789-7925. Come join the team!

My Living Will

I,__________________, being of sound mind and body, do not wish to be kept alive indefinitely by artificial means. 

Under no circumstances should my fate be put in the hands of pinhead politicians who couldn't pass ninth grade biology if their lives depended on it, or lawyers/doctors interested in simply running up the bills. 

If a reasonable amount of time passes and I fail to ask for at least one of the following:

Glass of wine
Chocolate
 
Chicken fried steak
Cream gravy
Sex
Mexican food
French fries
Pizza
Ice cream
Cup of New Orleans Blend Community Coffee with Pet Milk

It should be presumed that I won't ever get better.
When such a determination is reached, I hereby instruct my appointed person and attending physicians to pull the plug, reel in the tubes, and call it a day!

This blog is an attempt to give real information about my experiences at Protected Cargo. This blog was started on day one of my employment at Tango Transport and I have continued to keep it going with my new contract. Go back and read over the past few months. If you decide to come to work for my current carrier then please put my name down as the one who referred you. Feel free to call me with questions. My number is 337-789-7925. Come join the team!