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Message: <blockquote data-quote="rpgHQ" data-source="post: 946667" data-attributes="member: 12219">When it comes to truckers you either run dedicated, regional, 48 states, or your a border runner (canada, alaska, and/or mexico)When a trucker says they run the 48 it means they dont go to alaska, canada, or mexico. As a trucker needs a special permit to go into canada, even its its just to cross over to alaska, and the laws on comercial drivers entering Canada is very strict there is not a large number of CDL drivers that can or even want to go into canada. A guy could have missed a single alimony or child support payment, a speeding ticket, a ticket for spitting on the sidewalk, many many things will keep a driver from the USA being able to get ito or through Canada. Many US trucking companies dont even bother with hauling to alaska or Canada for that reason. Why bother with it when your driver and your load can get detained for several days and not even get across the border becuase the driver paid a fine 20 years ago because he dog was not on a leash in the park or he setoff some firecrackers or sparklers on the 4th of july? The companies that do go to alaska or canada from the lower 48 states normally have drivers who only drive in canada and meet other drivers just this side of the border and swaps loads out with goods leaving canada for the goods going in. Its that bad trying to get drivers into canada. Why? Because in Canada many things someone could possible get a fine for without it being a 'real' criminal type thing(getting a fine for not having a fishing or hunting permit, that speeding ticket you got when you where 17 and now oyur 50 and been driving with a clean record for 30 years) is considered felonies in Canada and you cant drive a comercial vehicle in canada if so. And you can get tied up for 2 or 3 days easy trying to get into canada while they run state, local, and fbi checks on the driver. Its pretty silly but true. anyhow that was a bit of an overkill explanation and rambling, but anyhow thats what he meant by driving in all the 48 states. Maybe his company doesnt go into canada, maybe he refuses to deal with the headache of going into canada, or maybe he got fined 15 years ago for peeing on a fence behind the 7/11 <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /> <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /></blockquote>

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