* Set the BUFFER parameter to a high value (e.g. 2Mb — entered as an integer “2000000″)
* Set the RECORDLENGTH parameter to a high value (e.g. 64Kb — entered as an integer “64000″)
* Use DIRECT=yes (direct mode export)
* Stop unnecessary applications to free-up resources for your job.
* If you run multiple export sessions, ensure they write to different physical disks.
* DO NOT export to an NFS mounted filesystem. It will take forever.

IMPORT:

* Create an indexfile so that you can create indexes AFTER you have imported data. Do this by setting INDEXFILE to a filename and then import. No data will be imported but a file containing index definitions will be created. You must edit this file afterwards and supply the passwords for the schemas on all CONNECT statements.
* Place the file to be imported on a separate physical disk from the oracle data files
* Increase DB_CACHE_SIZE (DB_BLOCK_BUFFERS prior to 9i) considerably in the init$SID.ora file
* Set the LOG_BUFFER to a big value and restart oracle.
* Stop redo log archiving if it is running (ALTER DATABASE NOARCHIVELOG;)
* Create a BIG tablespace with a BIG rollback segment inside. Set all other rollback segments offline (except the SYSTEM rollback segment of course). The rollback segment must be as big as your biggest table (I think?)
* Use COMMIT=N in the import parameter file if you can afford it
* Use STATISTICS=NONE in the import parameter file to avoid time consuming to import the statistics
* Remember to run the indexfile previously created

Physical damage coverage is designed to cover the costs of repair or replacement as a result of damage to your truck or trailer. These are damages not caused by you, and can include collision, fires, earthquakes, storms, floods, theft and vandalism. The amount you pay will depend on how much your truck is worth. The higher the value the more you will pay. Bobtail insurance, sometimes referred to as non trucking liability, is designed to provide coverage for any damages that happen while the truck is not in use for business purposes. This means that it covers any accidents when you have not been dispatched. This may include getting the truck washed or going to the store. Damages sustained while in official use will be covered by the primary liability.

Although the above three types of coverage are the main types of insurance any truck operator should look to have, there are a number of others that can come in handy. Trucks don’t just get driven around for nothing, and there are items on board. Accidents happen and when they do the responsibility is the driver’s. Trailer interchange coverage is designed to cover the costs of damages that are sustained by the trailer or any equipment belonging to somebody else. Motor truck cargo coverage covers the costs of damage to the cargo that was meant to be delivered.

At that time our New York State workers comp claim forms were a 4 part carbon paper form that we had to order from the workers comp board. They had to be typed each time with as few errors as possible. Of course when you are typing with carbon paper you tend to make twice as many errors as you normally would. Then we had to correct each error on 4 pages. So needless to say, this was a rather stressful job. The provider was located about 25 minutes away and we had to drive to his office each time he had claims ready. Then if we did not have enough blank forms available we would have to drive to the Medical Society who would give us a few forms.

The reason we took this job was to gain experience. We were green! We needed experience. We needed to submit insurance claims. We needed to learn how to talk to doctors so we first needed a doctor we could talk to. We learned lots from that experience. The first claims we sent we put one claim in each envelope. We were not sure you could send more than one claim in an envelope. Not only did we send one claim in an envelope to the insurance companies, but we sent the copies of all the claims to the workers comp board one claim per envelope too. But we also learned to work with workers comp claims. We learned to type with less errors. We learned to talk to doctors. We learned our value. We learned to ask for referrals. We learned much more than we would have if we didn’t take that account because we weren’t making any money doing it. All education comes at a price and doing those claims for $3 per claim gave us some priceless education.