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    contracts

    Thinking about putting a driver in my truck...just wondering...anybody have a good source for a contract proto-type ?
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    Van markings

    Over the last two months, two buddies of mine were pulled over in Jackson ,MI. They were given warnings for not having commercial markings on their vans. They were both told that "their" company name and the city they are based in must be clearly marked on the vehicle. They both run as...
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    Diabetes

    A friend of mine asked me, " what is the DOT policy on Diabetes?". Well, i don't know. I remember hearing that once you have to start on injections your CDL is revoked. I'm not sure about that, but that's what i was told buy a fellow driver who was trying desperately to keep from having to go on...
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    Pattern interupt shock

    Just curious, has anyone ever heard of this? Apparently this is when something completely audacious happens in front of you and you fail to respond. Supposedly this is a form of self hypnosis where your brain gets stuck in a loop of trying to process the info while your body goes on auto pilot...
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    Cell phone sales calls

    Apparently it is now legal to be pestered by sales people at my own expense. Three calls between Tuesday and Wednesday. Went to www.donotcall.gov Thursday. So far so good.
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    UPS Express Critical

    "ATLANTA, July 25, 2007 - UPS (NYSE:UPS) today announced the launch of UPS Express Critical, a service that meshes all of UPS's same-day and urgent capabilities into a single suite, allowing customers to more effectively manage package and heavy freight shipments together. For the first time in...
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    Tire troubles

    I'm curious about how some of you might handle a certain situation. Wednesday afternoon, about 4 P.M. , i picked up a load in lapeer mi. It was a heavy load, about 10,000 lbs. and although the load was awkward, (large steel plates that hung from racks by large cables thereby letting them swing...
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    tractor trailers and the expediting buisness

    I've been looking at some things lately, and i'm begining to wonder about the future of this industry. The news out of dearborn is fueling the fire. What really caught my attention though, was that recently, i was looking at the landstar load board and noticed tractor trailer rates are up...
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    Is owning a truck the same as owning a buisness?

    It seems to me that the promotion of the idea of providing equipment is the same as "owning a buisness" seems a bit shaky at best.It's kinda like saying "Elizabeth" is the queen of england.I mean , she does'nt make the rules , she has no way of effecting policy , she has no governing authority...
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