Recent content by jasonsprouse

Except on the Ohio turnpike where it is now 65. They had a big rate hike and suddenly found the little state routes flooded with trucks. So they raised the speed limit to try to get the trucks back on.

I think you stated it wrong. You should have said "and they are ticketing". The guy probably had been through there a hundred times with no problems, and had seen police there before with no problems..

I once swapped a load from a guy that was driving to the wrong STATE and did not have enough hours to complete the load to the proper location.

As for plates, I've had the seller send the title beforehand so I could get Ohio temp tags. I've sold a few vehicles to people from Michigan (where apparently it's standard practice to simply drive without plates when buying a vehicle). I've always insisted that unless they wanted to transfer...

Everyone is hurting, harassing dispatch isn't going to make things better and may make things worse.

This is just a guess - but I'm betting it related to the amount of experience someone has. They don't want to sign on a newbie that scraped up enough money to buy a 12 year old cargo van. But that same van switching carriers would probably be OK because the owner has demonstrated that they have...

Boy this is a touchy subject for me. I (was) a third generation UAW worker. When I started in expedite I was laid off from a UAW plant. I have to agree, a union plant is the WORST place to take freight into. Since union jobs are "bid" by seniority, it seems the ones that don't want to work...

In Ohio once you reach 6 points your CDL is "void" until the points come down. So if they hire a driver with 4 points and they get one more ticket they have no more CDL priviledges. I was in that position many years ago, I was lucky that by the time my nest ticket came to court one of the...

Right, shutdowns are when the production people get their vacations. This is when major maintenance and retooling are normally done. If sales are slow shutdown can be extended, if it's busy it can be shortened. I used to work for Ford Cleveland and some of the lines worked straight through...

Right. But once the speed limiter is set, the truck cannot go over that speed WHEREVER you drive.

What I gather is that you were not "driving" a CDL vehicle for the test, so they cannot give the test and issue a CDL. When I got my first CDL, I went through a small private company that both rented the vehicles for the test and was certified by the state to give the test. I was taking the...

Jim, you must have contracted with a different CTX than the rest of us did.

ANY vehicles axle ratings will add up to more than its GVWR. The axle ratings are axle spring capacity, the GVWR is drivetrain and braking weight capacity.

That was better than my "recruiter" that had a few of us meet him at his house. It was a literal dump. We were handed the CTX "test" then he read off the answer sheet so we could fill in the right answers.

If a person is an "Independant Contractor" they are self employed and would need to pay for Workman's Compensation insurance themselves if they wanted it. Workman's comp insurance premiums are one of the biggest reasons why companies use IC's / pay under the table, etc. I carry it for...