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Issue becomes: Where does the electricity come from? Sure, you're cutting smog in the local city. But if there's a coal plant chugging away all night making electricity to charge these electric vehicles, total pollution isn't lower. You're just making it somebody else's problem. Now if we...

It might nibble away at the fringes. But if there's too many "incidents" with broken down old Penske cubes not completing delivery, it would give Uber a bad name. If they're very strict about what equipment they'll sign, then they'll have to charge decent rates as well. Nobody's going to put...

Chevy vans are tough as nails. But the low roof was getting tiresome and I had 460K on the old girl with need for several minor repairs. Moved up to Transit 250 with mid-roof and 10.5' bed. My dispatch folks said the occasional tall load might come my way, and I'll probably save $2-3K in fuel...

Google Maps tried to send me down a "no commercial vehicles" parkway north of NYC headed down to the GW Bridge last week. Caught it at the last second and took the Tappen Zee instead. My Dispatch people avoid sending us to Long Island because of all the non-commercial routes out there. The...

My Dispatch said the whole week is likely to be pretty dead. Assembly plants are rumored to be taking longer-than-normal summer maintenance breaks too. June's been profitable, so I'm not freaking out. Kind of need down time myself, actually! New Transit van has to be fully tricked out --...

The People's Republic of Ann Arbor -- where they virtue-signal weekly! Ban truck idling in a city with no actual truck stops or places where trucks overnight (actual truck stops are outside the city). They also love illegal aliens, but someone working for cash under the table could never...

I occasionally send them updates. There was a CVS closed near Nashville and a good gyro diner in Elkhart that went out of business. Google updated both to "closed" after a while. Only takes a second on my end. Pity I couldn't get lunch at King Gyro though. That place rocked. The one that...

This will gut the local courier market, I think. Customer could simply enter pieces, weight, dimensions. A vehicle of sufficient capacity would be located and vectored to the customer. As a customer, you wouldn't be able to demand IMMEDIATE pickup, any more than an Uber "taxi" customer can...

He could have popped you for not having a chauffer endorsement on your license. It's $ and a simple written test to get one. Required to carry cargo for hire if you're a resident. Michigan Secretary of State's office says you need one if you: "Operate a motor vehicle as a carrier of...

I've noticed they're getting to be more tourism-oriented or to make a good impression to visitors crossing into the state. A lot of the older ones were too small to handle current traffic and were just not holding up well.

I saw a guy complete the challenge when I was there with my brother. They put you in a special seating area in full view of the rest of the dining room and have a countdown clock above. It's not just a steak -- you have to finish the potato and the rest of the trimmings. They displayed the...

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Got to customer 5:00 last night, they were just putting product in boxes for shipment. Then their computer system froze and wouldn't print labels for the boxes... long story short I'm getting detention pay, had a tasty Gyro Omelet at a nearby diner, and got out of there 9:50PM. Derp! On the...

48" x Height of box x Width of box. No special exit door, but open to the front seats. If the DOT had issues with it, he'd have likely been popped already?

What qualifies as a "DOT" sleeper? Guy had a 48" area in the box with bulkhead separating it from the cargo area.

Just met a driver in Kentucky who owned a 16' box DRW Chevy. Had a Qualcomm system with e-logging: Push a button when you stop for a break, another when you start driving again. No biggie. Said he was doing really well as his capacity was 7500# and he'd left 12' of box for cargo (4' for...

I predict one miserable SOB until he starts getting paid. Hope he at least has a Pro Driver card at one of the major truck stop chains so he can get a free shower now and then! Or has good begging skills to get one from a truck driver. When I worked in college entertainment I heard a tale...

Or at least the large 16' DWR cutaway vans that can handle many straight-truck loads but don't need a Class B CDL.

I've never gotten grief parking at PF. Noise is the biggest factor. People pull in at 5AM with stereo thumping. Not that truck stops are necessarily quiet every time either. Coverage with PF is excellent nationwide. Went to Tuscaloosa, AL last week and it wasn't a problem finding a gym. Was...

When I see certain large loads on flatbeds that are only held in place by a couple of straps, I get a little nervous. Especially when I'm right behind them! Amazing that more loads don't come loose. One time I was in Iowa and I-380 was blocked because a couple of cars broke loose and fell off...