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TA in Rodgers, MN has this deal posted for drivers who are in the parking lot for the weekend:

IFTA has updated the Fuel Tax Charts and there are a few states that if the fuel price is checked near the state borders it would probably be cheaper to buy the higher priced fuel. These states and their fuel tax are ones to remember: Pennsylvania .642 New York .4005 Illinois .427 I have...

A question was asked of me the other day from a lady wanting to go from a full service accounting firm to one that would help her do much of her own bookkeeping without doing her taxes at the end of the year. They are not in the Expedite Industry and it sounded as if she had some book keeping...

Saint Christophers Fund is starting a Health Challenge to kick off at GATS 2015 Driven to be Healthy Challenge Interested in getting healthier, losing weight and/or exercising more? If so, join us for our first annual Driven to be Healthy Challenge. This is a 6-month challenge with 2...

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Great Job Tina! Women In Trucking Announces June Member of the Month Plover, WI (June 1, 2015 )- Women In Trucking Association (WIT) announces Tina Evans as its June Member of the Month. Tina is an owner/operator that has been driving an expedite truck for 14 years with her husband Tom. They...

We have reached the point in the year where if you have not downloaded your logs they are going to start disappearing and are not recoverable. 6 month is all they are stored at Qualcomm and after that you will have to recreate them from BOL's and receipts for tax purposes.

We get asked this question often of what are the bare necessities to leave out in a truck for a couple of months. It would be great to get a list started where a new person could look and get ideas of what they need to bring with them. GPS - Truck Map - Flashlight - computer -...

A friend sent me a thought about Tire Pass and I wondered if any one has used this service? We very seldom stop at a Loves and as the result I have not see this lane. The gist of the idea is that you pull into a fuel island that offers this service and call the desk. A technician is sent out...

Some of you might remember Randy Cooper who ran a FedEx T-Val D straight truck for many years out of the Philadelphia area and as far as I know the only solo T-Val driver. He has since retired from expediting and has started a blog about getting his health back by cycling and having both...

TRUCKING SOLUTIONS GROUP ANNOUNCES DRIVER LED GRASSROOTS FUNDRAISING EFFORT TO BRING A MOBILE MAMMOGRAM UNIT TO THE GREAT AMERICAN TRUCKING SHOW LAKEWOOD, Colorado, May 13, 2015 - The Trucking Solutions Group announced today a fundraising campaign to raise money to cover the cost of...

Time has been flying for us and we have reached our 6 month anniversary at Landstar In a short period of time we have covered a lot of ground and we want to thank all of the Landstar BCO's that reached out a helping hand with advice and kind words. The help has came from all divisions of...

Fruit Stand about a block away on the north side of road. We were just at the 49'er and the Strawberries are some of the best we have ever had. They were picking them while we were walking to the stand to get ours. They also had some blueberries, cherries, and red onions but none of that was...

Free Meals at TA/Petro for women CDL Holders at TA/Petro on Mothers Day. Also Mobil Delvac is giving a free meal certificate with an oil change through June 30th.

When leaving home how many agents do you call or do you call any agents? This has been a debate between us on if we can several we know that have freight in this area or if we just call one at a time?

So I got a phone call from Jacksonville... Still learning the difference between scanning with Express Waybill numbers or not checking the Express box. There are several clues besides calling Jacksonville. One is getting an trip advance and if you can get on online it is NOT a LEA load...

Landstar Express America does not have any tractor trailers.... Only straight trucks - reefers and non reefers as well as vans.

After many years of working on a cookbook using all kinds of ideas to prepare a meal finally we have one available in digital form. We are hoping at GATS to have a hard copy of the cookbook available at the Freightliner Booth. Here is a link to the cookbook and there are all kinds of recipes...

This Friday April 10th is the webinar being conducted by Orientation and CABS discussing ways to save money purchasing fuel. These are the topics being discussed: ·Fuel Discounts ·Fuel Tax Trip Planner ·Comparing Two States: Where Do I Buy Fuel? ·Easy Rules of Thumb ·Money saving tips...

Starting May 1st a new program will be in place where we will get more rewards for money spent in the TA/Petro full service restaurants. Ultra One Members example: May total spent $500.00 3% of money spent in the full service restaurant spent in May you will be able to get a certificate on...