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We saw a very scary situation last week during a snow storm. We stopped at a truck stop and it had started to snow heavily and the snow was building up on my windshield. When i got back in the truck I left my coat on and turned the cold air on my defroster to "freeze" the windshield and I used...

Rolling Strong Conference Call about 1/2 long with great tips

Is anyone using a Ninja cooker? I have been reading about this cooker and it sounds very interesting but I would like to hear from others about this cooker.

Qualcomm - Omnitracs only keeps 6 months of records https://dhos.omnitracs.com/dhm/ This works basically the same for any company using QualComm - or Omnitracs Once you are logged on go to report tab I always run mine from the 1st of the month to the last day of the month and store...

HEADS UP New rule at TA in the downtown Nashville that vans, bobtails and straight trucks have to park out front. Signs are not up at this time but we are told they will be up soon. If you park in the back security is going around at night waking the offending trucks up and sending them out...

Many loads that we pick up require us to show our medical card and if we do not have a paper copy of the medical card we are not going to get that load. Drivers may be able to stop carrying paper copies of med cards as early as this week | Commercial Carrier Journal

Determining Actual Price Paid for Fuel when using a T-Chek card FedEx Custom Critical Contractors can obtain this information in the following manner. Drivers for a fleet owner must have the permission of the fleet owner to access this information. • Go to the T-Chek website...

We have heard this over and over again and you are right! The fuel ticket will show the cash price usually and no discount. If you want to see the discount you have to log onto the discount cards page. We are now using Comdata with Landstar: Log onto Landstar and go to the money tab, click...

We have heard this over and over again and you are right! The fuel ticket will show the cash price usually and no discount. If you want to see the discount you have to log onto the discount cards page. We are now using Comdata with Landstar: Log onto Landstar and go to the money tab...

This is interesting reading about the history of Landstar, the present situation, and Landstars business model. It is long but interesting. What are the risks faced by Landstar? - Market Realist

We just left BCO days and we have attended a lot of special events and NOTHING compares to BCO days. Anyone that missed going to BCO days really missed out and never have I seen that many drivers and I believe there were over 2000 treated this well by everyone. From the time we arrived and...

What could be more fun then enjoying Florida in January? Looking through the Agenda it sure looks like a few days that are jam packed with activities. Thursday & Friday Shuttles run from hotel to Landstar from 7 am to 5 pm Vendor exhibits open at 8 Opening comments by Landstar president &...

To say there is not a learning curve at Landstar would be ludicrous and here is an example: We received a call from the customer (not agent) in the evening canceling the load that picked up at 8 in the morning... we were about 60 miles away. What do we do act as adults who can think and stay...

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Just bought fuel discounted at $2.158 State Fuel Tax .17 bringing our cost of fuel down to $1.99 FSC is .34 cents this week and our fuel cost is .20 a mile Have a high MPG truck benefits you even when the price of fuel is this cheap.

There is more information about this challenge on the Rolling Strong Facebook page or call in this morning and every Saturday morning to ask questions. One step at a time to success. https://www.facebook.com/RollingStrong

For those of you who remember Broompilot he is doing well and gave me an interesting tip. Each year both of us store our records in a clear plastic bucket with the year written on a card on the end of the bucket. This makes it easy to look at the buckets and see what year the bucket holds and...

This is a nice video from the TA/Petro to truck drivers "TA_and_Petro_Happy_Holidays" - Videos - Viddler

On the Safety Thursday call today a guy called in about a Landstar Fuel Book and I did not know what he was talking about. Can someone remind me of where we need to go in the network to find the discounted fuel prices? He said that we could put in a code and we would be able to see the...

Emergency Cash List of phone numbers Passports When we started going to bases a lot and getting searched I realized my way of stashing some emergency cash in the truck was not going to work. We purchased a lock box that is somewhat fire proof and water proof and will help to protect the...