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Definitely. The truck itself may be King, but if there's a Queen inside, they're running the show.

If you don't want your business decisions commented on, then don't post them in public. Telling me to get a life because I may make a different business decision that you, well, that's just mean. All I did was post how I see things, offered up suggestions that others can use when faced with...

Straight truck team is King, straight truck solo is Prince. The rest of us are peasants and paupers.

Is it? I mean, you're probably right, but I can think of a dozen other reasons why the load might have swapped. If you would have taken it from a shipper and gone 300 miles, then there's no reason not to take it on a swap for 300 miles. None. 300 miles is 300 miles. There is no principle...

There was simply too little information in the article to really figure out what happened. I read another article that gave a little more information, but not much. The passengers were headed to a Greyhound terminal in Dallas where some were to meet with parole officers (like the ones who were...

Depends on what your definition of "will do" is. If your simple consumer needs consist of simple video, then High Definition video isn't needed or wanted. And out here on the road, in the truck, I think simple video is something that probably "will do" just fine. But those who want high def...

Auto Zone doesn't carry them. Only place I've seen 'em is Target.

Yep. Been watchin' that one closely. The studios themselves divided on it, but then Warner pulled the trigger. But now, on the heels of Target and Blockbuster announcing the move, in less than a week Netflix, Best Buy and Wal Mart all announced the move to Blu-Ray exclusively. Wal Mart and Best...

Make sure the van is insulated like crazy, especially the roof. Park in the shade if possible, keep reflective window coverings over the windshield, with the reflective material touching the window or as close to it as possible. If it's brutal hot, and there's no real chance of rain, place the...

Brown sugar hardens because the moisture in the sugar has evaporated. The only solution is to add moisture back into the sugar. There are several ways to do this, all of them temporary, of course, as the moisture will just evaporate again and any unused sugar will harden with back up. But, this...

When you pick up a load on Saturday and it doesn't deliver until Monday, that doesn't automatically qualify it for Layover Pay just because you cannot deliver direct, particularly when it's the backend of a swap. Some loads have layovers in them, some don't. But when you say there wasn't enough...

You turned down a 300 mile run? Really? Why is that a newbie run? I mean, more than likely you aren't gonna get another load out of there on a weekend, not in February, you can pick it up Saturday and casually make your way across the border on Saturday night or Sunday when there's not much of a...

Really? Is that what you see in that article? What I see, as it relates to expediting, is that in order to be a success, there must to a tremendous cooperation between the carrier and the owner/operator. One of the biggest mistakes an owner/operator can make is to think like an employee. For...

Pitchers and catchers have reported. What more can be said?

Well, because I cross into Canada so much, I don't really carry any of those with me anymore. I mean, "Galapagos Gals" isn't a problem, nor is "Stinkpot Musk Mamas", as those babes tend to be on the, uhm, mature side, but it's those hot little "Teenage Mutant Nubile Snappers" and the wide-eyed...

Without a doubt, the hardest thing about expediting is learning to have the patience to sit. Especially for solo drivers. We do, primarily, emergency freight. We move when the freight has to be moved, and until we know that someone needs emergency freight moved, we sit. People who have driven in...

Find out what the fixed costs are first, like truck payment, insurance, plates, QC etc. Then, out of thin air try to yank out how many total miles you think you might drive in a year (miles on the odometer, paid and deadhead). Divide that by the MPG the truck gets to get an approximation of how...

The Sprinter has Commercial license plates issue to me by the Commonwealth of KY, and yet KY doesn't consider me a commercial motor vehicle for the purposes of logging or scaling. They defer verbatim to the FMSCA in that regard. Surely you jest :D One statue defines "commercial vehicle" (257.7...

I'm sure not all mines have them, but the coal mines, at least in KY, have used Potty Boxes for a long time. I saw my first one when I was just a kid.

I'm in a Sprinter, too. But unless I'm placarded, I'm not a commercial vehicle.