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TOP TIER Detergent Gasoline is the premier standard for gasoline performance. Six of the world's top automakers, BMW, General Motors, Honda, Toyota, Volkswagen and Audi recognize that the current EPA minimum detergent requirements do not go far enough to ensure optimal engine performance...

They seem to be somewhat fragmented. You have too many layers to sift through. There is a corporate layer with multiple departments, a broker layer that is spread out over the entire continent and a recruiter layer that corporate always wants you to contact. Without centralized operations...

RE: Are truckers at greater risk for staph infecti If the paper towel is in a dispenser, after a turn of the roll, or two, there is a high degree of assurance it is clean. Not washing you hands would be worse. Even if I have to bump the faucet with my elbow, wait for someone to open the door...

RE: Are truckers at greater risk for staph infecti Too many antibiotics! A few years back all you had to do was whine a little and the doctor would give you a prescription for antibiotics. Enter antibiotic resistant strains! The medical community has begun to rethink itself regarding the...

Ok, since you are inquiring about those three carriers in particular I'll give you my opinion based upon personal experience with one and numerous input from drivers on the others. Landstar - Ok, you'll do better with a Super B Unit there. That is a cutaway with a sealed cargo box mounted to...

Great post Tom, Nice to have an owner give the pros and cons. One other aspect of the Sprinter is "TMV" (True Market Value). Sprinters are in high demand by the service industry (plumbers, electricians, small package delivery services, etc.); therefore, when you ask for a discount they look...

The top 3 or 4 or 5; ad infinitum.....is the one that best fits you. If you are even remotely considering staying a motel, you may really want to look the Sprinter with the sleeper unit. But if temperatures (hot or cold) affect you adversely it may require you to idle the Sprinter more for...

Timing. I need to know when they are coming out of refusal status. I could be 8 hours out and they all have 4 hours before they are back on the board as 1,2,3,4 and 5; then I get there and drop off so I can be number 6. No thank you. Especially important when your particular carrier happens to...

I am extremely thankful that my carrier has not expected, nor offered, to have a unit load more than its legal and safe capacity. Once, I got a call to pick up from a shipper and I knew they did not have a scale that could weigh the entire bin once it was loaded. I asked what was the weight of...

Less deadheading. (Some carriers have more centralized freight.) Better use of electronic information. (When I get an offer, I find out how many truck are sitting there, how many on refusal and how many headed there with delivery times before I unload.) Reducing expenses. (I never idle. I have...

Danny, Been there too! Little heavy on the fried side. The folks at Gay Seafood Company ley me tour their shrimp boats. We have been all the way to the end at Fripp Island. Great place to spend a week on vacation. Notice how flat the beach is here on Fripp. My wife collected 120 Sand...

The recruiter was correct! Yep, the load needs to be covered. Simple, they pay all miles at the loaded rate. 90 + 36 = 126 miles. If it needs to be covered, the remuneration will be available.

I wonder why the carrier would even offer such a load; especially if they know your capacity limit? If I was a diabetic, and my friends knew that I was a diabetic, I would not expect them to offer me a glazed doughnut with chocolate icing on top. To my way of thinking, if a carrier boasts...

Carriers are not really looking to lose drivers. There are costs associated with bringing a new unit into the fleet. Why spend money to bring on a unit only to have it leave within a few weeks? From a logical enconomic standpoint, they are not flooding the pool to purposely drive down your...

Greg, They are looking at this data from the corporate side. 5,000 trucking industry executives were interview. Of course, any three forum members on EO could have given them a better read.

What? I know there is some regulation that exempts you from logging when you return to you home base everyday like a "Day Cab" dedicated route. But I thought being over 10,000 lbs GVWR requires every truck to scale? At least that is what the NY State Trooper told me when I stopped at one of...

Agreed! We have all heard the "take every load pitch". And I understand where they are coming from also. It's just business. I just try to set a good example and hope that reasoning may prevail in the long run. In the short term, insurance companies have been giving the carriers the blues...

That's a given! They will have mechanical and legal issues for making a poor decision. Those problems affect them directly, and rightly so! But what about the impact on those who want to run legal? The underlying problem is that shippers, consignees and carriers will expect all vans to accept...

But it is not 16MPG versus 22MPG. Remember, I had a 2006 Duramax and a 2008 6.0L both. The Durmax could get 22MPG, but my 6.0L (at 1900 rpm) gets 20.5MPG. Moreover, FSC's are based upon diesel prices; currently 24 cents per gallon or more than unleaded! I am getting a FSC based upon a scale...

I wonder how many owners really have been contacted about these issues. In the past, I have known about GM recalls or service bulletins long before the dealers. I have only been sent one recall notice, but I knew about the potential problem before I got the letter. That makes me concerned about...