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    Our Life on the Road Truckers Against Trafficking | 5000 Subs Giveaway

    Become a Certified Trucker Against Trafficking. It's free & such a great cause to get involved in. CLICK HERE to see more and enter to WIN...
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    Fuel for Thought Monumental Eclipse

    Recent events may lead many to believe that Americans just cannot get along with one another. After hearing about the rallies, riots, protests and general hatred spewed from news media sources, a good number of people tend to think we are in very turbulent times. Overall, if you look around...
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    It's a Team's Life Happy Birthday Bob

    Today is Bob Caffee’s Birthday and wow have we celebrated a lot of birthdays together. Looking back to the first birthday I celebrated with Bob I have to giggle as we were married and he was turning the ripe old age of 18. As with most young married couples we had little to NO money and I...
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    Our Life on the Road Not Only a Job It's a Lifestyle

    Expediting isn't only a job it's a lifestyle. CLICK HERE to see more...
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    It's a Team's Life Do you have a solid Backbone?

    Driver or Owner Operator receipts are the backbone of our business no receipts no deductions. Receipts have many functions within our business. Receipts back up our logs of where we said we were. Receipts help us to know how are business is doing and what we need to do to fine tune our...
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    Fuel for Thought Roadside Inspections to Decrease

    The Industrial Age brought about new technologies in the field of manufacturing. Prior to this time in history, most goods were produced individually, one at a time, by hand, by people, and while time consuming, most often times the quality was superb. During the Industrial Age goods became...
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    It's a Team's Life Never get Bored

    Waiting for a load what do we do? In the past, very past we called our dispatcher and asked what the deal was we needed to be moving. Now it is a different story. Expediting is a game of waiting, running like crazy, and we had better be good at both. The waiting game can be tough as how long...
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    It's a Team's Life Run Run - Wheel Loose on Interstate

    It is pretty frightening to see a wheel running loose on the interstate and I have heard it is even more frightening to see one of your own wheels pass you going down the road. Have you ever had a wheel come loose or even worse, off, while driving? Getting your wheels torqued, in the right...
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    Risky Business Vision of more Owner Operator Health Insurance options through States

    Given the current ineptitude of our Senate and Congress, Obamacare is apparently destined to limp along indefinitely with few solid options for Independent Contractors. So what can the hard working Owner Operator hope for concerning the future of health insurance? Obamacare cannot continue in...
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    Fuel for Thought Driver vs. Owner

    Driving for a fleet owner is not without it’s perks. As an owner - operator, I get approached by drivers often. While they will have many questions about becoming an owner - operator, often times they overlook critical aspects of taking the risks that are involved if they were to buy a truck...
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    It's a Team's Life No need to fear the SCALE

    Scales or Weigh Stations are usually a daily part of our lives. Somedays we are lucky and get a green light on our PrePass Transponder and on other days we get a red light and we must enter the scale. No need to fear though follow the signs. Weigh Stations are all over the country and we have...
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    Our Life on the Road 2017 Freightliner M2 112 BOLT Custom Sleeper Truck Tour

    Tour of our 2017 Freightliner M2 112 & BOLT custom sleeper. CLICK HERE to see more...
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    Fuel for Thought Help Yourself and Others At The Same Time

    Sometimes we do things to help ourselves, other times we do things to help others. Then there are those rare times where we can do both things at the same time. Improving our business takes many forms. It can be the little things that make a big impact. As drivers one of those little things is...
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    It's a Team's Life Don’t take my word for it

    We just spent several days getting ready for the Expedite Expo, attending the Expedite Expo, and we were asked at least a million questions. Questions from potential expediters or from someone wanting to enter the trucking industry can be very interesting and insightful. Many of the questions...
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    Our Life on the Road Our LANDSTAR Orientation

    Our Landstar orientation experience. CLICK HERE to see more...
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    Looking Both Ways Employee vs. Independent Contractor

    Important Information on Correct Worker Classification Employee vs Contractor Issues This post of Look Both Ways will look at issues involving the classification of drivers and owner operators as employees and contractors. For years there has been much debate as to the proper classification...
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    Fuel for Thought Return on Investment

    My first Expedite Expo is now behind me. What an event! I had been reluctant to take time off from work to attend in years past as it meant I would lose income for that time period and I am running a small business. An expediting trucking business, but a small business nonetheless. Time off when...
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    It's a Team's Life Terry O’Connell – Mentor & Friend

    Terry is retiring from the trucking industry after first a team driver with his wife Rene and then as the safety liaison for FedEx Custom Critical for the past 9 years. Terry was one of the first people we met in Expediting as he was the speaker at our first Workshop at the Expedite Expo in...
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    Risky Business Best Owner Operator Casino Night Yet!

    CIS Casino Night at the Expo in Lexington, KY last weekend. Over $7,000 in prizes were donated and drawn between rounds of blackjack, roulette, craps and texas hold’em. READ MORE...
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    Fuel for Thought 17 to 1

    Odds are, if you attended this year's Expedite Expo, you probably had a pretty good time. Hopefully you gained valuable information about the expedite industry and you were able to network with fellow expediters as well as get information from various carriers and vendors also at the event...
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