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    Our Life on the Road Adding A Personal Touch To The Sleeper | Smart Tiles Backsplash

    An easy and inexpensive way to add a personal touch to your sleeper. CLICK HERE to see more...
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    It's a Team's Life Who makes up the Trucking Solutions Group

    The Motto: a group of transportation professionals striving to improve our business through education, both for ourselves and others in our industry, while also projecting a positive image. In 2008, a group was formed of owner operators to better each other's businesses. As time moved forward...
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    It's a Team's Life Respect the Sleeping

    We live in a very small area and cannot close the bedroom door, go into the kitchen to make a cup of coffee, and then settle in to do a little work on the computer. In my opinion the best time of the day is before the sun comes up and I get the most work done at this time. My first problem is to...
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    Check out this Women in Expediting article!

    Interview with Tina Evans https://www.expeditersonline.com/trucking-news/driver-lifestyles/women-in-expediting-tina-evans-8832.htm
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    Our Life on the Road 40/60 or 60/40 Pay Split

    Which is better for you .. 40/60 or 60/40 pay split when driving for an owner. CLICK HERE to see more...
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    Fuel for Thought Early Bird

    The early bird gets the worm. An old saying that we have all heard most of our lives. The wisdom behind is that you can miss opportunities for being late. In expediting, on time is crucial, early is usually better, but late is not an option. So the early bird gets the benefits of a great...
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    It's a Team's Life The Sound of Silence

    When the television and radio are turned off it is amazing how active the voices in our heads become. Yes, I have voices in my head that speaks to me. Turn off the noise pollution and hear your inner voice. Often, we get so busy we forget to stop and listen to our minds. One of the first...
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    Our Life on the Road Expediting Service Failure

    What circumstances constitute a service failure. CLICK HERE to see more...
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    Fuel for Thought CS

    Two words that can have a huge impact. Many people complain about it when they receive a less than adequate version of it, and nowadays it seems nearly non-existent, or at least hard to find. When you are looking for it, you want the best you can get. Customer Service. Most people know it as an...
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    It's a Team's Life Why does it matter?

    Removing all of the placards after a hazmat load can be really difficult to do but there is a reason and maybe a different reason then you would first think. Leaving part of a hazmat placard on the truck or trailer could have devastating results. Let's play the what if game and say we are going...
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    Risky Business Interesting Transportation Court Cases compliments of CAB

    Here's the latest Court Cases that affect Cargo, Auto and Workers Comp for Transportation Motor Carriers and Owner Operators: READ MORE...
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    Fuel for Thought Limitations

    We all have our limits. That line we will not cross. Some limits we place on ourselves, other limits are forced upon us. As business owners, we can set the ceiling on what we will or will not do. Obviously, the higher the ceiling, the more options we have to help our businesses thrive. Some...
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    Our Life on the Road Installing a MAXXFAN Deluxe

    How to replace the vent fan in a sleeper. CLICK HERE to see more...
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    It's a Team's Life Brain Dead?

    Too many decisions grind the brain down to a halt and then no decision is made. There is a very interesting article on Linkedin about why successful people often wear the same thing day in and day out, or perform the same task every day. It is not that they are stuck in a rut it is that they...
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    It's a Team's Life Step outside of the truck and leave the doors open

    Truck searches are a part of our lives, day in and day out, we have someone poking around in our cupboards and our personal belongings. Truck searches are a part of our lives, day in and day out, we have someone poking around in our cupboards and our personal belongings. Part of carrying the...
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    Fuel for Thought Cash Is King

    Cash is King, but holding onto some of your cash will make you a smart King. Earning a living on the road can be difficult enough and there are so many ways your cash can trickle, or sometimes pour, out of your pockets. So, why not do all you can to hold onto as much as you can. After a lot of...
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    Our Life on the Road Spaghetti Squash | Cooking In a Truck

    How we make Spaghetti Squash in the truck. CLICK HERE to see more...
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    Risky Business More Big League News from CIS!

    Perhaps this is just the start of what the Trump Bump looks like; The freedom of more choices and more opportunities. For years there have been challenges finding more true truck insurance providers for our community… Now all in the same month, Acuity and National General are partnering with...
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    It's a Team's Life MATS – Mid America Trucking Show -2017

    See you there March 23rd – 25th at the Convention Center and in the evenings at the Papa John’s Truck Parking area. This will be our thirteenth year of attending this truck show and how it has changed over the years. This has always been a working truck show for us to learn more about our...
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    Our Life on the Road Owner Operators 1 Month Update

    1 month update as Owner Operators. CLICK HERE to see more...
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