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Several new Independent Contractors have asked for a cheat sheet on common insurance lingo they hear thrown around, and for my veteran Expediters out there who might like a refresher course in Expediting Insurance 101...here you go! READ MORE...

After twenty years of marriage this is how we became part of the driving community of trucking. Bob hit me with this brilliant idea 16 years ago and I gave him one of those looks. When Bob switched jobs from being a car mechanic to a diesel mechanic MANY years ago I could not wait to learn to...

Loading & securing your freight properly is very important. In this video we will show you how we load & secure freight. Which includes.. how to use straps & load bars also how the doors & jack stands work on a straight truck. CLICK HERE to see more...

How do you keep your floors clean or how do you plan on keeping the floors clean in your truck? We bought this little Shop Vac when were in the big truck and it has been our constant companion since. Living in a small space we create a lot dander, loose hair, and track in stuff from the parking...

We like to watch movies and we usually have a couple hundred movies in our truck at all times. Over the years between our daughters and us we have accumulated many movies and storage and ease of finding the movies became a pain. We also like to exchange movies between households. Many years...

In 2015 I noticed more people talking about exceptional customer service and they are becoming loyal customers. Like it or not as a consumer we have many choices and if you want our business we want to be treated right. Examples: Our daughter Brandy went to a shipping store with a box to be...

FMCSA not playing by their own rules. This post of Looking Both Ways asks FMCSA to look both ways before issuing a pending ruling that could give life to a new Safety Fitness Determination or SFD. SFD is that rating bestowed onto motor carriers – Satisfactory, Conditional or Unsatisfactory...

Recently we were able to checkout the truck parking and also the Hyatt Regency in Lexington, KY the site of Expedite Expo 2016! The Lexington Center is located in Downtown Lexington and our first thoughts were this is going to fun to get into with a straight truck much less a tractor trailer...

We are going to show you where & how you can fill the fresh water tank for your sink & dump a port o potty. We will also show you the portable toilet we have in our truck. CLICK HERE to find out more...

We were if for one heck of a surprise when we had our batteries tested. A few weeks ago I started noticing that the generator was starting more often than usual for low voltage. I also knew it was about time for my annual major preventive maintenance service which includes battery testing and...

For those that do not appreciate animals this blog is probably not for you. Over the years we have had MANY animals some that we enjoyed and some... well lets say they were not that much fun. Over the years we have had dogs, cats, pigs, goats including pigmy goats, cattle, fish, horses...

There are several factors that will affect how long you should or can stay out on the road, away from home. I talk about some of those factors & what works for us. CLICK HERE for more...

Trucker Buddy International is a pen pal system between students and us as truckers. We can have one or more classes that we exchange letters and postcards with via the teachers. Trucker Buddy is for all truckers and is tailored to what you, as a driver and the teacher want to make of the...

One of the ways we have become successful in Expediting is by getting as many qualifications possible to maximize our chances of getting loads. In this video we discuss those qualifications and how they can help you to be successful too. CLICK HERE for more...

We have technology doing stuff for us we forget the old-fashioned know how that kept truckers safe for decades. Last year we all can remember the multiple vehicle pile ups in Wyoming during the snowstorms. It was tragic. Then there were the shut downs, truckers and travelers stranded on...

Over Thanksgiving we made the choice to dead head to Bob's mom and stepdads and ended up staying a little longer due to ice. This gave us extra time to visit with friends and family. When I was seventeen I moved to the small town of Elkhart, from Arizona. I was from what I thought was a small...

Winter is quickly coming, with winter comes very cold temperatures. Along with cold temps comes a problem that we do not encounter the rest of the year. Hard starting, airlines frozen, parts breaking for no apparent reason and fuel gelling... Fuel gelling is an issue that has been an issue for...

It is amazing to me how many receipts a one-truck operation can create and without a filing system they get lost. When I used checks for everything the check number was how I found receipts, but now I write maybe 20 checks a year so that system no longer works. We have several different...

In this video I show you how to make an easy, healthy breakfast or anytime of the day meal in the truck. The great thing about this recipe is you can adapt it to be made in a number of different cooking methods including a toaster oven, Ninja or even a lunch box. You may just need to adjust the...

One of the most important ways to be successful in Expediting (or any business) is to track & know your numbers. We have tried several different ways to do this over the past 3 years & have finally found Profit Gauges. An accounting program that is easy to use, is trucking specific & tells us...