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Are straight trucks stealing your van freight? Install this nifty device and nobody will ever make off with your pallets again. It could also be installed on C units to keep Sprinter drivers out. Get yours today and don't let anyone steal your loads again.

I just heard last night, and I heard this in a truck stop, so you know it has to be true, that two very shocking things happened recently. 1. A couple loads were double brokered last week. 2. And here's the really shocking thing. I hope you are sitting down. One of them was a two skid...

I have two units arriving at the same location this evening. One is a large straight with a team that will be there by 10:00 pm and the other is a solo in a Sprinter that will be there at 1:00 am. Assuming all drivers sleep until morning, how would you advise I handle the following situation...

The thread about van line haul distances got me to thinking about the whole safety thing and the regulations that go along with our line of work and one question kept nagging my mind. I remember reading an article a while back and now I can't remember where I read it, possibly in Land Line or...

If you are thinking about taking the plunge and getting your authority, here are some things you should consider. 1. That magic load board where all the expedite loads are that you can just sit in front of until you have a good load......doesn't exist. There are some places where you can...

Photos: Prokudin-Gorskii?s Color Photos of Russia, 1907-1915 | Newsweek International | Newsweek.com These shots are amazing, considering when they were made and how the photographer went about it.

My 94 year old grandmother passed yesterday and I was on the way to Kansas City when I heard. Now I'm looking at deadheading back to Kentucky tonight. I guess 94 is a good long life, but she will still be missed.

If you drive a van and don't want to park back with the big trucks, that is. Yesterday morning an employee banged on my door at 7:00 am and woke me up to tell me they didn't allow long term parking in the lot. I ignored him and was there last night as well. This morning I walked in there to...

There is an Express-1 Sprinter parked 3 miles from my house, at a Meijer store on Gilmore Rd in Forest Park. Anyone we know?

I did something recently that has been saving me some money on showers, and hopefully getting me in better shape as well. I joined a gym. The reason was because my Sprinter should be the only thing in my business with a spare tire and I finally figured I need to do something about that. My...

Believe it or don't: Golfer hits hole-in-one on her first swing ever - Devi... - Golf - Yahoo! Sports Believe it or don't: Golfer hits hole-in-one on her first swing ever By Jay Busbee Okay, ready for your you-gotta-be-kidding-me story of the week, if not the year? Your setting...

Anyone who got the latest Landline might have seen this little tidbit already, but I found it quite interesting. This is from the question and answer section. The reader asked if a carrier could force him to purchase the QC through them and this was the answer. Then the regulation itself...

One thing I keep hearing from leased on owner/operators is that they aren't getting enough loads due to their carrier's "poor bidding practices." That got me to thinking about bidding on freight and how the whole system works. Could someone please clarify exactly what proper bidding...

It's just that the time between loads has been too long lately.

Let me throw this out there to all you van drivers in light of the rates people have been seeing for van loads lately. Here's the scenario. You're sitting in the Atlanta area. You get offered a load picking up about 15 minutes away from where you are sitting going to Orlando, 460 loaded...

You can't hijack this thread, because to do so you have to get past this guy. Just try it. I dare you.

Taken yesterday driving through Montana and Idaho on the way to Salt Lake.

There was a load posted on a board a few minutes ago. Pickup 1-27-2009 at 8:00 am Deliver 1-26-09 at 10:00 pm The flux capacitor is broken in my Sprinter, so I don't think I'll be able to run that load. What kind of rate would you charge to make the pickup and delivery times on that?

I haven't seen many vans at the J here in South Beloit today. Am I the only one in the area? I saw a Panther van cruise through a while back, but that's been it. Oh well, too cold out to socialize anyway.

A man went to a restaurant and ordered eggs benedict. The waiter brought it on a hubcap instead of a plate. The man asked why his eggs benedict was served on a hubcap and the waiter replied, "There's no plate like chrome for the hollandaise." A former Communist party official named...