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Quick question here about a situation that I don't encounter that often. You pick up a load in the US and it's delivering in the US, but the shortest route is to cut through Canada. Does the carrier have to have any special permission from the Canadians or Canadian authority to just pass...

There is widespread abuse going on and it must stop. What is being abused? The apostrophe. This poor little punctuation mark has been abused more than any other, always being put in places it doesn't belong. Stopping the abuse really isn't that hard either. Here are three simple ways you can do...

I'm home at the moment and I'm out running errands. I just pulled into the Promenade Shopping Center right down the street from my house and there's a Bolt van in the lot. Anyone on here sitting in that van at the moment? Just curious.

It's been one year since I got my authority, and I have learned quite a bit in that year. Some of it won't apply to people who are leased to a carrier, and the rest of it is probably common knowledge to so many people here, but this is what I've learned in the last year. Let me start by saying...

I just delivered in Glasgow, KY. For those who don't know, my last name is DeMaris and the name of my company is DeMaris Transportation, and I have a decent looking sign on the van with my logo and information. When I stopped at the security booth and went in to sign in, the woman looked...

I have a driver picking up a load this morning, and when he's on the phone with me giving me pieces and weight and BOL #, he mentions that there is a hazmat charge on the bill. I had him scan the bill in and send it to me and sure enough, it's hazmat and it's 1430 pounds. I don't have...

I'm thinking there should be a union shop surcharge automatically added on if you have to either pick up or deliver at one of them. I've been doing short runs today and I've had the good fortune to deliver to two union shops in one day. I'm sitting here backed up to a ramp with nothing but a...

and backhaul. All things that a lot of naive people believe in but that actually don't exist. When you tell a child that Santa isn't real, you are explaining how things work in the real world, and that's what this post is. We're talking about the real world. In mythical backhaul land...

I know that some of you don't go home for Thanksgiving. I always make sure to be home. We will have more than enough food, a mix of American and African stuff, and we will have room for a couple extra people, on the off chance that there are a couple solos or a team that end up laid over near...

I just feel like picking on brokers here. No real reason, except that I'm still waiting on my van to be fixed and I might as well direct some frustration at them. They're an easy target, after all. I always post my vehicle on different web sites that I have accounts with or have access...

I'll try to make a long story blessedly shorter if I can. I'm here in Orlando. I was idling in a parking lot yesterday afternoon when I heard a noise in the engine and then the AC started blowing warm air. Then when I went to drive, the steering was really stiff. It appeared that the battery...

Are you a Democrat, a Republican, or a Redneck? Here is a little test that will help you decide. The answer can be found by posing the following question: #You're walking down a deserted street with your wife and two small children. Suddenly, an Islamic Terrorist with a huge knife...

A lot of vans sitting here. Any of y'all in one of these vans? Mine has my name on the side, so I'm easy to spot.

Anyone else enjoying all this rain in the south today? I spent the weekend in Atlanta and guess what, it rained. I went up to Gainesville last night and it rained. I picked up a load this morning in Gainesville and it was still raining. I'm now in North Carolina and it's still raining. I...

Heading for Casper, Wyoming, delivering Friday. I'll probably end up stuck there for the weekend, but it was a hard load to pass up with the rate I got to go there.

I'm in Houston and now they have a hurricane coming. It's supposed to hit Galveston tomorrow. Wait for a load or deadhead out? Sit and hope it doesn't come too far inland and Houston only gets rain, or split while I have the chance?

A few more ballpark photos from around the country. This isn't all the ones I've been to, just the ones I've been to this summer. Dodger Stadium. Overcast day, but comfortable temperatures.

I've been seeing an awful lot of employee speak on here lately. How many of you actually are employees? If you drive someone else's truck, then you are en employee...but of that truck owner, not the expedite company. But a lot of other people who are leased on to a company are speaking like...

Sitting in Lincoln, NE. Anyone close?

I know a lot of people pick on Swift and last night I had an encounter which reinforced whatever negative opinion I might have already had. I was sitting up in Toledo and there wasn't much going on so I decided to deadhead home. I was coming down 75 and I was still a bit north of Dayton where...