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My mother made much the same point about avoiding driving in the recent weather as she was trying to see the silver lining around the fact that my truck has been in the shop since December 27 except for about 4 days. As this fact relates to this thread, I'm with Nightcreacher...bored. We...

As long as we're airing our grammatical peeves, the most annoying to me is improper use of personal and reflexive pronouns. "I" is a subject while "me" is an object. It most often gets confused when the object is a compound, as in "my wife and I." Ex: "They gave the load to my wife and I."...

I talked to a police officer once about this and, while he agreed that open carry was indeed permissible, all it would take would be one complaint and he would have to cite me on a "disturbing the peace" complaint. Open carry also does not give you the right to walk into places with posted "no...

Between the additional cost per week for the new QC and the new charge for the Ameriscan unit which I had to put in (thereby replacing the DataCold unit I already owned and paid for), I figure a 1% increase in my cost of doing business. Add in the recent climb in fuel prices and I feel totally...

Our billboard signs have crazed and cracked over the years, and we were talking about having them replaced when we were in the Green area sometime this year. Obviously that plan is on hold until A) Red decals are available and B) we find out if they are going to pay for the change-over. Unlike...

I saw this change coming 2 years ago or more when they made all of those "wonderful changes" to put us under the Freight umbrella; changes that were going to make us all so much more money. And if you don't mind, I'll read as much as I want to between the lines. Ask the Watkins, a.k.a...

Maybe this should be the focus of your article: How the SMS potentially distorts reality. What are those inaccurate conclusions and unintended consequences?

Sorry, still not getting it. The tax is what the tax is, based on the number of miles you run in each state. If you avoid working or running in states with high fuel tax rates you can lower your cost, but it has nothing to do with your IFTA balance plus or minus. They either reach into your...

A question never to be raised with FMCSA is: How do we handle DDPS? If my co-driver has to take an hour break after driving 7 hours (off-duty or sleeper berth), who covers the "on-duty and awake" requirement of DDPS? I haven't even had 8 hours of sleeper time yet at that point to take advantage...

Ok, maybe I don't understand the way IFTA works the way I thought it did. Tell me where I've gotten it wrong. Tax is collected whenever you buy fuel, based on the rates applicable in the state/location where you buy it. In effect, that amount is credited to your account (whether in...

I passed a Highway Patrol car on the shoulder of I-10 east of Tucson yesterday. Pulled over a lane, Check. Speed well under posted, Check. No problem, right? Wrong. A minute or two later he's right behind me, straddling the stripes, flashers going a mile a minute. It seems my mud flaps...

If you know, or go back and study, the history of the "Great Depression" you will recognize a familiar pattern. The government "partners" with big businesses to develop rules for their particular industries, rules which invariably benefit the big companies and hurt the smaller ones because of...

Over time I've learned a few of the places that we go frequently that have different mileages. Some of the places are 15 to 20 miles out in the country from the town named, so I add (or when appropriate, subtract) those miles when I calculate the all-miles rate for the load. The grossest...

I heard a sad yet sort of funny story once about a whole bunch of drivers doing hurricane watch duty being ordered off of the Homestead AFB after one driver, not realizing he could be seen from the control tower, took a whizz on the tarmac where they were waiting. Shortly afterwards security...

One morning at the Bordentown NJ Petro, we watched a CC driver as he climbed out of his truck, walked to the rear wheels and peed on them. He didn't even particulary make an effort to hide what he was doing. He also wasn't on the back row where he was next to the grass, but on the front row...

After reading this thread I thought I'd check my status since I'm at home with the truck OOS. I called in and asked a dispatcher what she was showing for me. Truck out of service, me and the missus in service. She immediately offered to take us out of service, too, so that we weren't subject to...

Since, in theory at least, we all are on a percentage contract where the profit margin for the carrier remains the same (percentage), this should be a moot point. If the initial offer to the truck represents the actual contract terms and it is too low, we can conclude that the company is...

I had a rough encounter with a courier which was similar to your description, except that at the end of things I was banned from serving a particular museum. On the other hand, that description doesn't quite match up with my memory of the trip that got me banned. I limit myself pretty much to...

I've never gone OOS while under load, but I have been told by dispatchers and also Pat G (back when she was still here) that I could not go OOS while under dispatch, but before pickup, without giving up the load. I don't think the fact that I was asking the question in connection with my desire...

My wife wakes up in the middle of the night thinking she's just heard a beep. Since I sleep on the lower bunk she gets me up to check and see if there's a message. I've learned to make sure the little red light is visible from a distance. We find that it's very common for a load...