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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...

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...

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.

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?

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...

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...