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Well why not be emotional? If one is passionate about their country, then emotion has a right place in the conversation. Well first the respect was lost some time ago, maybe in the Carter era or maybe with Nixon. We have come to the point that we over look substance and it is the looks and...

These standards have been in place for a long time, my last securement book that I got on paper is 2005 and is almost identical to the one Piper's link. It even has the same title on some of the pages - The North American Securement Standards.

What war??

Read FAQ #3 in my post - that is the only definition that is being made - that useless commercial vehicle clause. :p

Yea I read it but ... let's look at it; FAQ # 1 So this goes back to the fact that every carrier is covered IF they have the DOT number, right? FAQ # 2 Again with the DOT number, what's with this DOT number?? FAQ # 3 Yep there it is but ... So how does this jive with the fact that...

Sales don't really mean a thing when you have two of the three companies losing more than 40% of their market share, gutting other means of revenue and than talking about these great numbers while asking for more money in the form of tax incentives at the state and local level with threats of...

Yea that's all true but a few states like mine consider a commercial vehicle any vehicle used for purposes of a commercial nature - meaning you are compensated for the work you are doing, you are engaged in some form of commerce. Which means that as a commercial vehicle and over 5500 GVW, you...

As business owners it's all a given and common sense to do. As a driver, it is needed to know where the abuse can happen - like lights and logs. The great thing is van drivers seem to be included. Reality is that the CSA 2010 doesn't do a thing for the bad driver or bad owner to actually...

Really sorry to hear that. How's that going to work with the DOT, taking insulin but not being diagnose as a type one? Right?

I really wish the harmonization of these emission and safety laws would happen between the US and the EU, it would help all of us a lot and we would not have a single model in the entire world be one size fits for all regulations.

Thanks. How many carriers are requiring their contractors to go through CSA 2010 training to fully understand the impact it has?

Delphi and what's left of visteon is hurting. They are filling orders and production is up but that doesn't mean a thing with market share for the manufacturers still slipping. With the influx of cash from the government, it makes more sense to see this than not to see it. Stocks are...

Well I don't know, maybe it has to do with the issue of running without an authority while hauling freight or without the right insurance or not having signs or ... If you are leased under a contract, the carrier assume responsibility for you to a point as part of their operating requirements...

The thing that still gets me about sprinters is the 2003 sprinter with 200k on it and the owner wants $23k for the thing. The resale value of these things are still too high to consider, seeing that the risk to the new owner to put more than 10k into it to fix problems that the po didn't...

OVM, don't ask dumb questions. Of course not a dime because it is all eaten up in administration costs.

I have gone through that process as both employer and employee and the IRS has nothing to do with determining employee status outside of collecting taxes. The Department of Labor is the one who makes the real judgment call on what an employee and what is a contractor and by their standards, what...

I think some of you take this sh*t too seriously and need to look at how things really are.

But they are not contract labor, they are contractors with a skill (CDL) which means a different thing. You can tell them where to sit or where to go or even what runs to take because it is your truck but you can't tell them how to operate the truck, how to secure loads or tell them how to act...

Sky, I don't know about the made great planes thing, how many of them are flying today? Ever see a DB601 up close and personal? The reason you won't see too many air cooled engines in todays market is; People want heat and emissions. I like VW engines but also Porsche's engines. Even...

His problem is the IAC or the IAC sensor/wiring - not really the injectors themselves. I would start with checking the oil and making sure it is up to the right level - it needs oil to operate. There are a lot of places to get the info about 39 code on the Internet but I would call Cat...