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But this is typical government; it is really out of touch with reality. Like the FAA, the DOT is depending on technology to fill the gaps left by the carriers who have been crying about cost and they have in order to please two groups, the public truck hating groups and the carriers themselves...

Seriously..... your M2 is a complete fiberglass cab? I saw one ripped part from an accident and it wasn't all fiberglass or did I miss something? Beside the website and Turtle said 18 wheelers.

So to put this in perspective, If you asked for a van to haul a load at 99 cents today, the actually was 54 cents in 1989. I don't know why Leo posted this here, our world has changed a lot more than to make a simple comparison of just rates. What was, was and what is, is.

Ah Turtle, the last time I checked, tractors were metal. Motorhomes are close to what David has, Boats use water as a ground plane and pose a unique situation because there needs to be some conductor to make that connection of the water and the antenna system. A ground plane is part of the...

Oil Corn Wheat Rice Gold Orange Juice What do these things have in common? They are all traded on an open market. They are also used for speculation. Our oil supply is not as short as people are led to believe and can be solved, drill in the gulf by Florida is one example. Our corn...

Yes that is what the historians say, 200 years is average. I think the exception is Rome, England and The US. We can reach back sometime before Rome to Greece and Egypt, oh and Persia but Rome may also be questionable. India textiles gutted the English rural industry, much like what is...

I somewhat see what you are saying but I am talking about leadership at the top, not subordinate leadership. Ike for example had to be the head of something rather large; he was an exception, not the rule. He made mistakes as president but he also had advisors. JFK was groomed by his...

Well I guess if the UN and the EU wants to do something about it, then they would promote farming in places that can sustain it. I think it is funny that on the list of problems the world is facing is what they have been doing in the middle east, making the desert into farms - desalinization...

But this brings me to another point, where are the forests being cleared? I don't see or hear anything that we are doing wholesale destruction to our forests, or did Ted Turner and them Hollywood ranchers decide to clear off millions of acres of land to grow corn? you know the crowd that drives...

The damage was done in the 30’s not the 70’s. Nixon also devalued our dollar and that was followed by runaway inflation and price controls. All of which was a mistake. No we don’t’ have a means to return back to a metal based backed dollar, we have to do what the Germans did in the 20’s...

I looked through the list, and it looks awful familiar. I know one 'invention' is not an invention but something that has been known for a long time - Brown Gas. It is a combination of O2 and H that is combined after electrolysis. The generators that are sold (leased) to trucking companies and...

I wonder if you are a WG truck? There is a difference if you are WG. Some cases rates have stayed the same, but the FSC increasing means nothing. Rates should be increasing, not stagnate and without the FSC added in. The FSC only compensates for the increase in fuel prices. The...

No OVM, read it carefully, there is a serious point to be made here and a perfect illustration of what really is wrong with the country. For the record, there are no rights promised or granted. The constitution is there not to define, grant or anything otherwise affect the rights of the...

What are the drinking, Tradewinds tea?

How are you celebrating Earth Day? I am taking the holistic approach. I am letting my truck and reefer idle for 21 hours. an hour for each day in April up to Earth Day. I am dumping my used synthetic oil down the drain so it ends up in the Rouge river. I am making sure that all the...

Ratwell, we can not return to either uniformed metal standard, it would have to take the entire industrialized world to do it at the same time. Also there would be a great deal of complaining that the value of a dollar would not be the same but for every $100 in todays money, a revalued metal...

Point well taken but here is the issue, it is not whether or not someone has the right to speak, it is the impact that the speech makes to others who are still involved or feel unsure if they did the right thing after returning home. I remember the rhetoric from Vietnam protesters, they were...

Well Ike really got us started in 'nam. I think if JFK wasn't killed, he would have limited the war but with McNamara (Mr. we save 10 cents on each M16 if we leave off the trigger) and his BS, he was the one who was pushing things a bit too much with other advisers to both Johnson and Kennedy...

I know what you mean, I learned how to drive a truck in a 70's GMC astro, what fun that was. But I a week ago or so I looked at something sitting on a trailer down the street from me, A MB Actros COE truck. Air ride all the way around and it looked rather nice. I stopped and talked to the guys...

Rlent, I think that part of the problem is that many don't understand what a free market is, this is a good example. If a company can't do a service, it goes to someone else who can. if there is money to be made along the line, that's part of an open free market, no one is forcing anyone to...