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Depends on the segment of the trucking industry. Rand McNally TripMaker doesn't do an "as the crow flies" routing, but it does often do more of a "Household Good Miles" which is what a lot of moving vans use. Most in the trucking industry are moving away (have already) from TripMaker and/or...

That's one thing about the GPS (I have a Garmin), when I plug in the addresses, if the mileage is considerably off and I can't reconcile it by using "quickest" or "fastest" route via truck or car, and can't reconcile it with Street and Trips, if there's just no way to drive it for that number...

I can't disagree at all about paying $100 a pop for minis, as many of them can take a sizable chunk out of your day. One from Detroit to Windsor can take up 6 hours or more. I had one the other day that I went over and picked up in Windsor, was delayed 7 hours waiting for the thoroughly...

That "load receipt" disclaimer is mostly a load of crap. The miles listed is the same number of miles that was on the load offer, and they will not change unless the load gets swapped out. If the load offer said 582 miles then the load receipt will say 582 miles, and that's how many miles you...

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A Toilet Paper Wick Heater: Remove the cardboard tube from the toilet paper. Crush the roll as tight as you can. Flat, even. Place the toilet paper into the coffee can. If you have a large coffee can, you can use 2 or even 3 rolls of toilet paper. Make sure the top of the toilet paper is below...

Well, it kind of is different. The first out was given to get them to take the load to a place they knew they'd have a hard time getting anything out of. I've gotten first outs in that same situation, and I've had people jump me for the same exact scenario. It's hard to get mad at that. That's...

If you're not a leg man or a butt man or something, then I'd say that pretty much always a D is gonna be preferred to a C.

I ran into one guy who did that very thing. He was 6' 8". He just insulated the door the best he could, used a bunch of blankets at the footwell and stepwell by the door (sliding door, too), and dealt with it. He basically didn't use the side sliding door at all, just used either the driver door...

When you take a load out to BFE, one of the risks is not getting another load quickly, whether you sit right there or move to another location. If I take a short 90 mile run to Memphis, to get to a better location, I shouldn't be penalized just because someone chose to sit for 2 days, 250 miles...

Yeah, the whole deal prior to truck stop scanning was all about either faxing it in from someplace, but they had too many faxes they couldn't read, or by scanning it as pdf and e-mailing it in. I bought my all-in-one for the same purpose, at the same time, because of the memo/qc/driver-web...

88 inches, 7' 4" But, keep in mind that the passenger door is nearly impossible to insulate inside there, because of the door latch, window mechanism and electronics. The footwell can be insulated, but getting airflow from something like an Espar is gonna be more trouble than it's worth, so...

Not sure what you mean there. 2 ...2- 6 foot 4in end to end? Two bunks, 6' 4" long, end to end? There's 166 inches between the rear of the seat and the inside of the rear door. Two bunks like that would fit, easily, as they'd be 152 inches. One on each side at 6' 4" would certainly fit, too...

You could do it, and I suppose you could build on a curved area for the feet and head, instead of a pure rectangle, which would give you a little extra room. But it wouldn't exactly be the most efficient use of space. And you'd absolutely be limited to exactly 8 feet of cargo space (which is...

You delivered a 700 mile load out to BFE, after delivery you sat 2 days waiting on another load which never came so you decide to go to another board, lets say Memphis and D/H 250 miles to get there. Another driver, let's call him me, delivers a 90 mile load in Memphis from Jackson, but I...

That's true, though, there aren't enough trucks in service to cover the loads. There would be, if there was less cherry pickin' going on, but if they have truck after truck turning down 174 mile runs, they have to have enough trucks in the area so that eventually one of 'em will take it. It's...

I have an HP All-In-One printer/scanner/copier. Is also a great photo printer, which comes in handy occasionally. Sits on top of the microwave, held fast with Industrial Strength Velcro. (Oh, sorry, Velcro®. I mean, Velcro® brand hook and loop fasteners. I certainly don't want to contribute to...

Some have a full bulkhead, I don't. My bunk ain't movin', tho, so it's a very effective bulkhead for the first 30 inches up. :) I didn't want a bulkhead because I wanted to be able to get in front of the freight to secure it. But, yeah, it's crossways, same as a bulkhead would be. It's 66...

In breaking news from October that somehow got past the good folks here at EO, and currently it's only at the Madera, CA, Clear Lake, IA and the Mt Vernon, IL locations, but Pilot and Denny's have teamed up. "Denny's Corp. and Pilot Travel Centers LLC said that Denny's will develop restaurants...

For trucks, a 2 hour wait for detention is standard, as there are a lot of cases where there aren't any docks open for them to pull into, and it can take a lot longer for them to get loaded or unloaded for many reasons. But for a cargo van, detention should start after one hour. At a shipper...