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We tried out some new ideas on our current truck and changed up the sleeper some. The results have been exceptional. Our truck has been on the road almost a year and there is not much we would change and has 113,826 miles on it. We have two fuel tanks with only one 120-gallon tank feeding the...

Trucking Solutions Group In 2008 a group of owner operators joined together to better each other’s businesses and share ideas. This was a diverse group of business owners from expediters to one with their own authority. We have tried for over a year to get a mobile mammogram unit to a truck...

Agent calls with easy load good money (this should have been a clue) Albuquerque, NM to Gallop, NM first thing in morning delivery. First clue is we pick up a freight forwarding terminal and our times are mixed up one says pickup after 5 pm then we get a phone call pickup before 5 pm. To be on...

August is the Kick Off for the annual TA/Petro Band Together to raise fund for St. Christopher Fund. During the month of August TA/Petro will be selling St. Christopher Fund (SCF) wristbands for $1.00 or Keychains for $5.00 with 100% of monies collected going to SCF. Employees of TA/Petro also...

Odd happening last time we were out in California and due to poor timing I kept having to drive during rush hours. Los Angeles and rush hour is almost continuous and I was merging during the times when the traffic speed was 20 to 60 mph in short distances. As I was routing I had to change...

My thanks to everyone for the generous outpouring of prizes for CIS Casino Night 2015! My thanks to everyone for the generous outpouring of prizes for CIS Casino Night 2015! Over $7,500 was given to all of you by your Motor Carriers, Truck Companies, Vendors, Owner Ops and E.O. The increased...

The Expo is in the books and we waved a fond farewell as we left the Roberts Centre. This was our last year to attend the Expo in Wilmington, OH as the Expo is moving to Lexington Center, Kentucky in 2016. We attended our first Expedite Expo in 2004 in Detroit. We were able to experience the...

Here is something interesting from the Expo and worth following. This is the first curtainside cargo van upfit being fielded by Volens of Lakewood, Ohio. This is a common setup in Europe but not here in the states. The carrier Wingstar (a sibling of Volens) will be operating this van and have...

I arrived at the Expo late Friday night in time to see forum member Wolfeman68. I'll be back at it in the morning. READ MORE...

During the Expedite Expo we are usually all over the conference center but this year we have a base station. On Thursday we will be getting our truck washed and shined up to go into the Stoops Specialty Truck Booth. We will be representing Team Run Smart and talking about how and why we set up...

See you all Friday for the best CIS Casino Night ever! I personally invite everyone in our Expediting Community to join us on Friday, July 24th at 7:00 for our annual CIS Casino Night at the Expedite Expo at Roberts Centre in Wilmington, Ohio. CIS LOVES this event because this is our...

Calling all CDL holders to try their hand at performing a Pre-Trip for some really nice prizes sponsored by TA/Petro and FYDA. This challenge is set up to be fun and also challenging with every participant receiving a small prize and the top five scores will receive a RoadSquad Roll On Cooler...

...including other uses for cargo securement equipment. Expedite Expo 2015. Two more weeks and the truck show will be over. The organizers probably consider the expo as one week away. For the first time in a few years I plan to arrive at the expo before the doors are closed on Friday afternoon...

This time of year always brings back memories of the indecision we had in 2004 about this huge career change. 2004 Expedite Expo was held outside in tents - it has come a long ways! In 2004 we debated on flying into Detroit where the Expo was held at that time from Kansas and finally made the...

When we load freight onto our truck the value can be from under a $100.00 to priceless and it is all be treated the same PRICELESS This past week after we were loaded we started towards our delivery and that is when the route plans changed. Due to flooding there has been more accidents and...

An opportunity was presented to head off to Washington DC and talk about Women in Transportation and I was able to say, "YES!” An email was discovered in my inbox that was sent from one of the ladies that works for the Saint Christopher's fund saying that I was a person of interest. Tara...

Natural sleep patterns can be obtained when team driving. Too often we are expected to adhere to a predetermined time schedule day in and day out with our bodies protesting all of the way. We all have a different time of day when we are most productive and our day will ebb and flow with what...

The melting ice caps are flooding Lake Eufaula. I drive by Lake Eufaula in Oklahoma often without stopping. This week the lake was about the highest I've seen, so I stopped at a town that I use as a gauge for my own eye-ball drought measurement. The town of Crowder is just off of US Highway 69...

Getting good fuel economy and long lasting tires and less stress on your arms and shoulders starts with a good truck alignment. Alignment seems to be one of those things we tend to overlook when doing preventative maintenance. When we have to replace tires because of poor alignment this is...

During the years out here on the road we have seen some pretty amazing storms. When I was young I lived in Arizona in an adobe ranch house with a tin roof. In southern Arizona living on a cattle ranch, rain is something that is looked upon with great joy. The sound of the rain hitting the tin...