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Our sleeper has deep and high cupboards It quickly became apparent to me that while I can store a lot of stuff in the cupboards of our sleeper I could not always find what I stored. I also could not reach or see much of what is in the cabinets even with the rope lighting. READ MORE...

Pixlr Express is a photo editor worth looking at. I’m endorsing Pixlr Express by Autodesk. It is a free photo editor app that can be found on Google Play, or the App Store. As I continue to migrate from my laptop to my phone, one of the tasks that I’ve not been interested in moving to my phone...

How much power do you need? Figure out your appliances then buy an inverter. What is a power inverter? Power inverters are described as a device or circuit that changes direct current (DC) to alternating current (AC). Voltages, input and output are dependent upon the device in use. READ MORE...

More miles beyond the fringe. Rampart Range and Front Range overlook Colorago Springs, Colorado. The panorama includes, from left to right, Cheyenne Mountain, Pike’s Peak, U.S. Air Force Academy, and the Bass Pro parking lot. READ MORE...

Suggested building blocks of knowledge for your new trucking endeavor. This post of Looking Both Ways will be the first in a series on starting your own trucking company. This series is titled as such because it is not just...

If it’s lower than this, it’s overloaded. This is the posture of a fully loaded sprinter. That means a gross weight of 8550 lbs. You’ve seen them slung low, so this set of photos is for comparison. Anything lower than this means it’s overloaded. READ MORE...

This question has been asked of us often lately and we have an answer - Freightliner Team Run Smart. One of our duties as a Team Run Smart Pro is to show our truck to other owner-operators, to prospective owner-operators, and to truck dealers who want to know more about the trucks operation on...

The busiest week in the last two months. Started the week with two short loads each day. The second load was a repeat of the first load. The shipper asked if I was still in the area and to offer it to me first. I aim to please. Then from Wednesday to Friday, it was Indiana, to Illinois, to...

Having Cameras surrounding the truck can bring about peace of mind and also no incidents. We have four cameras on our truck, one on the passenger side, one back up camera, and two in the box. The camera we use the most is our backup camera and every time we put the truck in reverse we turn the...

US 31 now bypasses Kokomo, Indiana. From the west side of Michigan heading straight south through Indiana, I like using US 31. One of the last congested areas north of Indianapolis was where the highway ran straight through Kokomo. Now the highway bypasses the city to the east. READ MORE...

Hi Everyone, TEANA (The Expediting Association of North America) has again taken the leadership role in our Expediting community by launching V.O.I., or Verification of Insurance program. In the past couple of years TEANA’s legislative and legal efforts have been...

After my blog on 20 Top Things not to eat and why there were a variety of comments. One of the comments and a reply really got my attention. This is a portion of one of the comments a poster made: You know, people are doing all this to live longer. What's the point of living? Moderation...

A driver asked me the other day if I had heard of any solution to legs and hands swelling. While I have not encountered this problem it intrigued me on what could be done to help this situation. I expected to find a lot of information about salt intake and to avoid salt but that was not the...

Who would have guessed in 1978 that two seventeen years olds getting married would still be married 36 years later? Another year has passed and we are celebrating our anniversary. Terry O'Connell really summed up the meaning "Team...

This is the result of my trolling strategy going into the past week. Last week I was trying to decide how to move north and at the same time find freight. The plan was to move to Birmingham, Alabama on Sunday evening. Midday Monday...

When, Where and How we have met people out on the road create a lot of fond memories. We are stopped today at a Wal-Mart where we met up with another couple to have Mexican food at a location they had found nearby. This couple we...

Navigating all obstacles during RoadCheck 2014. This post of Looking Both Ways is all about the upcoming Roadside Inspection Blitz known as Roadcheck 2014. Learn how to be successful navigating our nation’s highways as an expedite driver or owner operator during this law enforcement road...

Lisa and her husband Terry contacted us many years ago about getting into expediting and through that initial contact we became friends. We often met while out on the road and we all shared a common love of animals and our lives as expediters. Terry and Lisa traveled with their Basset Hound...

Decisions, decisions… I can’t really call it slow yet. I haven’t been in service enough to have a bad string of weeks, but this is the first weekend in months that I didn’t have some kind of work, like a Saturday delivery or Monday...

Nothing stays the same EVER... The world keeps turning and the sand keeps shifting. Whenever stepping out to the edge in business or contemplating a change we often hear the sky is falling, the world is coming to an end, as we know it, and many doom and gloom prophecies... When we made the...