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Barely. Cater signed it into law on July 1, 1980, and Reagan was elected the following November. I don't think of Carter when I think of the 80s, either.

Jimmy Carter, actually. The Motor Carrier Act of 1980. In addition to trucking, railroad, air and other industries were deregulated in the last 70 and early 80. Basically, it allowed carriers to set their own pricing instead of industry standard pricing controls (where the costs of wages and...

I agree with doing a cost analysis on things like that. I like to break it down to CPM. At $2.826 and 16.8 MPG it's 16.82 cents per mile. At $3.350 and 19.1 MPG it's 17.54 cents per mile. If it were me, I might use higher octane when heavy through the mountains, otherwise I probably...

I know Ford recommends 87 octane for EcoBoost gas generally, but right there in the owner's manual they also recommend premium fuel for "severe duty" usage. Most of expediting would be considered severe duty. Severe duty includes, of course, frequent trips under 5 miles, stop-and-go traffic, but...

Yes. As the information at the link shows, the vehicle needs to be 10,001 pounds or more (or otherwise be a CMV) AND be engaged in interstate commerce. Either one but not the other and there is no DOT number requirement. Some states nevertheless require a DOT number for CMVs even if they do...

I believe you. Panther, Load One, lots of carriers require the display of the carrier's DOT number on vans, and require lots of other things that the DOT does not require. Unless a cargo van is a CMV (carrying 9 passengers for compensation, hauling placarded HAZMAT), there's really no reason...

Vehicles 10,000 pounds or less do not require a DOT number (unless they haul hazardous material which requires placards).

The one at Facebook, it says right there on the door plate that it's 11,500 pounds GVWR. The DKP Express truck, depending on the year, they did make a dually that was rated at exactly 10,000 pounds. The 2012 I think was that way I'd want to see the door plate to be sure. That's a pretty tight...

I call BS on that one. If those numbers are true, that would mean that vehicles other than medium- and heavy duty trucks only contribute 2 percent of overall greenhouse emissions. The 27 percent number is probably correct, since that includes cars, trucks, rail, sea and aircraft. So I looked...

Ah, OK, got it. A listing for sale or something like that. Asking "is it really?" is a good one to ask, especially since most, but not all, dually cargo vans are over 10,000 pounds. I think there's a Chevy (I think, but I can't remember) that has a box truck that actually weighs out at a GVWR of...

And yet, nevertheless, you decided to continue try and keep this thread off-topic. What sense of humor are you talking about? Are you talking about the sense of humor where he insinuated that I think it's fine to overload my Sprinter with more than 3000 pounds because there's no federal law...

Lack of knowledge of what all has gone on, what's been said in private, and prior warnings, generate even more off-topic posts.

If the vehicle weighs more than 10,000 pounds, or has a GVWR of more than 10,000 pounds (and is engaged in interstate commerce), it's a Commercial Motor Vehicle and thus has to log and scale. When you say "it’s listed under 10,000 lbs," I'm not sure what you mean. If the VIN# check or the door...

You didn't offer it up as a possibility, you offered it as an actual fact. That's my only issue with yout post. When you state something as a fact, it needs to be a fact. Otherwise, you're misleading people. When you tell someone on here that this or that is illegal, they're gonna believe you...

Here's an interesting article about manufacturing, that lays out what I've been saying for years, and the author of the piece grudgingly, albeit thickly veiled, admits that Trump nailed it. The only thing I disagree with is this snippet from the next-to-last paragraph. She just had to get a...

Hey, it could have been worse. I really wanted to use Pooperintendent of Public Stools. Or, instead of teaching about vowels and consonants, he decided to teach about bowels and continence. But I didn't. I held it in.

I don't know anyone who believes that. In fact, most people actually believe there are laws on the books making it illegal to exceed the GVWR of an unregulated vehicle. Personally, 2850 pounds of freight maxes me out, and 3000 is the absolute max I'm willing to go, and even at that it better...

Lives in Matawan. Is the Superintendent of Kenilworth School District. Poops daily at rival Holmdel High School. When this goes to trial, the defense will claim it’s his 1st offense, but it’s definitely #2.

He says, "Because I'm a little bit obsessive compulsive I like to eat the same thing every day." Playing fast and loose with the phrase "a little bit." I think he's a high functioning autistic savant. He has an eidetic memory, never forgets anything. Meticulously keeps his receipts. That's...

I don't wear one that much any more. Smartphones have mostly eliminated my need. But when I do wear one, this is it...