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What happens when trucking consumes our lives. When we first started expediting in 2005 we immersed ourselves in our new profession and we learned all that we could. As we pulled into a truck stop or to a customer we scanned the area looking for expediters. If an expediter was there we...

We have put 11771 trackable fuel mileage miles on our 2015 Cascadia and we are smiling. We have finally started hauling freight with our Cascadia and deadheaded to pick up the first load on September 14th. The odometer reading for our mile per gallon read out has us very excited about this...

I really hate taking off time during the end of a month. I really, really hate missing any time at the end of a quarter, so I hurried my break to visit friends last week in northern Wisconsin. I don’t think I’ve fit as much quality into three days as last week, and I still made it back to catch...

This post of Looking Both Ways is the fourth in a series on starting your own trucking company. This blog will address the finer details of the required insurance filings, the required MCS-150 registration and updates, the FMCSA New Entrant Program and some record keeping requirements. You...

Staying away from home for extended periods of time has consequences. We plan on going home every couple of months to every four months and this means missing some events. I was reminded of this recently when I celebrating my birthday. Our daughter called to say a package had arrived at the...

Our truck is equipped with this and a few more items that are included with the system. CWS - Collision Warning System ACC - Adaptive Cruise Control CMS - Collision Mitigation System The OnGuard system is not intended to replace the driver only to aid the driver, we are still in the drivers...

We have two of about every cord imaginable in our truck. Cords were going everywhere and it was an untidy mess. Between the I-Pads, I-Phones, various headsets, and computers we often have cords running all over the place. I always wonder how in the world they get themselves into tangled...

When Owner Operators provide their own Cargo Insurance instead of the Motor Carrier, it’s usually on a Scheduled Auto basis. This means that each Owner Operator could be insuring the Cargo for far less than the amount listed on the Motor Carrier’s Certificate that was given to the Load...

Thinking outside the box work great in the truck. Sometimes putting two and two together can make our lives easier. My hair is short, only is blown dry when going to a hairdresser, and has never been curled, as it is naturally wavy. I can feel if I have something sticking up and apply water...

A pleasant surprise when stranded in Memphis. There I was…Wednesday evening, turning off the interstate exit when I was hit by a heavy cloud of diesel fumes. It was as much a mist as it was fumes. I thought maybe the truck in front of me was leaking something or there was a chemical plant in...

High RMS's to go down a hill and low RPM's for fuel mileage Recently after a conversation with a colleague I came to the conclusion that some drivers aren't using their transmission correctly. First let me say it's the AMT or Automated Manual Transmission that I'm referring to, whether it's a...

Thursday night was the last workshop for the year and we had a great crowd. Attending this workshop brings back memories of many years ago of us sitting in a similar workshop listening in rapt attention. We made the life changing...

When visiting one of the Disney Parks or watching a Disney Movie see how many you can spot. There is actually a Hidden Mickey website to report hidden Mickey's that are found inside the Disney Parks. If you want to buy a guide to find the Hidden Mickeys there are many books to help you...

TEANA is launching a series of weekly eblasts to all Sylectus subscribers called "Why VOI? Did you Know..." These short blurbs are quick ways to help Motor Carriers and Owner Operators see the reasons that 3PLs and Brokers instituted the new Gold and Platinum Tiers, and understand HOW to...

This knotless knot works. A couple months ago a forklift driver used this knot to secure a strap for sliding a pallet to the back of the van. It looked like he hadn’t ever tied the knot before and was going by something he had only seen or read about, but it worked. READ MORE...

Attending the EOUniversity in Monroe, MI this Thursday 9/11/14 can make the decision easier. This is the last workshop of the year and anyone thinking of entering into expediting should be in the audience. For most people getting into trucking this is a radical jump not only in income but...

A leisurely roll from Detroit to Syracuse to fill out the week. Third five hundred mile run for the week. The week covering an area from Michigan, southern Indiana to Syracuse, New York. This one is at a leisurely pace. Five hundred miles picked up on Friday for a Monday delivery. The...

Pictures are being posted on Facebook of ice and snow.. While we were attending the Great American Trucking Show (GATS) a friend posted this picture of driving through Wyoming on August 25th, 2014. The temperature was over 100 degrees in Dallas at the time. This is the time of the year when...

First thing we had to ask ourselves was how much do we like to drive? If you do not like to drive then becoming a truck driver is probably not a good choice. Bob and I have a passion for driving but most of our experience was on back roads with very little traffic in the southwest corner of...

Can you see me now? I started with Sprint when I started driving and phones were just phones. I migrated to Verizon when phones got smart. I’ve never liked the idea that the companies want to charge for an extra data plan when I want to use the phone for a wifi hotspot for a computer. My...