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Hey Chris, Driving for a fleet owner is definitely a good move. As far as your move to purchase a truck, I'd drive for someone for awhile and you'll be able to decide just what vehicle you need to do this.

Hey Greg, Didn't you have an experience at a scale house in AL once while you were in the B unit?

"Hey Chelsea. Give me back that cheeseburger."

Alabama is one. Cargo vans also must log in that state. Going in and out of FL, all cmv's are to stop at the Ag. Inspection station.

Aw, c'mom Cheri. Phil did make a funny about getting the tumor under his arm checked out after delivering some HazMat.

My apologies for the long-windedness of my previous post.

Ya know, I understand the frustration. I have a good friend who recently came to the conclusion that their weight was getting out of control. Now even six months before, I had heard from this person how they wanted to drop some pounds and start going to the gym. I would see them again and...

Start making a list of all of the cities where you pick up. Also add cities where you hear other drivers from your carrier pick up. You could even add cities that your hear other carriers pick up from. It might tell you better places to layover. As for paid empty moves, sometimes smaller...

Is this a new truck, or a few years old? If used, I wouldn't necessarily go for a new one with a dealer. Talk to the folks at Ryder used truck sales in your area. They have good pulls taken from trucks that they've leased and are now selling. Sometimes a box gets damaged and they pull the...

If someone gets banned from a truckstop or lease terminated because of public urination, then so be it. After a couple of those, you'd probably see some behavior modification.

If they are not keeping your trucks loaded and you have your own MC, why not run them on YOUR MC and insurance and just become a partner carrier for this company and others? Since they already know you, you would probably qualify for as just about as much work, but at a better rate. Plus you...

Hey guys, just remember: Speed traps are just that, they are TRAPS! Speed traps are not where you have law enforcement patrolling making sure that people aren't going 75 in a 60 zone. They are designed by small towns to be a source of revenue. Usually they occur with sudden changes in speed...

Good point, Leo. I'd also probably start a spring cleaning and figure out if there's couple hundred pounds of junk I could leave off the truck and be happy.

Yeah, 1.12 would be a dealbreaker for me as well. It just means that any GOOD expediter who can get on with another carrier will, and E-1 will just have the scraps to serve their customers. It's too bad.

If Express-1 begins to fail in their expedite business, it won't necessarily be because of CGL. If their rates are dropping in an attempt to gain market share, it is because they must answer to shareholders who are demanding that their investment be met with substantial profits. That's the...

Ok. First off, CGL is a very different entity than Express-1. Expedite is still expedite. You could conjecture that the buyout will mean that Express I customers are going to be introduced to things that will take away from their expedite division. But what about the other side? Concert...

Yup. They bought Concert Group Logistics. CGL's main office is on the Chicago O'Haire area, but they have offices in Cleveland and other places. I believe they even have one in Canada. I'm not too surprised, especially after Panther bought Integres last year. It seems that they all want a...

Anyone know what the current count of Mexican trucks REALLY is now? There have always been Mexican trucks crossing the border, just inside the Trade Zone though. Each truck gets in about 2 trips per day to drop and pick up at US Customs houses in the border towns. I knew that 2 of the 100...

Yes. Boris and Natasha are tops when it comes to TV villains.

One reason the 3126 has a bad rep is due to the way it has been used in expedite. 3126 works fine on machinery that requires constant RPM. It becomes a problem when you stuff that engine into a Class 7 truck that is carrying 13000 pounds up and down through PA, and push it more than it can...