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Of course the cargo van is dead. Diane and got into expediting in 2003 and were told then that the van is dead. It was pronounced dead again in 2004. So too in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009. In 2010 it was almost not pronounced dead but before the year ended it was pronounced dead again. Now...

Every expediter should investigate other carriers on an ongoing basis. Nothing is carved in stone in this business, not with carriers, not with drivers. Wise expediters keep their Plan B up to date.

The unit may not be legal in all non-California states as a number of states tend to follow California's lead. Also, I don't think FedEx Custom Critical will approve a TVAL reefer if it is not CARB legal.

Jeff Jones is known to many expediters as the man who sold more Bentz sleepers to expediters than anyone else. When Bentz Transport Products failed in 2009 (story here), expediters were left wondering what would happen next. There was a lot of talk but now we know for sure as a newly built...

There is no telling how much a reefer CARB upgrade will cost or when because the rules keep changing. We will put it off as long as possible. If we had to upgrade today, it could be done by swapping out the engine. We looked into it. It is a $5,000 job. It sounds like a lot but how many reefer...

There is detention time and reefer detention time. Reefer detention time is best viewed in the larger context of reefer costs and benefits. Regarding ordinary detention time, note that many of our customers are charged D-time as a matter of course. If we are delayed for a specified period of...

Coco, I don't read the Women's View forum every day. When I came across your satisfied mind post I was emotionally moved. What a great concept...a satisfied mind. You illustrate well how there are many things to think about and illustrate with beauty and grace how a satisfied mind can be...

No interest was posted to our escrow account in 2010. The balance at the end of the year is the same as the beginning of the year.

While I was an early volunteer in his campaign, Ross Perot was never my boss. I stopped supporting him when he abruptly left the 1992 presidential race.

Governor Ventura was not a candidate for any public office in 1995 and he has never run for a public office of any kind outside of Minnesota. How would it come to be that he owes money to your former company or any company for work on a campaign office in Texas?

In an annual review of our settlements, Diane and I noticed odd things going on with our escrow interest. A call to contractor relations yielded a partial answer and we are waiting for the rest. It seems that interest is being paid on our escrow money but it is deposited in an account that...

No, Sir, I did not just beam down here. Studies like these do not get things done. They get created and misused by people who have political power to get done what they want done. They have no relationship to reality beyond their propaganda value. I know of which I speak from first hand...

Nothing has changed. Studies like these are as meaningless today as they were in the 70's.

A large solar flare will reach earth's orbit tonight and may disrupt GPS and sattelite communications. Details here

Full story here Excerpt: "...FMCSA used questionable logic, inadequate data and sloppy math in attempting to justify its proposed changes to the hours-of-service rules for commercial drivers. “...We find that, in every instance, FMCSA’s new methodologies and assumptions increase the...

Our vacation is over and we are running again, now with the new Qualcomm unit in our truck. I wonder, how many other contractors have a difficult time hearing the alert when a new message arrives? The beep of the old units was unmistakable and always noticed. We have a quiet truck but have...

I know nothing about you but will take a liberty and speak frankly. Read the post you put up but pretend it came from someone else. Would you think what I am thinking? Does this look like a post from someone who is looking for the easy way out? If you really mean it that you want to be an OTR...

Part of any discussion like this should be the facts about the weather itself. It is a fact that the snow storms of the last two winters have been "truly extraordinary," as meteorologist Dr. Jeff Masters documents in his blog. As I said above, seasonal weather is difficult to predict. The next...

Expediters specify automatic (autoshift) transmissions to keep their hands free for eating, drinking, cell phone talking and texting (joke). Seriously, I can't speak for the entire industry but Diane and I spec'ed an autoshift transmission because we thought it would be easier to drive than a...

As I read the press release, I see a lot of talk about the Sylectus software and no talk about the community approach that Selectus is known for. That makes sense to me as I don't see Qualcomm doing anything that puts itself in direct competition with major carriers that are important Qualcomm...