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Groups Set to Sue FMCSA Over CSA Disclosure

We will not go to war with North Korea because the risks are too great that the superpower China would face us down. We would be in their back yard and they have millions more soldiers in uniform than we do. Technology-wise, they have a modern army that is getting more modern. See: China's New...

No claims made here. Neither Diane nor I have had a work injury worthy of medical attention in seven years. Oops! Check that. There was this incident and one other but in both cases, we did not even think to file a work accident claim. The bills were small (as medical bills go). The health...

This photo of a Mack straight truck was taken at the Ontario, California truck stop a couple of weeks ago.

You will find people here who advocate the largest truck body (box) possible for the reasons they believe and others who advocate smaller truck bodies for different reasons. If you ask a general question like you did, you will get both answers. Before you think about truck body size, you need...

We learned yesterday that we will be picking up an 1,800 mile load on Thanksgiving day. It is our custom to stay out over the Thanksgiving holiday in hopes of getting loads like this. It worked this year.

If the pallets are empty, you can put a lot of them in a 22' box. :)

TIP FOR NEWBIES: If a new fleet owner wants you to do anything out of pocket or out of the ordinary without compensation before you get into one of his or her trucks, it is a near certain sign of trouble ahead. Run away. A good fleet owner will present you with a truck that is clean and in...

Complaining about a roving safety guy and stating my willingness to advocate against a driver who runs up a score of over 100 CSA points, when nearly all of them were preventable, are two different and unrelated things. A roving safety guy creates resentment when he spies on me, thus my...

That feature is already built into our truck (2006 Volvo VNL). If a required light goes out, we get a message on the dash telling us exactly which circuit is open. It says "open circuit" but almost always the problem is a bulb. Most of the bulbs are easily changed and we carry spares where we...

I run with FDCC, Deville, and would not agree with your statement. Yes, we see runs offered at $0.85 to $1.00 a mile but we do not accept them. There are plenty of runs that pay a decent rate; like the recent New Jersey to Utah run we did at $2.55 per mile all miles, and another coast-to-coast...

If you look at Yesteryear's profile, you will see that she currently runs with Express-1. Her previous posts mention a different carrier that she also ran with. I was relieved to find that out. Her stream of violations put CSA points not only on her record (and perhaps her co-driver's...

You need not be insulted. It was an honest mistake. I did not notice your avatar because I seldom look at any of them and yours is not of great quality. The photo is more clear in your profile. After viewing it and realizing my mistake, I went back and changed male pronouns to female. Assuming...

This is an area where our carrier and/or the insurance company in question could greatly improve its communications. When Diane and I have tried to find out more about what we actually receive in return for the insurance money that is taken from our settlement we only end up frustrated. The...

There are many things to be thankful for. Lately, Diane and I have been talking about how thankful we are to be self-employed expediters, alive and free on the road. We got through the Great Recession without want or fear of losing our jobs. We remain free of the office jobs we left behind and...

A check of Yesteryear's profile shows she has a husband. If the two of them are a team, all of the violations may not have been charged to her. It may be that her co-driver got some of them, so her points from the listed violations may not exceed 100. Regardless, the score should have been...

That's a good point. There is value for others in your posts. They can learn from your mistakes. Newbies, note that it is much easier and less expensive to learn from other people's mistakes than it is to learn from your own. The same applies to a driver who runs up a CSA point score that...

I urge you to get an attorney now; not to protect you from people who are keeping the surcharge money you think is yours, but to protect you from yourself. Sir, you are in dire need of sound legal advice. Do yourself a favor and get it.

I checked. We made a fuel stop at Walcott and left there at 9:30 a.m. eastern time, and headed west on I-80. I was driving. Diane was in the sleeper cutting some serious zzzzzz's. Sorry I did not notice your wave.

Diane and I wish you well in your new career.