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Greg, KOA Kampgrounds have made us feel very welcome with our truck. Their Value Kard program (KOA Kampgrounds have a thing about Ks) provides a discount on site fees and makes reservations easy. They keep your vehicle specs and campsite preferences on file. No questions are asked when you...

Tec1959 is correct. 401k plans are for employees, not self-employed people. In a previous career I worked with certain employers, plan administrators and plan participants to set up defined contribution and defined benefit plans and the underlying investment vehicles. These things are very...

A lot of >white glove drivers and owners have come to Panther and have >taken some of the customers that specifacally ask for them >with them to Panther. They are not the only drivers out >there that take pride in how they service the customers. We >have bent over backwards for our...

>Phil, > >You’re funny but you need to come back to reality. > >You don’t offer any value until you are truly independent >and build a customer base yourself; I respectfully disagree. There are those who sell the freight and those who haul it. Without both, freight would not move. The...

>I'm not saying you'll fail thru the hard times, which you >haven't seen yet. Being in expediting three years doesn't >make you an expert, it's only seen you successful in three >years of a good expediting market. I hope you do make it >thru the next hard times. But I'll stand by my...

The "sadly mistaken" criticism works except for one thing; the facts. For many years team drivers have done well in highly-specialized trucks (reefer, lift gate, pads/straps, dollies, etc.) and by offering value-added services (inside deliveries, dual driver protection, labor, etc.) The fact...

Streakn1, YOU RULE!!!!:D

Industry trends are often discussed in the "Management's Discussion" section of the annual and quarterly reports of publicly-held transportation companies. It takes some doing to dig these out but if you are interested in such things, it is well worth the effort. Another good source about...

IS there some law or regulation >against this I'm missing ? There are regulations that govern sleeper design. See FMCSA 393.76 http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/rules-regulations/administration/fmcsr/393.76.htm I see nothing in the regs that would prohibit an in-the-box sleeper, though there are a...

As a figure of speech, "my truck is my home" gets a point across. For the purposes of per diem tax deductions, it is another matter. Getting a small apartment would be wise in that regard. For more info, see: http://www.expeditersonline.com/dcforum/DCForumID25/25.html#6

Well now, that IS interesting news. Our CD is waiting at home in the pile of mail. Please share what you learn. There is a clear trend in the country toward increased tolls and more routes that charge tolls. The trucking idustry has mostly succeeded in passing increased fuel costs on to the...

Good words. Well chosen. Right on. Someone initiated the certificate idea before it was presented and crafted the words. Thank you to whoever did it. Saying thank you on behalf of the men and women of expediting is not pretentious at all. It is right on the money!

Years ago, when I was working as an auto mechanic, stores like Rapid Oil change and Tires Plus were just beginning to appear. Long-time neighborhood gas station owners complained bitterly that the big boys were moving in and taking the gravy oil change and TBA (tires and battery) business...

>Is your shore power the same as in a motor home? By that, I >mean totally taking over the generator functions, including >battery charge. Yes it is. When we are plugged in, we can run everything in the truck off shore power and the batteries get charged too. If shore power is not available...

There are those in expediting who enjoy the paid-tourist aspects of the trade. This is for them. If you do not have shore power in your truck, think about adding it. Our new truck has it. Shore power is opening a whole new world to us on the road. As I write this, Diane and I are in service...

dpea9, Sounds like you are off to a great start. Congratulations!

RE: more Pics from the Expo! Thanks for sharing the photos. Looks like a GREAT show. That FedEx truck with the big sleeper on the KW chassis, is that the Morris truck?

OOPS! The RAM Mount link is: http://www.ram-mount.com/

Diane and I happened upon this vendor, RAM Mount, at the Louisville truck show. While they don't make an in-truck laptop computer stand specifically for our truck (Volvo VNL) or seats (National Comfort with swivel feature), they seem to have enough components to cobble something together. Before...

>The miles I run team are less than a good single driver will >do with one of the major companies,but my income is around >1/4 million bucks a year,gross, >dont think the other companies can show you this kind of >revenue for the mileage >I did this revenue at con-way,but my miles were...