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Blame parents who's children learn by example, watching their parents speed, and when they about them breaking the speed limit, learn from their parents that there is a justification of some sort for doing so and that not all laws should be equally respected. Blame professional truck drivers...

Regarding getting lost, something I learned in Army land navigation classes (using a map and compass to get through unfamiliar woods at night, on foot or in armored vehicles, before the days of GPS) serves me well in trucking. If lost, return to a known point. It also helps to simply stop the...

Do you have a generator/APU on the truck? If so, there is a device that will automatically start the generator if battery voltage gets too low. That would eliminate the need to install additional batteries and their associated weight, cost, and maintenance over time.

Freight handling equipment is available by mail order from New Haven Moving Equipment. Link: http://www.newhaven-usa.com/index.shtml. Their free catalog is worth the request. For pallet jacks, check the yellow pages under fork lifts or fork trucks. Companies that sell fork lifts often sell...

My first choice would be Wal-Mart because of the easy truck access. To test your batteries individually, you'll need to disconnect them from each other. A load test machine is a simple device found in most places that sell batteries. It would be a simple matter for a Wal-Mart mechanic to wheel...

We find churches in unfamiliar areas by using Delorme mapping software. The yellow pages would work just as well. A phone call to the church generally yeilds a recorded message giving worship times. Parking a D-unit in or near the church parking lot is usually not a problem (available space)...

>It should have been implied that my view was just from my >own perspective. Tallcal post is from a fleet owner driving >for your company with the same equipment. He can speak for >himself but I would well imagine he is looking at several >trucks verses one. You made my point. Even among...

>Any info on this from u >all would be greatly appreciated, thank u in advance . See: "Introduction to Expediting" http://www.expeditersonline.com/downloads/introduction.pdf

>hey guys, I've been reading this forum for a while now and I >think I know what kind of money I can expect in this >business, but recently I've talked to a guy that has been >doing it for about 8 months, and he is claiming that he >makes about $10K a month in sprinter. >He's home almost...

When we talk about how things are, would it not be better to talk about how things are for yourself at the moment? The expediting industry is bigger than any one person's or even fleet owner's experience in it. Generalizing from one's own experience can be misleading because so much differs...

Does your lease require you to run? If not, take a couple weeks off without terminating the lease or giving notice. Once your money catches up with you, give notice and tell the other person you are willing to turn the truck in earlier than two weeks if the owner is agreeable. If the owner is...

RE%3A Airtek front suspensions Oops! I edited content out. Misunderstood what was being asked.

Mike50, This Introduction to Expediting may be of interest to you: http://www.expeditersonline.com/downloads/introduction.pdf

>If I'm correct, Bob is Company Driver. > >John Employee business expenses are discussed on the IRS site too. Link: http://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc514.html

Outstanding post, Leo! If everyone read and took it to heart, a whole lot of fuel tax misinformation would cease to be passed around on CB radios, truck stop lunch counters, and internet forums. I know an expediter truck dealer who could have benefited from your info. For a while, he was...

PrePass Plus may also be of interest. "This (single transponder) will enable PrePassPlus customers to travel through more than 400 E-ZPassSM locations in the Northeast, 254 PrePass equipped truck inspection facilities and now 87 toll locations in Illinois!" Link to PrePass Plus site...

For starters, see: Publication 334 (2005), Tax Guide for Small Business. It is available online. The link is: http://www.irs.gov/publications/p334/index.html or if you want to print it from a .pdf file, the link is: http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p334.pdf See section 8, "Business Expenses"...

>Leo, the only prize for being the first guy to get to the >top of the hill is that it cost you the most to get there. >Fuel economy is taking precedent over big horses. And unless >fuel gets back down to that buck a gallon world again, it's >going to contiinue to lean that way. The guy who...

Don't be too quick to dismiss fleet driving as an option. For teams especially, it can be a good choice. I met a team just the other day that sold their truck. They were successful owner/operators but a guy came along that wanted to buy their truck and offered them a price too good to turn down...

>I hear all these stories, but i'm confused as to why. My >discussions with dispatch seem to indicate the amount of >freight in their system is at high season levels. Possibly >being a C-UNIT has somthing to do with our percentage's ?? Not sure about C-unit percentage. In 2005, 28% of our...