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You are correct. I seldom post our location. I did so today today because it's a long weekend. Diane and are not under load. We are doing some socializing. We happen to be at or near truck stops, which is also not our norm. I also wanted to show support for Leo's experiment. I seldom post our...

Perrysburg, OH; TA for showers, Petro for breakfast with friends. Then moving north 20 miles for lunch with other friends.

Maybe someone should start a dedicated forum in which those who value their post counts can compete to generate the highest number of posts.

Dieseldiva puts it well. My thoughts exactly.

Actually, that is exactly what he is doing. He told Diane and me so himself when he showed us the device.

I have no concern about my immediate fate under CSA 2010. As you pointed out, I have only one small violation to worry about (four points that will drop to just two next year when the three-year multiplier is applied, and then to zero after three years). That gives me a large margin of error...

That might work if the coming new rules they talked about in the past were the same ones that are in effect now, and if we could count on even those rules remaining the same after they are first announced. CSA 2010 was originally scheduled to go into full effect in January, 2010, I believe...

Maybe this would help -- bumper stickers on our trucks that say "Do not read ExpeditersOnline.com. Info there your carrier does not want you to know."

We have done loads like that too, only we were the truck coming in with the lift gate. Sometimes you don't get a load because you have a lift gate, sometimes the load IS the liftgate for which you get paid to run to run.

Our home in Minnesota is rented space in a relative's house. There is acreage there on which Diane and I were permitted by the relative to pour a concrete slab on which to park the truck. Water and electric is adjacent to the slab, which makes it nice for shore power, truck washing and water...

The retroactivity bothers me too. If you drive through an uncontrolled intersection on Monday, they erect a stop sign on Wednesday, and give you a ticket on Friday for the violation you are said to have committed on Monday, is that fair? If they changed the rules of NFL football and then went...

I got ticketed two years ago for an inoperative marker light, top-left-rear, and was not put out of service (those four points are the only CSA points I have on my record in the last three years). I know that because Terry O'Connell looked up Diane's and my record for us at our request. (Diane...

You should talk to Lawrence. I think he'd like to have you as a writer for Expedite NOW.

I have not noticed but am interested to hear what you base your observation on. There have always been some expediters that are as you describe but as a group they seem to be savvy, sociable, etc. What changes have you noticed exactly?

It's surprising to learn how many expediters are out here who have never heard of EO.

Diane and I once changed fleet owners and found ourselves in a truck that was nearly new but got only 6 mpg. We found a new fleet owner and were out of that truck in short order. I don't care how sweet the details of a contract may be. If a driver is paying for fuel and getting poor mpg, the...

An owner who has a driver in a non-lift gate truck may not agree that these reasons justify the expense but as owner-operators, Diane enjoy our lift gate for: - Picnic table as already mentioned - Great place to put lawn chairs when laid over in a camp ground - Great platform on which to set...

Three for me. ;)

There are thousands of Onan Quiet Diesel generators in use on RVs. Do a Google search on "Onan Quiet Diesel Overheating" and other such phrases to find dozens of posts by RV people who have similar issues. It might help you think of something you have missed so far.

That is 100% correct. More than once, you have defended my right to participate in the Open Forum or say what I want to say, and have done so in the face of intense criticism that you could have easily avoid had you taken a less courageous stance. I remember those deeds, appreciate them, and...