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If my truck's top limit for legal payload is 13,000 pounds, that would be the most i'd accept. No point in running illegal since you're the one that gets stuck with the fine if imposed. The violation goes on YOUR record, not the shippers. Also, the payload limits exist for a reason. It's unsafe...

RE: I am no longer a ROOKIE one year ago today I t Broom, congratulations. You once posted that some truck drivers told you you'd never make it. What do you have to say to them now?

What do you do? You provide the officer access to your truck without protest or complaint. Your truck is a commerical vehicle. BY LAW, it is subject to search at any time with or without cause. You have already agreed to the search by virtue of you owning a commerical vehicle. Your truck being...

What, if anything, are expediters doing in response to the influenza pandemic threat now being talked up in the news? If the pandemic described by health experts actually occurs, how would it affect your business? If the pandemic strikes, and if you survive the flu, will your business survive...

DaveKC and RichM. Listen! Can you hear them? The EO community is breathing a collective sigh of disgust. They're saying, "Their they go again. Not me. I'm done with this thread that went sadly south. It might be wise for a judicious moderator to lock the thread.

>Ateam wrote > >So far, we've ony had to do this once because we've received >mostly short runs since the new rules went into effect. But >the one time we did ask for an additional three hours, it >was granted >===================================================================== >October...

<snip> >My concern is for my drivers to complete a delivery in a >safe manner. >If all concerned within the transportation industry come >together with alternatives or a change in the current rules, >all will benefit. >How involved the expedite companies become involved, remains >to be...

>The only sore >>point is getting your company to recognize that you need to >>shut down the truck for 3 hours to be legal. > > >I'd be lucky to name 1 out of the last 10 runs that i could >of shut down for 3 hours. And God help ya if sumthin would >occur, if indeed ya shut down for those...

> A Team,Just curious and don't take it the wrong way. You >said you were going to talk to FDX >safety,recruiters,dispatchers re the HOS rules. I was under >the impression that they would only discuss issues with >Owner operators or Fleet Owners. I was told that if they >allowed drivers who...

Thank you, Terry. Very interesting idea Jernation has there, and one that provides some relief if the carrier goes along. Thanks to Jernation too!

What appears to be happening is that >good, law-abiding ppl are having to choose between breaking a law or not feeding the family. What would you choose? That's part of the concern that lies behind my research inquiry (which is, what are carriers and drivers saying to each other?). It ought...

As Dreamer said, OOIDA is expressing concerns. They are not alone. CRASH, and PATT have also voiced concerns in the form of a Petition for Reconsideration. The Teamsters have also spoken out against the new rule. Even the American Trucking Associations - that includes some of the nation's...

>i stop the ez pass after i hread about new york and new >jersey >using it to check how fast you got from point to point >and using it on logs to if it came to that This is from the FAQ page on the PrePass site: (Question) Is a driver’s time from one PrePass weigh station to another...

If expediters have not already done so, they should read the EO piece, "Frustration - An Expediter's concerns with the new Hours of Service rules" Link: http://www.expeditersonline.com/artman/publish/Frustration_Hours_of_Service.html I'd be curious to hear what - if anything - expediters are...

Our copy arrived at our Minnesota home last week.

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The Rice's accident is a lesson to us all. If it can happen to them, it happen to any one of us. On that fateful December 2003 day, the Rices were on a run in Florida, the likes of which they've done many times. Then, in an instant, their lives changed forever. Nearly two years later, Glen and...

I hope expediter wannabees think long and hard about this thread as part of their industry research. It well-illustrates the emotional tugs this business can involve. The idea and meaning of "Home" varies from person to person. We've all heard the saying, "Home is where the heart is." Expediter...

I'll leave it to readers to decide if this is a good idea or not, but it struck me as clever if nothing else. A driver (don't remember who or in what forum) once posted that he carries two short lengths of chain and a nut and bolt for each. If stuck in a sunken and slippery loading dock or in...

>Perhaps someone can help me, for I fail to understand the >value of an owner/operator knowing the fleet size of his >carrier. In a very general way, and over meaningful time periods of several months or even a year, I sometimes take note of current carrier fleet sizes and compare them to...