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YRCW has been a trading stock for several months now. At about 11:24 EDT this morning, it was at $1.90 a share. Had you bought the stock at the open and were able to have your order filled at last night's closing price, you could have more doubled your money before lunch. Day traders thrive on...

See IRS Publication 535, "Business Expenses." We deduct the costs of operating our vehicle in each tax year. We do not deduct deadhead costs trip by trip. We do not deduct the cost of our time. Since we paid nothing for it, it is not an expense that can be deducted.

With its stock now at $0.89 (closing price today), it seems the investor community has given up on YRC Worldwide (Yellow/Roadway). The stock is down 80% year to date and down to less than a dollar from its 2005 high of about $62.00. Since last fall, it has been trading roughly in a $6.00 to...

If you asked me in May, I would have said yes, it's picking up. Looking at the first half of 2009, the freight had been sporadic. We will have slow times punctuated with periods that rival our best year (2007) for freight and revenue. If we use first-half numbers to project full-year results...

Many people are ignoring the current flu threat or dismissing it as media hype. Diane and I take the threat seriously and have taken steps to protect ourselves; including paying closer attention to hand washing, using our own pens when signing fuel receipts, avoiding buffets and having a supply...

I read the story. Truck hit pig...the swine flu!

You've seen those signs in some states: Trucks Use Right 2 Lanes. I've been driving a truck for six years now and still haven't figured out how to comply. Can someone help? My truck is only 8.5 feet wide. It fills one lane but even then leaves a few inches of open space on each side of the...

Don't tell the liberals that! What a great way to reduce the carbon footprint. Think how clean the air will be if no one is around to pollute it.

Exactly! Your state may be similar. Minnesota has a pandemic plan in place. Among other things, it provides for truckers like us to be among the first to receive whatever vaccine shots that are are being given at the time. The theory is that we need to be healthy to drive our truck and...

Tier 4 is required to meet CARB standards, not Tier 2.

The new CARB-compliant engines are very new. Where would the cores come from to rebuild them? On older engines, how would they turn a non-compliant engine into a compliant one on a rebuild? When an engine is replaced, whether by grant money or otherwise, I believe the rules require the old...

They can claim anything they want. There is no shortage of parts. The shortage is in trucking companies that are ready, willing and able to comply with the CARB rules. The rules have been announced since December of last year. That is plenty of time to order parts or new equipment and comply...

From Land Line magazine (full story): "The California Air Resources Board has delayed enforcement of its rule restricting reefer units hauled by commercial trucks in the state...." “'The reasons for this include lack of timely action by TRU owners, higher costs for compliance than originally...

Diane and I plan to attend.

The Independence Party of Minnesota does more than motivate people to "waste" their vote. Year by year, the IP is becoming better established not by winning votes but by winning members. When a person stops identifying one's self as a Democrat or Republican and starts identifying one's self as...

You would not know it by the way he campaigned. Franken and Coleman both ran despicable campaign ads that suggested a lack of personal integrity, lack of respect for the process and lack of respect for the voters.

Among people who track such things, Minnesota state election processes are known as some of the cleanest and most reliable in the country. The recent election for Minnesota's U.S. Senate seat produced a razor-thin margin of victory, initially for Coleman (Republican) and then for Franken...

Thank you, Dreammaker, for the link to this interesting, informative and thorough article. It is well worth the read.

Lower truck speeds produce better fuel economy because wind resistance increases at higher speeds. The laws of physics apply equally to all truck brands. On our 2006 Volvo, we can instantly see the difference. On any road, if we are driving 65 mph and then slow to 55 mph, the mpg indicator...

I'm not advocating a specific speed or saying 55 mph will work. Just stating my preference for a uniform 55 mph speed limit. I know this is a minority view. 55 mph would work if speed limiters were put on cars. Think green! Think safety! Think how much better off the four-wheelers can be!