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I'm not sure, but I think the hole-drilling thing is a federal EPA requirement, not from CARB.

It is true in the sense that CA can regulate CA-registered trucks more stringently than trucks that are registered out of state. CA-registered trucks are subject to reporting requirements that non-CA trucks can avoid. Failure to report can result in hefty fines.

It's not just California. If we upgraded our reefer by replacing the engine, it would likely be done at our reefer dealer in Tenessee. They explained that in such an upgrade, they would be required by law to drill holes into the old engine to destroy it.

I asked above, what is your strategy? As mentioned above, ours is to continue paying for insurance at the higher price because we want the kind of coverage we now have. There is another strategy item too. While it is by no means a solution to increasing insurance costs and a...

You already know that Diane and I are getting out of the business, partly because our 2006 truck will become illegal to drive in California at the end of this year; because CARB regs were retroactively applied. It would take $40,000 to replace our reefer and retrofit our truck engine. But what...

As some have mentioned in this thread, I see a number of expediters getting health insurance who did not have it before, because, before, it was too expensive or they had preexisting conditions. I also see expediters who earn good money dropping their health insurance because the price of it is...

What is your driver's status and needs?

When Diane and I were in Landstar Express America orientation, the instructor talked about a dilema he and others at Landstar were in. They had a BCO (contractor) reach 40 years safe driving but they had already given him so many awards before for previous safety milestones that they were at a...

I hope you get them too so I know it is safe to order. Please keep us posted.

There might be more truth to that than we'd like to admit.

Great story!

Re: Per Diem Tax Deductions & Taxes............................................. .... Once known as American Truck Business Services, they are now just ATBS. Web site here.

Re: Per Diem Tax Deductions & Taxes............................................. .... HockyRob, Nowhere in any of my posts did I label or call you a tax cheat, nor did I intend to make any such implication. Look back at my posts. "Tax cheat" and nothing else even close appears in them. I'm...

Layoutshooter, You received confirmation, but was your order filled? My telephone and email inquiries have gone unanswered. Before placing an order on their web site, it would be nice to know if other people's orders have been filled.

Guido, Was your order filled? My telephone and email inquiries have gone unanswered. Before placing an order on their web site, it would be nice to know if other people's orders have been filled.

I have paid little attention to health insurance in recent years because so much about it was uncertain and clouded by the ongoing political debate. Diane and I had insurance that was working for us and that was good enough. But things seem to be changing now and I am no longer certain that good...

Diane and I have had a good health insurance policy from the first day we started expediting. We would not want to be out here without good coverage. By "good" I mean that we can walk into almost any medical facility anywhere in the country and be treated without payment hassles before, during...

This seems to be a sea-change year in the world of health insurance as Obamacare becomes available to more and more people. What are you seeing with your own health insurance? Will you be getting health insurance that you did not have before? Will you be giving it up? What about costs? Has...

Obamacare is affecting health insurance rates, but I have not heard anything about it affecting truck insurance rates. While some will be tempted to get political in this thread about Obamacare, let's try to keep the focus on truck insurance. Health insurance for expediters merits a topic of its...

Diane and I are in a 40' straight-truck. Checking our insurance costs, we see no change in the last year in unladen liability and work accident insurance. Physical damage insurance went up 4.3 percent.