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>How many others all over the US are like this? We have a >country where the infrastructure is decaying, and has not >had the re-build necessary over the past 20 years. Seems >there is not a day that goes by without a major train wreck, >bridge collapse, or industrial disaster...Yet we have...

. The article entitled "Get Big-bunked" gave a rundown of full-featured sleepers from four manufacturers; ARI, Bentz, Double Eagle and ICT. Not included were AA and Alumi-Bunk sleepers, which many expediters put on their trucks. The article can be read online at...

With the first round of reporting now moving into the second round of more in-depth coverage, a theme is emerging that should give all of us pause. The bridge was not blown up by terrorists. It failed for other reasons that remain yet unknown. It has been inspected both by state and federal...

Wow! I just learned of this. We are home now (Minnesota). This is a developing story. The Star Tribune, KSTP-TV and WCCO-TV headquarters are all just blocks from that bridge. They will be all over this story. The Strib (as it is known locally) reports one fatality at this time. WCCO-TV is doing...

>White glove is reserved to fleet owners - practicly. The >rest of ushave to make do with scraps. I beg to differ. Diane and I are personally acquainted with a number of one-truck owner-operators that drive their own trucks and are White-Glove flagged. While some of those, including...

The best thing you can do to get accurate information is contact FedEx Custom Critical and get someone to send you their brochure entitled "White Glove Services(r) Qualification Guidelines." If someone tells you the brochure does not exist, he or she is wrong. I am holding one in my hand this...

>Phil, >Were you there? Please correct me if I am wrong but I >thought you did something on your articles? I wasn't there >as usual, so I may be wrong. I was not there. As explained in previous posts, Diane and I chose to run instead of attend. We have a truck to pay for. As much as we...

A really good question was raised by easyrider2697 in a topic entitled "How Low Will You Go?" Unfortunately, the thread went south and was locked. Patrick House presented a hypothetical situation: "I know everyone situation is different, so the answers will vary on this, so please tell us the...

If the Highway Watch program could be incorporated into or adjacent to the show dates, it would be a reason to come (among the many others, of course). A block of first aid classes for drivers on the road would also be of interest (to me at least).

What Greg said.

I would not draw many conclusions from such a story. It is far easier to find a story about children that killed their parents than it is to find internet rage stories like this. Does that mean that people should not have kids because of the risk that your children may one day murder you?

We are home. Picked up in Akron, delivered 42 miles from home. Staying put for a couple days to go through mail and do truck maintenance. Otherwise, we'd be running.

Here we go again. :(

Do you have a photo of the truck that you can share here?

If a driver does not know how to get from point A to point B in the expediting business and does not know how loads are dispatched, that driver would do well to make a careful study of the numerous previous posts on such topics here in the Open Forum. Open Forum members who have sat with...

While the study results are impressive, it seems to me that benefits of nitrogen-filled tires came not from the nitrogen itself but from the fact that with nitrogen, the tires maintained proper inflation longer than with ordinary air. It's not about nitrogen. It's about proper tire inflation. A...

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Long post, about 2 printed pages. Those who object to long posts should skip this one.) Keeping a diary or personal journal is a time-honored activity. The continually-developing internet now gives people the ability to publicly share their entries. An online diary or journal is called a web...

Diane and I run a class 8 Volvo straight truck and the front end is NOT too heavy. Front axle weight is a function of many things. If we moved the rear axle a few feet back from its present location, the weight on the front axle would increase. If we put a bigger sleeper on the truck and...

A driver's CDL is one of his or her most important assets. No CDL, no truck-driving career. One's CDL should be protected at all costs. Law firms that serve truck drivers advertise in trucking publications. They are familiar with each state's system. While Diane and I have never had cause to...