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The definition of an independent contractor is not a clear as you are making it out to be, and it is not determined by one item alone on whatever list of independent contractor characteristics you are using. The IRS uses one list. Each state has a list of its own. Courts have made different...

You missed nothing. In the spirit of your post, allow me to add this: Knee Lifts, a Great In-Truck Exercise

If an IRS crackdown comes down hard on expediter fleet owners and their drivers, that would not be the end of the story. Businesses quickly adapt to the tax laws of the day. The ownership of tools is part of the definition of an independent contractor but not all of it. There are many...

And the message is, park at the pumps, earn $0.25.

That's a disappointment, OVM. I thought you held us in higher regard than that.

Yes. That is absolutely true. But it is also true that some motor carriers hire dullards to work in their safety departments, and at least one carrier I know of actually fired a newly hired safety director when he tried to bring the company into compliance. In many cases, I believe, the problem...

Keep your extra Air Tabs. You'll want them if a tree branch or the top of a loading dock surface damages one or more of the ones you have on your truck.

Well said, rollincoal. Well done, gunnerwife!

It might help but I know of a couple of motor carriers, and believe there are many more, in which the people who work in the safety department are not particularly enlightened or particularly concerned about safety. Example 1: A driver I know was hired to head the safety department at a motor...

Yes, but how do you know they are taking a 30 minute break at the pumps? Yes, the trucks may be there, but in many cases they were there before. I went back and looked. The fuel island at this truck stop is designed in a way that makes it difficult for trucks to get out even in the best of...

I can't believe I left free travel off the list. That one tops all the others combined.

Diane and I are at the Petro at Raphine, VA. It is about 8:45 p.m. local time. On the PA system, staff is begging drivers to move their trucks from the pumps. "If you have fueled and are at the pumps, please move your truck." "If you are not purchasing fuel but are parked at the pumps, please...

A comment was made in another thread that "nothing is free in trucking." That's not quite true, is it? Some things are free, like the following: - Free shower with 50 gallon fuel purchase. - Free meals at truck stops on certain holidays or appreciation events. - Free hotel at certain company...

You are correct. My mistake. Ability to correct it in the original post has timed out.

Jjorger mentioned a two-mile limit. You did not. Is there a two-mile limit to off-duty driving?

July was a good month for us; slightly above average, which was a surprise given the long holiday weekend (Fourth fell mid-week). We also had a run cancel on us that left us in the middle of nowhere, as in hundreds of miles away from any city. The fork lift driver literally had the freight on...

In what way were the rules loosened? In what way does that make the 34-hour restart less of a prison?

Never, never, never assume such a thing. You are right to verify everything. Our truck has a MANUFACTURER'S GVWR of 54,400. That's 14,400 on the front axle and 20,000 on each of the two rear axles. While the manufacturer says we can haul that much weight, and I have no doubt that we can, the...

Diane and I discovered the Farmer's Brothers restaurant last time we were at the TA East in Ontario, CA. It was delightful and just a short walk from the parking lot they let expediters use at the TA. We went back the next day and will be back the next time we are in town.

Let's hope this is not an idea that is catching on and a practice that will spread.