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Well, he has to start somewhere.

Please provide the name and address of your campaign committee so I can send a contribution to Layoutshooter for Senate.

I think that man was released from custody and just tried to park a big-rig next to us at a truck stop (reminder why we need to avoid truck stops). He came barreling into the parking place next to us, and with just a couple of inches to spare on each side, basically wedged himself between our...

There was a FedEx Custom Critical team that shipped a pair of live polar bears once. The bears were caged and sedated. Delivery was to a zoo.

It can get discouraging at times, the government regs and all. It helps to remember that without the government and its regs we would not have the interstate highway system, uniform weights and measures, legal tender and many other resources that we take for granted in our businesses. Note...

What kind of financial analysis and assumptions went into the purchase decision? What was the cost? Did you do a spreadsheet? Are you able and willing to share the numbers?

I admit that I react from time to time to Caffee's posts, but kindly note that she puts lots and lots of stuff out there that I do not react to. It's not "anything" she does. My guess is that I react to perhaps one-half of one percent of her posts, if that. Your perception of "anything Team...

Of course you do. That is your nature. I am more exacting, especially when it comes to verifying the benefits of something people want me to spend money on.

One month into the new regulations, I am consistently seeing truck stops fill and sometimes fill to overflowing on Friday and Saturday nights. That was not the case before the new rules went into effect. I am also seeing an increase of trucks lingering at the pumps. Now, to be fair, that happens...

If you spend $50,000 a year on fuel, which straight trucks have been known to do, a two percent savings is $1,000 per year. So, to calculate the payback on such a device, you need to know: - Cost of device - Cost of down time to have device installed - Cost of deadhead miles to have device...

We like the TA and Petro brands for their fuel discounts (available through our carrier) and consistently clean showers. Food-wise, we can say little because we rarely eat at truck stops. Safety-wise, there is no such thing as a safe truck stop. Anytime you are parked in one, you are at risk of...

Yes, that's true. Convoys of robotic trucks can and will tailgate each other because their reaction time is very short. When I said they will never tailgate, I meant they won't tailgate four-wheelers like some truckers do now to intimidate the four-wheeler to move over.

It is educational to go to YouTube and search and view videos on freight brokers and truck brokers. Some there talk openly to their peers and broker wannabees about how to maximize their profits by talking truckers into taking loads cheap. It seems to work, the techniques and phrases they use...

It's good to make note of busy and not-busy areas as you are doing, but be careful about getting wedded to strongly held opinions in that regard. We recently met a couple who were adamant about not going to Canada, and then met another couple who were thrilled to have just been dispatched on a...

Sad but true. We once replaced the entire driver information system (dash board lights, dials, guages, display) at a cost of over $1,000 for the part alone, because Volvo built the brake warning speaker into the DIS instead of making it a separate part. Thank goodness that Volvo paid the price...

What is your safety, compliance and CSA thought process in this? You have a known issue; no tail lights and no license plate light. You give it a 50/50 chance that you will go in to have it repaired. Are you thinking it is OK to take a run with the truck in that condition? Are you thinking...

I know something of them and would have my truck towed 500 miles before trusting it to that dealership.

It could work exactly opposite. The robot cars on the road now have logged hundreds of thousands of miles, if not millions, and there has not been a single accident ... not one ... when the car was driving itself. There was one fender bender when a human operator was in control of the robot car...

A blindfold may help. It is easier to slip one on than to go to the trouble of darkening the cab or sleeper. Get a good one, one that is comfortable to wear. If my brain is racing and keeping me from going to sleep at night, I read. It only takes a few minutes to quiet things down and drift off.

Good for you, and good for the profession. But you and I both know the sad truth that many drivers would not go in to get it fixed after catching a break like that from the understanding Montana scale cop. They'd chalk it up to good luck and keep on driving thinking something like "I'll save...