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Oops! Sorry. My apologies to RichM. I said something here I should not have and have edited my comments away. I should have left well enough alone.

RE: Getting into this business? Questions and Ans I presume you are going to school to get a Class A license, which opens up many truck-driving styles to you. With your expressed desire to get home often, you might be better off looking at LTL carriers like FedEx Freight, Yellow, and those...

Your questions and the concerns that lie behind them, if I read your post correctly, point to a fact of life in expediting that all newbies should know. When your very first load comes, there is no time to learn the basic skills. There is only time to run the freight. But there is very little...

RE: Do you take the time to continue your educatio Thank you, TeamDrivers2, for sharing your story and information. While I know FedEx ran Mexico freight by transferring it to other trucks, I had no idea FedEx sometimes sent Custom Critical trucks south of the border too. Fascinating info...

>Amen to Ace and late for dinner. That's where I learned. >Knowing I was going to be asked, got me into the habit of >double checking, same as with hazmat labels, proper >paperwork, etc. I think all companies should ask, and the >dispatchers should have an idea of what is required.. ie...

A shoebox >full of index cards will store and retrieve any data a >computer will. The difference is how quickly you can >complete a series of interrelated calculations dependent on >sequential summations of always differing variables or how >quickly you can sort the shoebox of index cards...

>Funny you bring this up as I was talking to Terry about this >yesterday. This was my solution, as the SOB pulled up next >to me at 6:00 AM. > >At 8:00 I keep a jar of Vaseline, would have loved to of >stuck around when he touched that door handle. I know it >was mean, being woken up on a...

A couple nights ago, we were in the bobtail lot at Jubitz truck stop in Portland, OR. I counted 27 bobtail trucks parked there. Only two were idling. A couple more had generators. The rest were turned off. The weather was perfect for no-idle sleep. But what was different was even just a year or...

>I have a question to all that have posted here. > > >What is it exactly you are looking for? Notwithstanding my "computers suck" opinion, I am proficient in computers and do use them daily for business, personal, and entertainment purposes. In business, computers can help you analyze things...

We've driven only class 8 trucks in our 2.5 years on the road; a few Freightliner Century Class trucks and now a Western Star; all D-units, all with auto shift or full automatic transmissions, various engines and axle ratios. Our fuel economy numbers range from 6.9 MPG to 9.5 MPG, depending on...

I've heard of a couple that makes it a point to present a copy of a post. But no one has ever told me who they are or why they are doing it (if they exist at all). If the couple really does exist, it's a safe bet they failed to tell you that there never was a golden goose and the smart drivers...

It would be wise to check with your carrier before building such a sleeper. The FMCSA rules are vague regarding sleeper construction requirements. One carrier may interpret them one way and another carrier another way. See 393.76 Sleeper berths...

>Run like hell when the >freight is there, and live cheap when it's not. Every >buisness on earth has slow times. You just learn to make do >and save while you can. Sound wisdom. Very well said.

Maybe it's already out there and I have not yet learned of it. If not, I'd like to say LEA's recruiting and retention efforts could be improved by an in-depth explaination of Landstar's system, including a working model of the board that could be sampled online. Anyone researching the Landstar...

Sounds like it is time to restrict certain types of freight from your van. When dispatch calls to offer that kind of load again, simply say, "Sorry, I cut the cheese."

When shippers tell us we do not have to secure the freight as much as we do, our standard reply is, "We've never had a freight damage claim and we don't want one on this load either." No shipper has ever said anything further about over-securing the load.

RE: What is some funny stuff you seen while drivin Toss the towns of Happy, French Lick and Fertile into the mix and imagine the local paper wedding announcement possibilities.

RE: Potential Drivers - What are your expectations Thinking back to the days before we jumped in (white-collar newbies with no prior truck driving experience), our expectations were: 1. Earn over $150,000 per year, gross to the truck. 2. Never be pressured to drive in an unsafe manner. 3. Be...

>I wonder if the response would be the same if I call Fedex >with my old truck numbers? It is my understanding that FedEx does not reuse truck numbers. Once a truck is numbered, it keeps that number for the life of the unit. If the truck leaves FedEx, the truck number is retired. If someone...

In the topic "200k Gross?" RichM and DaveKC both made the point that that net income is more important than gross income. The logic of that is irrefutable. I recently read an article about truck financing. I'm not agreeing or disagreeing with the point made, but am tossing it out here for...