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tbird165 said, " have been reading up on the regulations on driving and rest time you have to do to be leagal but all the legal stuff is confusing can someone tell me in plane english what are the rules? " There is no good reason for HOS rules to be as complex as they are. As with tax law the...

Moot, I admire your ingenuity and persistence. Diane and I chose straight truck driving over vans because of the creature comforts that are possible in straight trucks. But I continue to admire the van drivers who go after their rigs like Moot and others do. Moot, I'd love someday to see the...

Now THAT's a positive mental attitude. His injector fails and he still finds reason to brag about his engine! If only all truck drivers knew how to look on the bright side like that. The result is the same. Injector failed. Injector Fixed. The feelings are different. Broompilot did not magnify...

Tire manufacturers put a lot of time and money into product research. They know best what the inflation level should be and they put that number on the side of the tire. If it says maximum inflation is 105 psi cold, inflate it to 105 psi cold. They do not put a minimum psi on the tire. The...

This is a step in the right direction, I beleive, that will likely be followed by other shore-power concepts. Now, if we could just keep truck drivers from running over the things, that would be a step in the right direction too.

Glen Rice ran ribbed tires (steer-type, not lugged treads) on his straight truck and said they provided a noticible decrease in road noise as he drove. Rolling resistance of ribs is less than luggs also, thereby providing a slight fuel economy advantage. Snow was not a problem for Glen because...

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EagerBeaver asked, "Anyone else finding that you are being routed around the toll roads even when the toll would have been the shorter route?" No. We are not finding that. On a recent run from Los Angeles to Chicago, FedEx paid us more in tolls that we actually paid. While toll avoidance was...

I don't know what you drive or if it is solo or team, so this is probably not apples to apples. Like layoutshooter, Diane and I have had our second-best month; not only this year, but in the three years we've been hauling WG fright. And the month is not over yet. September started slow for us...

Put in tinyurl to keep post within screen width. That is a cool concept in hand trucks. WG trucks are required to have a four-wheel padded dolly, two-wheel padded dolly and a pallet jack, among other things. Many WG drivers, on their own, carry a tripod dolly, also known as an appliance...

Whatever kind of truck or van you have, you spend a lot of time on your matress. Allow me to share a discovery that has made a profound difference in the quality of sleep Diane and I get in our truck, both when moving and not. With minimal installation effort, it can be used in any truck or van...

The trouble with "sources" is anyone can fabricate anything and attribute them to a source, and then defend the unfounded statement as if it was credibile by cloaking it in the virtue of not revealing sources. Just five minutes ago, I spoke not with one, but two high-ranking officials at UPS...

>Any truths to a UPS buy out of or merger Panther expedite? >Have heard enough rumors now any one in authority know any >thing about this? > >Before any one denies any thing was in contact today with an >UPS official and was told its some thing they are looking at >but would not say any...

Someone, I don't remember who, once wrote on EO about packing. He or she said, lay out everything you plan to take with you in the truck, and leave half of it behind. Right on! Diane and I made the same mistake. We took too much stuff. The misconception was that what we did not take from home...

There has been questions raised here about Hino's hill-climbing ability. I've now talked in person with two drivers of Hino expediter trucks. Based on their comments, I don't believe Hino is a hill-impared truck. I asked both drivers about their Hinos and hills. Both said their trucks did just...

While I was born and raised in Wisconsin and have always called Wisconsin or Minnesota home, I've never been a big fan of winter. When the snow falls, I'm more of an indoor sports and entertainment guy than outdoor. Driving truck is great for a Northerner like me who dislikes Winter. Every day...

As Diane and I spend time on the road, we find ourselves losing touch with our old friends back home and staying in touch with new friends we make on the road. That is not for lack of communication. It's because our at-home friends have a difficult time relating to our life and work on the road...

Three and a half years ago Diane and I were in your shoes; white collar people with no previous trucking experience considering the expediting opportunity. Why quit so-called good jobs for expediting? In our case, we would rather try and fail in our 40's than sit around at age 70 and regret...

>Well the grass may look greener on the other side of the >fence,but it's still gotta be mowed.:7 :7 Good one!:)

As others have said, the shipper provides the placards. That said, some drivers like to carry extras with them. If the shipper happens to be out of placards, haveing some of your own can save the load and avoid a canceled run. That has happened to us, but we also take an extra close look at...