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I certainly hope that my posts are not taken as an "I'm tired of expediting" diatribe. I am tired of the increasing and sometimes nonsensical regulatory burden. I resent the additional expense -- tens of thousands of dollars of additional expense -- that CARB requires us to spend just to...

That is a profound thought! It is easy and fun to think about what you would like different or where you would like to be. That is the stuff of daydreams. It is something entirely different to "Analyze carefully where you are, paying attention to everything that got you here."

New Truck: You get to buy a new truck sooner because the salt eats the one up. Level Playing Field: Show trucks and 15 year-old junkers look the same when covered with road spray. Less Offensive Sights: When frozen solid, the one-gallon pee bottle a trucker left sitting by the fuel pump is...

That's the down side of experience. You get to thinking that experience means more than it does. You extend your experience into knowledge and develop errant opinions and beliefs. In "all my years," I have experienced a sudden whiteout once. Actually it was a series of them in the same windy...

And there you have it, ladies and gentlemen, the history of expediting in a nutshell.

It depends on what kind of freight you haul and what credentials you have. California is a very important market for us. When we were with FedEx Custom Critical, we had more pick ups and deliveries in California than any other state. (But we left that carrier partly because of policy changes...

That's one for the books, to be sure. Attitude is everything. You did a good job keeping yours up and keeping yourself, your cargo and those around you safe.

Good point.

It's a game changer only to the extent that a carrier views its contractors not as commodities that are easily replaced but as human beings who bring value to the game. And in that regard, technology has little to do with it. It does not matter what kind of communications technology exists or...

I think you have the right idea. I also think that with a little homework you can dial things in to make real progress and feel great about it. You are right about calories. To lose weight, you must burn more than you take in. That may be easier to do than you think, if you are willing to keep...

Note that the survey sponsor, the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI), is not an independent organization or government agency. It is a captive entity of the ATA that produces research that helps the ATA promote its agenda. Given that arrangement, the objectivity of that research...

What in expediting has changed for the better in the last ten years? There are always negative developments. What are the positives? I'll start with ten that come to mind. Please share others. 1. The showers have gotten better at TA and Petro, much better. 2. Automatic transmissions...

I took the survey before posting anything here.

It's the right idea for Diane and me but only partly because the trucking industry has changed. More influential in this move is the future opportunity. We would not be able to afford what we are about to do if not for the ten years we spent trucking and the money we made and saved as...

It is not common for area hospitals to restrict visitors to two each from immediate family. It is not common for the death rate from flu to be higher than other years. It is not common for the case count to be as high as it is this year. This year's flu stats are not hurricane season...

"The flu season, which peaks in January and February, is off to a roaring start with a bug that looks 'particularly severe,' according to the Food and Drug Administration." Full Story Near our home in Minnesota, hospitals are limiting visitors to immediate family and two people per family to...

This article talks about office workers but information in it applies to truckers too. The recommendation is to break up your sitting day with short walks. Doing so will keep your body and calorie burn from shutting down as the Dr. describes in the article. How can truckers work short walks...

I am not one to give up hope so easily. While you may turn out to be correct about no rule changes, I think the door remains open; not because truckers have the voice and power to effect a change but because shippers do. Certain classes of freight are shipped by companies who have huge amounts...

This is not the only kind of freight that customers ship with the drivers having the duty to be in attendance of the load at all times. This exemption addresses only part of the problem because it addresses only part of the freight.

That does not make the rules right. And it has happened that rules get overturned precisely because people *****'ed). Indeed, a characteristic of the HOS and CSA rules over the years is that they frequently change. Hey teams, if you want to drive five and sleep five, go for it. Oops! Not any...