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That is a cool image to view. I have no interest in old boats or ferries but that image is cool!

We delivered a relief load in Long Island Sunday night. Later that night we were dispatched on a load that picked up nearby on Monday morning. That load took us to Pennsylvania, so we were in and out quickly. The load out was nothing related to Sandy; four pieces of office furniture being moved...

Because of the fuel discounts that are available through our carrier, Diane and I go to TA/Petro truck stops almost exclusively, but we are pleased to hear that truck stop fitness centers are appearing at Pilot Flying J too. In August, 2011, Pilot Flying J published this press release saying...

Diane and I just completed a delivery on Long Island. Coming from the west (Throgs Neck Bridge), we drove about 1/3 of the way across the Island on the Long Island Expressway (I-495). The delivery was not far from there. Everything was normal. All the power was on. Not even a downed tree was...

Re: Election Over: What, If Anything, Will You Do Different With Your Expedite Busine As I said above, we're only beginning serious research into CARB requirements for our 2006 truck engine and 2006 reefer. Don't take anything I say as Gospel now. That reefer engine hole-drill info came a...

Re: Election Over: What, If Anything, Will You Do Different With Your Expedite Busine I am troubled by that too. Our research is just now beginning in earnest. We have until year-end 2013 before any deadline would affect us. The track CARB now seems to be moving to is that reefers and truck...

Re: Election Over: What, If Anything, Will You Do Different With Your Expedite Busine It is what two reefer dealers told me when we were researching an engine change. One was in MN, the other in TN.

Re: Election Over: What, If Anything, Will You Do Different With Your Expedite Busine I find it offensive too if not outright confiscatory. There is nothing wrong with our reefer now. It is a perfectly good machine. And it was EPA and CARB compliant when we purchased it, then in good faith. I...

And what of rates? Those of you who have been working the Northeast, in this thread, Lawrence pointed readers to this article about an expected bump in rates because Sandy and other factors are expected to squeeze capacity a bit, thereby changing the supply/demand equation. Have you seen...

Tell me if I am reading this right. That truck has a GVW of 12,300 lbs. and a tare weight (curb weight) of 6,756 lbs., providing a hypothetical payload of 5,554 lbs. The box size on that truck is greater than a FedEx Custom Critcial C-unit. FedEx requires a DOT sleeper but their trucks but...

So, help me understand. If what you say is true, why are the unregulated trucks mentioned by others above getting tickets?

Diane and I are not inbound to the Northeast but will be within striking distance of it soon. How are the roads, facilities, fuel and freight up in those parts these days? What has Hurricane Sandy done and left behind that is affecting expediters 11 days after landfall? We'll have options...

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How many finger grooves do you have on the underside of your steering wheel?

The Weather Channel gives its rational for naming winter storms here. I don't think much of the idea. The impacts of a wniter storm almost never rise to the threats hurricanes and tropical storms pose. I see this as a cheap trick to overdramatize the weather in yet another way and thereby...

Have you ever seen or heard of such a truck in Ontario being put out of service for being overweight and having no log? Or is it like in the U.S. where DOT cops are focused mostly on trucks over 10,000 lbs. GVWR?

That shows how little I know about van operations. Such an event would be too bad for the driver but that truck would be right back at it once the weight violation was resolved and the out of service order was lifted; assuming that the driver did not jump the OOS order when the scale cops...

Trucks like these have been on the road forever but I never realized that some of them might be used to haul expedited freight until FedEx had one meet us at a FedEx terminal to cross-dock some Canada-bound freight. It was a load that FedEx wanted us to go get ourselves and then take to Canada...

The two yellow trucks pictured below are expediters. Is this the future of expediting? Yes or no? Why or why not?

Re: Election Over: What, If Anything, Will You Do Different With Your Expedite Busine Diane and I have until year-end 2013 to meet the Califiornia requirements if we wish to continue to run our truck engine and reefer in that state. With it now clear, after the election, that regulatory...