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That is an interesting statistic that I have not heard before. When I covered the Sylectus conference last January, I did not ask network members or Sylectus staff about the failure rate. Can you say more about "six out of every 10 companies that sign up with sylectus are out of business withint...

Read this Land Line article about preadator towing companies. If you think you can get a straight truck towed out of New York City for less than a thousand dollars, it is you who is wearing the rose colored glasses.

I have heard of truckers being stuck with $15,000 tow bills in circumstances like those described above, and it is the police who choose the tow company, not the driver, truck owner or carrier. I made no reach here. $15,000 is a good portion of your profits even if your PROFITS are $300,000 a...

Expedite NOW article: Fifty Tips and Tricks for Expediters

Also see: Sylectus: An Unseen Force in the Expedite Industry

Vanners do not log in most cases, so in what ways does time become an issue? To hear many vanners tell it here in the Open Forum, lots of sitting goes on. What kind of weekly run counts do busy vans typically have?

It's a straight truck. Click the truck photo and specs link in my signature below for details.

It's a new idea to me, since I know very little about cargo van expediting. Have you heard about those new Sprinters? I wonder if they will catch on. Hard to imagine anyone wanting to give up their proven Fords.

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Driving out of New York City today, Diane and I saw a Werner big rig company truck stranded on the right shoulder of I-95, and pulled up as close to the tall brick wall as one could get it. There was no more than an inch between the left side of the truck and the right hand traffic lane. Soon...

You see no disadvantage where other people have pointed out several, but that's OK. If you are willing to put up with something that others are not, it is not the disadvantage to you that it is to them. They don't log, you don't mind logging, disadvantage to them, not to you. They don't like...

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Overdrive article: Trucking's Operational Costs Continue to Rise

The boat owner would likely be sick seeing his or her pride and joy dumped like that. Lots of emotions to process, I would think.

Once again, Zorry, you are making false assumptions that lead to false conclusions. While it is true that I have all my own teeth (except wisdom teeth), it is not true that I think myself better than people who do not. In the retirement community in which Diane and I have a vacation home, many...

Those of you who know the Branson area well are invited to talk about routes to take into town. U.S. 65 south from I-44 is hilly but easy. The route we took in under load was from the south. We picked up U.S. 65 from I-40 in Arkansas and that was a different kind of drive altogether. It is...

At the time of our FedEx interview and for some time after that, there was going around the FedEx Custom Critical contractors the joke calling such interviews -- especially interviews for the art team that existed at the time -- the "tooth check." It was with that joke in mind that I posted what...

Branson, Missouri. See this post for more about this delightful tourist destination with easy truck parking.

Diane and I delivered a load this morning in Branson, Missouri, and found ourselves in the middle of a delightful entertainment center set in the Ozark Mountains. Branson is not directly accessible by freeway or located near a major city. While we have crisscrossed America many times in many...

Husband/wife teams are highly desired by carriers and fleet owners. So too are same-household teams (man and woman living together). That is because they are seen as a single economic unit in a stable relationship. Teams where the revenue is split among team members tend to be less stable...