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Same question for you that I asked Moose. Where is it written that an off-duty or in-sleeper driver would be cited for a worn tire violation? I can think of several scenarios where the on-duty driver would be presumed to know of the bad tire but the off-duty or in-sleeper driver would not.

I've heard talk of this but never seen anything official. This loophole you refer to, what is it exactly? Where is it written?

When a service business is sold, the seller does not determine the price, the buyer does. Customer relationships are loosely held in the transportation business. When presented with a customer list, you may not need to buy the business at all. The customers can be gained by offering the first...

As a one-truck owner-operators, Diane and I do not believe we have a salable expedite trucking company. We have a salable truck that will be priced at the then current market value if and when we decide to sell it. Our business plan does not focus on what our business will be worth when we...

I thought a freight broker is the middle-man. When a broker is involved, the shipper does not book the load with a carrier, the shipper books the load with a broker. The broker then finds a carrier to haul that load. Is that not the very definition of a middle-man (middle-person)?

You make a good point. PRACTICE!!! Once when we were in Laredo, a Schneider driver in a big rig and I got to talking in the lot just after we delivered to adjacent docks. He was brand new and talked about how he had half the people at the truck stop furious with him the night before because he...

Thank you, but there are nicer people on EO than me. I try, but some of those folks out-nice me by miles and when I let myself go in ways I should not, the standard they set leaves me feeling ashamed of myself.

Diane and I delivered a load (two skids) in Laredo last Wednesday morning and got a load (three skids) out that afternoon. That load was dispatched to us on the way down. It took us from Laredo took us to Fort Worth and delivered Thursday morning. Soon after that delivery, an agent called with...

I did not tell you about the yellow lines because it never entered my mind to do so. Thinking about why it never entered my mind, it was because: 1. That level of advice is so basic that it ranks with advice to put your truck in reverse gear before backing to a dock. It was so obvious that it...

Thank you for the feedback. I did not realize before that you compare yourself to me and guage your status by that standard. A moment ago, in this post, I stated Diane's and my on-time percentage in response to the number you shared. I am sorry to see you took that pesonally too. I request...

We have not updated the statistic since we came to Landstar two months ago, but Diane's and my career on-time percentage over eight years and nearly 1,000 loads with FedEx Custom Critical was 99.4 percent with the 0.6 percent being due to mechanical breakdowns. Our on-time percentage is that...

I'm sorry about the hijack too. Cheri hijacked a thread of yours so you hijack a thread of mine? If someone siphons fuel out of my truck, does that give me permission to siphon fuel from someone else? Some topics are more useful and important to newbies than others. For their sake, I was...

I agree that practical miles is the best calculation to use for everyone concerned. But change comes slow with something that is so deeply rooted in the industry. See this article for a brief history of various miles calculation methods. Regarding the speed at which a load must be driven, I do...

I wrote the following deep in another thread. To give it status as a topic of its own, I am re-posting it here. I trust the Open Forum moderators will allow this duplicate post given its value to newbies. If not, I ask that the one buried deep be deleted and that this one be allowed to stand...

You are only being cheated out of money if you let yourself be. Landstar does not use practical miles and Diane and I are not cheated. We are not cheated because we base our accept/decline decision on actual miles and the money paid for the load. Note that Landstar does not pay a flat rate. They...

The American Trucking Associations sponsors each year the National Truck Driving Championships. Part of the competition is precision truck driving. Contestants maneuver trucks through a course that tests the driver's ability to position the truck EXACTLY where it should be for a given task...

Interesting news about OnStar. Echoes some of the talk here in the Open Forum about Qualcomm use and abuse. Technology marches on.

Get the book at least if not the card and the book. The cost is spread over 10 years and does not amount to much. You will need the book if you decide to take a cruise later in your expediting career. I know several expediters who enjoy that vacation option. Some have even grouped together to...

You have a point there that illustrates well something I have said before. Seasoned expediters tend to forget what it is like to not know the basics. Once the basics are mastered, you tend to take for granted that everyone knows them. I am remembering now exactly the dynamic you point out. We...

In both this thread and the "serious help" thread that you also started, you seem to be far more worried about being late than most if not all expediters. Where does that come from, exactly? It's simple. Most expediting companies put safety first. They plan loads at 45 - 50 m.p.h., and if that...