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If broker errors are rare at one carrier but not rare at another, what do you think is going on that makes the difference?

Broker delays have not been rare in our case. In the last four months we have done four loads into or out of Canada (Quebec or Ontario). Two of the four involved broker-caused border delays of 12 hours or more.

Drivers who do U.S./Canada runs are probably familiar with the plastic chairs the customs officers have you sit in when you are delayed at the border for one reason or another. While sitting in one on Wednesday, a thought came to mind. Perhaps a plastic chair should be added to the dispatch...

Diane and I delivered a load in Ontario Tuesday morning and got a load back to the U.S. the same day. As we drove toward the border, dispatch sent word that we could not cross because a problem was found in the paperwork, and that the broker that needed to straighten it out would not be in until...

More details are coming out as the crash investigation proceeds. It seems clear now that there was no truck involved. There is no evidence that supports the bus driver's claim that he was clipped by a truck before the crash.

If you go to online bookstore Amazon.com and do a search for trucking books, several come up. One challenge you would face, BigBusBob, is coming up with either something that has not been done before or something that is better than what has been done before.

So do you do anything different now?

I was about to jump in but it seems I already have. I'll update to today that we continue to use the same unit. We have never done anything to it except turn it on and off and clean the air filters. Works good!

From NBC News: "A tour bus that crashed on I-95 in the Bronx, killing 15 people, was traveling as fast as 78 miles per hour before the accident, the National Transportation Safety Board said Wednesday." Full story

My thoughts: - Not every engine has a secondary priming pump to prime (fill) the fuel filter as you describe. - Given the direction of fuel flow through the filter, if the fuel filter is filled before installing it, that first bit of fuel would not be filtered at all, would it? Yet that is...

A fascinating fact for any would-be truck book author to consider is the utter lack of truck books on the market now. Sure, there are a few scattered here and there available from various sources, but if you go to a big bookstore and look in the transportation section, you will find maybe one...

Don't be too quick to brush off the "make a million" part. It can be done. I know that because Diane and I are in the process of doing it. See this.

Ballparking it, we get somewhere between 275,000 and 325,000 out of our drive tires, maybe better (dual wheels, tandem axles). We are only on our second set and the truck has 580,000 miles on it now. We are about 1/2 to 2/3 of the way through the second set now and see a noticible increase in...

You seem to have put a lot of thought into this, BigBusBob. Maybe you should go ahead with a book yourself? You've done expediting, tour bus and the big-rig thing. You are handy with a pen. Why not go for it?

wombat52, you started this thread on a note of concern last Wednesday. Now it's Sunday. Did you get moving? Are you making money again? Replies from others suggest busy freight. Did some of it find its way into your van?

That's a thought I had too but for those of us with roll-up doors, there is no guarantee that the shipper would know to put the tape on the plate and frame. Installing a stainless steel plate is a bit too much of an accommodation for the rare shipper that wants to use security tape. We carry...

I'm flattered that you remember the piece. Here's the link. Note that the piece is not on the EO site but on a sister web site Expedite NOW. It also contains good information for newbies.

As FedEx Custom Critical White Glove Services contractors, Diane and I do a lot of lift gate, pad wrap and inside delivery work. Our philosophy is that if we needed or wanted a piece of freight handling equipment once, we will probably need or want it again so we buy it. We made all of our...

Do your research and get the exact numbers. Calculate exactly the weight difference between aluminum and steel wheels over the number of wheels you would replace. Then calculate the number of cheeseburgers you would have to eat to gain the same amount of weight. If you change to aluminum...

TSI Western Star (Bill Moore known to many expediters for his great generator work), will install a set of air bags under your cab and sleeper. This dealership is located in North Jackson, Ohio.