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Diane and I are a team too but I don't see much difference in the effect a 10 hour shift would have on us vs. 11 (I can see a big difference for solo drivers). Can you elaborate? How exactly will a 10 hour driving shift make it unsafe? What am I missing?

I see Express-1 is advertising for straight and semi reefer trucks, saying, "Progress in Motion! Experienced Temp Control Straight Trucks and Semi's Needed Immediately." What's up with that?

Jones advised me today that one of these new units is on the road now, three have been sold and are being built, and seven are on order to stock.

Layover Lounge Put it in park. You're going to be here awhile. Idling is permitted. The Layover Lounge is where you can share the best places and activities to do while you're on a layover. Got a favorite place? Post it for all to see. Where are you laid over today? I posted it here because...

I know pretty much nothing about cargo/Sprinter van expediting and generally don't put much effort into learning about it because my interests lie elsewhere. However, the idea of a van round table is interesting. If the event happens and Diane and I are in the area, I might ask to attend, not...

I don't think it is as dramatic as you suggest. I have yet to meet a driver of a straight truck who said he or she hates vans or van drivers. Nor have I met one who sees vans as direct competition. The closest I have seen was concern that developed among CR and DR-unit drivers when the BR vans...

Indianapolis Museum of Art Diane and I spent a pleasant layover day yesterday at the Indianapolis Museum of Art. - Admission is free. - The facility and exhibits are high quality. - Parking for straight trucks is available and possibly for semis too but big rig drivers may want to call...

Of course the cargo van is dead. Diane and got into expediting in 2003 and were told then that the van is dead. It was pronounced dead again in 2004. So too in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009. In 2010 it was almost not pronounced dead but before the year ended it was pronounced dead again. Now...

Every expediter should investigate other carriers on an ongoing basis. Nothing is carved in stone in this business, not with carriers, not with drivers. Wise expediters keep their Plan B up to date.

The unit may not be legal in all non-California states as a number of states tend to follow California's lead. Also, I don't think FedEx Custom Critical will approve a TVAL reefer if it is not CARB legal.

Jeff Jones is known to many expediters as the man who sold more Bentz sleepers to expediters than anyone else. When Bentz Transport Products failed in 2009 (story here), expediters were left wondering what would happen next. There was a lot of talk but now we know for sure as a newly built...

There is no telling how much a reefer CARB upgrade will cost or when because the rules keep changing. We will put it off as long as possible. If we had to upgrade today, it could be done by swapping out the engine. We looked into it. It is a $5,000 job. It sounds like a lot but how many reefer...

There is detention time and reefer detention time. Reefer detention time is best viewed in the larger context of reefer costs and benefits. Regarding ordinary detention time, note that many of our customers are charged D-time as a matter of course. If we are delayed for a specified period of...

Coco, I don't read the Women's View forum every day. When I came across your satisfied mind post I was emotionally moved. What a great concept...a satisfied mind. You illustrate well how there are many things to think about and illustrate with beauty and grace how a satisfied mind can be...

No interest was posted to our escrow account in 2010. The balance at the end of the year is the same as the beginning of the year.

While I was an early volunteer in his campaign, Ross Perot was never my boss. I stopped supporting him when he abruptly left the 1992 presidential race.

Governor Ventura was not a candidate for any public office in 1995 and he has never run for a public office of any kind outside of Minnesota. How would it come to be that he owes money to your former company or any company for work on a campaign office in Texas?

In an annual review of our settlements, Diane and I noticed odd things going on with our escrow interest. A call to contractor relations yielded a partial answer and we are waiting for the rest. It seems that interest is being paid on our escrow money but it is deposited in an account that...

No, Sir, I did not just beam down here. Studies like these do not get things done. They get created and misused by people who have political power to get done what they want done. They have no relationship to reality beyond their propaganda value. I know of which I speak from first hand...