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Truer words were never spoken!

Actually, I can say with all certainty that it would not have happened to me. While it can happen to anyone that a lamp seen working during a pre-trip can stop working while you are driving, it would not happen to me that it would happen a second time. If I got cited for a defective lamp and...

It's easy to form beliefs about dispatch and support them with selective memory. Drivers are fond of saying how the guaranteed way to get dispatched is to start a load of laundry, sit down in a nice restaurant or book a hotel room for the weekend. In fact, many have been offered loads after...

CSA does not change the equipment and paperwork rules (log books, truck registration, medical card, etc.). It changes the way violations are scored and tracked. Those changes are changing driver behavior such that maintaining a driver's good record may come to trump customer service. I...

Are you done now? Hypocrisy is in the eye of the beholder. I have no hope of changing your mind so, shall we let it be?

Who said anything about "without that driver's knowledge?" If I am advocating against another driver, that driver will know it and know it from me. No, I am not miffed. I would go on welfare before taking a job like that. First, the job comes with a boss. I'm self-employed because I don't...

THAT is a huge mistake! Business is business and good business is good business. It's not about feeling good or being nice. NEVER give a prospective business partner the benefit of the doubt. Check him or her out ahead of time as best you can. Make sure all the I's are dotted and T's are...

You put it in words better than I do. It is an issue exactly for the reasons you stated so well above. I know of only one other expediting company that has safety people in the field and that is LEA. Their approach is entirely different, and superior, I believe. (My information may be dated...

I can choose my friends. I can even make friends in the safety department and am inclined to do so if they operate openly and fairly. Spies come uninvited. Your argument is non sequiter (the inference does not follow from the premise). There is nothing in the 100+ CSA point driver's account to...

Groups Set to Sue FMCSA Over CSA Disclosure

We will not go to war with North Korea because the risks are too great that the superpower China would face us down. We would be in their back yard and they have millions more soldiers in uniform than we do. Technology-wise, they have a modern army that is getting more modern. See: China's New...

No claims made here. Neither Diane nor I have had a work injury worthy of medical attention in seven years. Oops! Check that. There was this incident and one other but in both cases, we did not even think to file a work accident claim. The bills were small (as medical bills go). The health...

This photo of a Mack straight truck was taken at the Ontario, California truck stop a couple of weeks ago.

You will find people here who advocate the largest truck body (box) possible for the reasons they believe and others who advocate smaller truck bodies for different reasons. If you ask a general question like you did, you will get both answers. Before you think about truck body size, you need...

We learned yesterday that we will be picking up an 1,800 mile load on Thanksgiving day. It is our custom to stay out over the Thanksgiving holiday in hopes of getting loads like this. It worked this year.

If the pallets are empty, you can put a lot of them in a 22' box. :)

TIP FOR NEWBIES: If a new fleet owner wants you to do anything out of pocket or out of the ordinary without compensation before you get into one of his or her trucks, it is a near certain sign of trouble ahead. Run away. A good fleet owner will present you with a truck that is clean and in...

Complaining about a roving safety guy and stating my willingness to advocate against a driver who runs up a score of over 100 CSA points, when nearly all of them were preventable, are two different and unrelated things. A roving safety guy creates resentment when he spies on me, thus my...

That feature is already built into our truck (2006 Volvo VNL). If a required light goes out, we get a message on the dash telling us exactly which circuit is open. It says "open circuit" but almost always the problem is a bulb. Most of the bulbs are easily changed and we carry spares where we...

I run with FDCC, Deville, and would not agree with your statement. Yes, we see runs offered at $0.85 to $1.00 a mile but we do not accept them. There are plenty of runs that pay a decent rate; like the recent New Jersey to Utah run we did at $2.55 per mile all miles, and another coast-to-coast...