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Since TeamCaffee did not answer my question, I will make a presumption -- the same one made by others -- and ask her to correct me if I am wrong. She wants to keep track of the days spent at home because one needs to know that information to claim the important per diem income tax deduction...

I got serious about the Green Tea Diet a few weeks ago. It is still early in this remarkably easy diet regime to report lasting effects but last night I had to take my belt in a notch to keep my now looser-fitting pants up. It helps to have developed a taste for green tea. I didn't care much...

Channel 19 Blog writer reports on Nashville flooding, posts photos of flooded Nashville truckstop.

I have comments to share about what I think is the related issue but don't want to until I know for sure you and I are talking about the same thing. So, if I may ask, why is it that you want or need to know how many days you spend on the road this year and when you leave the house and when you...

How about these two cases, not so extreme. We are in a fully-equipped, fully-credentialled, all flags CR unit. We are in the Dallas express center, 26 miles from downtown Dallas. We have less-than-75 status. There are no other trucks in the area with less-than-75 status. A White Glove C load...

I suggest that if you are off duty and not under load, FedEx Custom Critical should allow as much personal conveyance freedom as the law allows. Why be more restrictive? The carrier would get no more brownie points in any arena I know. I can't see insurance rates being affected one way or...

I think I know the reason why you are doing this, but lest I presume too much, let me ask. Why are you doing this?

Seeing the country is a reason cited by many people for entering the expediting business. Of course you have to run a profitable business to make a long-term go of it, but as far as seeing the country goes, you can certainly do so as an expediter. To provide readers with a visual of the ground...

Point taken.

We arrived at a medical clinic in a medium-size Louisiana town on a hot summer day to move a piece of medical equipment to a building about half a mile away. It was an inside pickup, liftgate, inside delivery load. The item was important and expensive enough for the shipper to fly in an observer...

You deduce incorrectly.

I didn't get into trucking to live like an infantryman on the road. I got out of the infantry and into our truck so I would not have to. My truck works for me, your truck works for you, and off to the sunset we happily go. Diane and I got into expediting for the money and that part is working...

See this: The $5,000 Expediter Truck

Very well stated. We drove three years in other people's D and DR units with FedEx Custom Critical before getting into a truck of our own. We knew our carrier and the freight we haul very well before we began spec'ing our CR truck. Having driven D and DR units for three years and then getting...

Waiting for freight in Houston, Texas, after delivering here an hour ago.

What carrier do you run with? If the freight damage claim was denied, how is it that you may be "dragged into the mess?"

This piece may also interest you: Introduction to Expediting

You can do both by becoming a charter bus driver and with a lot less trouble than becoming the self-employed business owner you would be as an expediter.

I suggest that the most sensible approach is to not enter the business until you know with every fiber of your being exactly what it is you want to accomplish by entering the business. There are two approaches. One is the shopping approach. With it you read the Open Forum; talk to drivers...

Consider picking a carrier before you spec a truck. After you have done that, ask your carrier which box size (or truck type) is the best money maker, if making money is your goal. Spec'ing a truck is an exercise in tradeoffs (carrier culture, sleeper size, component costs, revenue potential...