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I don't think it will ever end. Multi-jurisdictional chaos is something truckers and carriers have been dealing with for a long time. Doubles are legal in some state, tripples in others, Rocky Mountain doubles in others, turnpike doubles in still others. With their axle rules, Michigan is a tire...

When someone gives you a choice between A, which you want to do and B which you don't want to do and uses authority, bonuses and penalties to require B, it is not a choice, not a free choice anyway. The DOT requires truck inspections once a year. FDCC requires them every six months as a...

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Interesting article about how large trucking companies are running at a loss to keep hauling freight, thereby forcing smaller companies out of business. "This downturn has lasted so long most of us are in survival mode." Also of interest is this piece: How Much More Capacity Needs to Exit...

There is a barber who has a shop in the Petro truck stop in Spokane, Washington and he seems always busy. He has cut my hair and did a good job. His secret is low prices, low enough to get noticed by drivers who can easily wait a day and get a haircut someplace else. He told me about...

Is that what you are doing, moose? If so, what are you doing for money?

It is very rare for me to experience boredom. When boredom sets in, it lasts only as long as I permit it to, which is not long. Boredom is a negative state of mind, brought on by certain patterns of thought, activity or inactivity. When bored, I simply change my mind by changing my focus or...

For a team, an advantage of a straight truck over a cargo van is sleeper space. I posted earlier that we did one load last week. If we wanted miles we could have easily achieved that goal by accepting some of the loads we turned down because of low pay. If we wanted to, we could run the wheels...

It is different in two ways, according to health officials. 1. It is slightly more contagious than seasonal flu, meaning it spreads easier from person to person. 2. The mortality rate is slightly higher than seasonal flu. Another difference is vaccines for seasonal flu are developed and...

I don't know if it will happen at all but if it does, it will not be because of intentional acts by drivers. It will be because the trucks are all regulated at the same top speed and they will tend to group up. The roadblocks could take one of two forms. It could be when one truck tries to get...

I'm not convinced the Ontario and Quebec speed-limiter rules are here to stay. We have yet to see the effects and, as we all know, laws have unintended consequences. It remains to be seen if the rolling road blocks develop that truckers have warned about. It remains to be seen what impact, if...

I wonder if a solution might be to create a WG International category of trucks. These would be trucks that fully comply with everything all Canadian provinces want them to do and are willing to do border crossings, deal with broker errors, put up with customs officers, and take on all the other...

You have to read deep into the article to reach where the author lists the five stages of business decline, and the piece does not relate directly to expediting. It does provide some interesting reading and food for thought for expediters who strive to see themselves, their businesses and the...

Last week we did a grand total of one load for $450 gross to the truck. The two preceding weeks were very busy and very strong, forming one of the best two-week periods we have had in nearly six years in the business. It was like the water went drip, drip, drip, then the fire hydrant came on...

That frog/pig item is hilarious. Less funny are the most-recent statistics: "GENEVA (AFP) -- The number of confirmed swine flu cases has reached 8,451, a rise of nearly 1,000 in 24 hours, the World Health Organization said on Saturday. "The number of people killed by the influenza...

If true, that might be a good thing, as long as the pay is right. We haul WG freight but are not too proud to haul a few skids of dog food if the pay is right. While you cite it as a rumor, the concept fits with what I have read in the trade literature. Companies are becoming more careful...

So, it might mean something or nothing at all. Diane and I have picked up FDCC freight at FedEx Freight docks, delivered FDCC freight to FedEx Freight docks, and cross-docked FDCC freight at FedEx freight docks. Whether it was FDCC moving FedEx Freight freight or FedEx Freight moving FDCC...

10-4. 'preciate it, Driver.

YRCW (Yellow Roadway) has been struggling and losing for months if not years. They built quite an empire with leveraged assets but got creamed by the credit market crash, stock market crash and recession before the companies they brought together could be consolidated and the hoped-for synergies...

Thank you for your reply. I'm trying to be as detailed and accurate as we can get about this because anytime the subject of FDCC and its sister companies comes up here in the open forum, people go off in all sorts of directions. When you say you hauled four CC loads in a week, do you mean...