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Regarding axle weights, it seems most people here already have it figured out. With the tandems placed near the front of the body, and all our freight handling equipment carried ahead of the tandems, all freight will be loaded behind the tandems. Thus, the weight of the freight in the rear tends...

Saw a similar shirt once. It said, "FedSex"

We have driven five different class 8 trucks (fleet-owner trucks) in nearly three years of expediting. Fuel mileage on these fleet-owner trucks ranged from 6.5 to 9.5 overall. The best performer was a dry-box D-unit Freightliner Century Class with tandem drive axles, an Eaton 10-speed...

Ditto what JohnO and others said about Verizon. We have also used the Wilson amplifier to increase the Verizon air-card range with delightful results. The amplifier boosts cell phone performance too. See: http://www.wilsonelectronics.com/ The amplifer difference is most noticable when we are...

Like RichM, we've found Wal-Marts (in most neighborhoods) to be good and 24-hour grocery stores to be a good second choice. Both can be easily located, day or night, if you have internet access in the truck that is not tied to the truck stop internet services. Wal-Marts are especially good...

The most important thing though is having your space >sometimes. <snip> I find with my husband the >best thing to do, especially since we are in a D unit is to >go to a mall or shopping center and just get away from each >other. You can only take sooo much of being cooped up in a >little...

Be careful you don't start something out there, theoldprof. The idea of a half-dozen truckers bringing their kits inside and sitting in a quilting circle in a truck stop lobby is spooky. It would make it more difficult to get to the showers. I can hear them now..."Look here guys, I embroidered...

arkjarhead, One of the reasons the EO Open Forum is one of the most respected and successful internet forums in the transportation industry is because the forum is moderated. Over the years, several attempts have been made by people upset with EO to start a "real" open forum where the "truth"...

>The more of this post I read, the more I realize my buisness >plan was psychotic. A word of advice, DO NOT start with >zero down, $300 cash, and credit card debt. It can be worse than that. My dealer told me about a customer of his who has been driving truck for many years. He told the...

>As to debt, I have a mortgage and my Sears card has a >balance of $76 on it that will be paid in full on the 15th. >I learned my lesson with credit cards a few years back. I am >a cash kinda guy now!!!! If only you could teach what you learned to millions of other Americans. One of our...

We once had a dispute with a fleet owner. Finding him to be uncooperative, we began researching our options. I was pleasantly surprised by the attention OOIDA was willing to give me when I did nothing more than walk through the door to ask about my options. Their office is near the I-70 truck...

It's sad to say, but one of the things truck drivers must be careful about out there is other truck drivers.

You're fine, raceman.

A topic in the Women's View forum (http://www.expeditersonline.com/dcforum/DCForumID25/20.html#3) gave me pause to think about how expediters' life and work on the road differs from other peoples' life and work at home. Expediters can plan a long trip in a few minutes and become instantly...

What makes a great day for >the rest of you, or how did you get used to life on the >road? Getting used to life on the road is an ongoing process. The first 30 days are not days we wish to repeat. While the work is doable, everything you need to know to complete a load comes all at once with...

>remember that brazillions of women have done it, & you can >too! :) Bra-zillions of women? Pun intended?

>I would have never thought being away from home would bring >me closer to the people I love. Now, it's all about quality >time. > >How has your world changed? That was an unexpected surprise to Diane and me as well. Being on the road enables us to see friends and relatives that used to...

The www.pumpkindriver.com link is a good way to hear from that company's drivers. When Diane and I were researching the trucking industry, and before we discovered expediting, Schneider would have been our company of choice. We've talked to a few pumpkin drivers on the road. All of them...

Advice to spend time together in a closet is not as off-beat is it may first sound. Better still to spend some time together on the road in a truck if you can. That will introduce you both to close-quarters life and introduce your wife to life on the road. Before she quits her job, it might be...

Judging from the number of posts, this load-acceptance topic is popular. I'd like to add one point; namely, there are numerous variables in the expediting industry. The load acceptance strategy that works for one expediter, may not work for another. If you run team, you'll run some loads solo...