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A leisurely roll from Detroit to Syracuse to fill out the week. Third five hundred mile run for the week. The week covering an area from Michigan, southern Indiana to Syracuse, New York. This one is at a leisurely pace. Five hundred miles picked up on Friday for a Monday delivery. The...

Pictures are being posted on Facebook of ice and snow.. While we were attending the Great American Trucking Show (GATS) a friend posted this picture of driving through Wyoming on August 25th, 2014. The temperature was over 100 degrees in Dallas at the time. This is the time of the year when...

First thing we had to ask ourselves was how much do we like to drive? If you do not like to drive then becoming a truck driver is probably not a good choice. Bob and I have a passion for driving but most of our experience was on back roads with very little traffic in the southwest corner of...

Can you see me now? I started with Sprint when I started driving and phones were just phones. I migrated to Verizon when phones got smart. I’ve never liked the idea that the companies want to charge for an extra data plan when I want to use the phone for a wifi hotspot for a computer. My...

We have had a sneak preview of our next truck and now we are counting down the days to completion. Buying a new expediter is not as easy as going down to the local car lot and saying I will take that one. We knew we wanted this truck customized and that always takes time and patience to get...

Authority Type Selection, Insurance Filings, Obtaining Process Agents, and Your US DOT Number Now that we’ve given the new business foundation concrete sufficient time to dry and harden, it’s time to start really building the new business. Let’s attach the first floor by selecting the...

"Got bad credit? You could be paying twice as much for car insurance than if you had top-notch credit—even if your driving record is stellar." Hi Everyone, This is a recent article from WSJ that I wanted to share because the author does a great job of explaining how Credit affects Insurance...

Road check good. The transmission works good on the open road. The van had been acting up the last few months. It would bog down similar to limp home mode. I think it can now be described as transmission limp mode. It was...

Some of our activities at the Great American Truck Show held at the Dallas Convention Center. For the past several years the Trucking Solutions Group (TSG) has had a Drivers Health Walk and the American Red Cross blood drive. This year the TSG will have a representative for a Bone Marrow...

Our experience in expediting is with a straight truck but much of what we have learned can be used for all sizes. We decided we wanted to get into expediting as a husband wife team and it took us about two years to prepare. Our first step was to spend hours reading the Expediters Online...

Slow, productive out of service. I’ve had a productive two weeks out of service. I should be back to work in the next day or two. Some of the highlights. READ MORE...

What does it mean when your Motor Carrier asks to be listed on your insurance policy as Additional Insured? In our world of Expediting this is usually requested on the Commercial Auto policy. When an Owner Operator lists a Motor Carrier as “Additional Insured”, it means the Motor Carrier has...

An Oil Analysis is a laboratory analysis of a lubricants suspended contaminants and wear metals. During my time as a diesel mechanic I learned that regular oil analysis, be it engine, transmission or differential, can identify a problem developing before it becomes a major breakdown. When my...

You can’t make a sign more clear than this, and the best part is that the sign really means exactly what it says. This sign involved waiting thirty minutes for clearance to proceed, but it worked exactly as posted. The problem comes from the fact that the other identical sign means something...

After three very short years we have sold our 2012 Cascadia and are anxiously waiting our 2015 Cascadia Evolution. Over the past three years the Caffcadia has carried us on many adventures and at the same time was our main source of income. We spend months at a time in our truck away from home...

Last week started with a Monday morning delivery in Saginaw, Michigan. I checked with my shop in Grand Rapids (Hoekstra) to see if they could fit me into the schedule for a part I had ordered last time I was in for work. I also wanted a reevaluation of my diesel particulate filter, because last...

Hi Everyone, Thanks to Lawrence and his team for making the Expedite Expo an experience we can all enjoy every year. Without his hard work, how would all of us get together at all? And without the generous support of Company Prize Donations, how would we wrap up 3 hours of play gambling at CIS...

What a fantastic Expo with perfect weather - no rain - and cool. Our 11th Expo and one of the most unique expo's yet. We drove our 2012 Caffcadia with the intentions of not bringing her home. Everything inside out was spotless and we were living out of suitcase in the hotel. Our new truck...

Final results of Texas Roulette. The game of Texas Roulette took a little over two weeks. After my intrastate load, it took an extra week to get out of Texas. My instate delivery left me way down south in McAllen. I figured any trolling would only cut into any loaded miles and wouldn’t...

Please join me for a workshop called “What is VOI?” at 2:00 Saturday, July 26th at the Expedite Expo in Wilmington, Ohio. READ MORE...