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My mind played six degrees of separation starting with those blue safety call boxes on the side of the road. “What are you thinking so hard about over there?” He knows that look on my face. The one where I'm lost in deep thought, usually where I've chased some random spark down so far down a...

Easiest way to wash clothes when away from home is at the local full service truck stop. The full service trucks stop usually have a laundry room and depending on the size of the truck stop is the size of the laundry room. Finding a local laundry mat can be done and many do have room for a...

Where you can find WiFi out on the road & a cool little device we use called a mobile hotspot. CLICK HERE to see more...

A basic tour of how the Qualcomm & E-logs work. CLICK HERE to see more...

Nothing stays the same EVER... The world keeps turning and the sand keeps shifting. Whenever stepping out to the edge in business or contemplating a change we often hear the sky is falling, the world is coming to an end, as we know it, and many doom and gloom prophecies... When we made the...

We were meeting a couple for the first time at a wonderful German Restaurant and we were having Prime Rib. My very first bite went down wrong and so did the second piece. I am an over achiever and no sense choking on one thing when I can do two pieces. The first piece of meat stopped and then...

Several new Independent Contractors have asked for a cheat sheet on common insurance lingo they hear thrown around, and for my veteran Expediters out there who might like a refresher course in Expediting Insurance 101...here you go! READ MORE...

After twenty years of marriage this is how we became part of the driving community of trucking. Bob hit me with this brilliant idea 16 years ago and I gave him one of those looks. When Bob switched jobs from being a car mechanic to a diesel mechanic MANY years ago I could not wait to learn to...

Loading & securing your freight properly is very important. In this video we will show you how we load & secure freight. Which includes.. how to use straps & load bars also how the doors & jack stands work on a straight truck. CLICK HERE to see more...

How do you keep your floors clean or how do you plan on keeping the floors clean in your truck? We bought this little Shop Vac when were in the big truck and it has been our constant companion since. Living in a small space we create a lot dander, loose hair, and track in stuff from the parking...

We like to watch movies and we usually have a couple hundred movies in our truck at all times. Over the years between our daughters and us we have accumulated many movies and storage and ease of finding the movies became a pain. We also like to exchange movies between households. Many years...

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In 2015 I noticed more people talking about exceptional customer service and they are becoming loyal customers. Like it or not as a consumer we have many choices and if you want our business we want to be treated right. Examples: Our daughter Brandy went to a shipping store with a box to be...

We ain't got time for no stinkin' birthdays :D

Hahaha neither JoshM nor Lawrence fixed the issue. chillout did! Support Staff - more than just the chick who makes the coffee! :happyhappy:

FMCSA not playing by their own rules. This post of Looking Both Ways asks FMCSA to look both ways before issuing a pending ruling that could give life to a new Safety Fitness Determination or SFD. SFD is that rating bestowed onto motor carriers – Satisfactory, Conditional or Unsatisfactory...

Recently we were able to checkout the truck parking and also the Hyatt Regency in Lexington, KY the site of Expedite Expo 2016! The Lexington Center is located in Downtown Lexington and our first thoughts were this is going to fun to get into with a straight truck much less a tractor trailer...

We are going to show you where & how you can fill the fresh water tank for your sink & dump a port o potty. We will also show you the portable toilet we have in our truck. CLICK HERE to find out more...

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We were if for one heck of a surprise when we had our batteries tested. A few weeks ago I started noticing that the generator was starting more often than usual for low voltage. I also knew it was about time for my annual major preventive maintenance service which includes battery testing and...