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You folks are talking about making your EOBR look right to a scale cop, but how will a scale cop know that you actually complied with the rule? For that matter, what is it exactly that we are supposed to be doing or not doing in that 30 minutes?

Diane and I were talking today about the new 30 minute break rule that will go into effect on July 1; specifically about how our driving routine may change as a result of this rule. She asked a very interesting question: How are they going to enforce it? How will a DOT officer even determine...

Of all the CDL holders in the country driving over the road, what percentage of them are owner-operators and what percentage are company drivers? Of the company drivers, how many drive for carriers with fleets of 100 trucks or more? Of all the carriers doing OTR work, what percentage of them are...

Just because you have always believed it does not make it true. I have completed both courses and can say with some authority that your statement is incorrect. Neither a professor of philosophy nor a professor of economics would say that one discipline trumps the other. Both professors would...

Actually, it is fundamentally flawed. The logical fallacy that you deploy in making your case, and again in your post above, has a name. It is "tautological definition." You can read more about logical fallacies here. Pay special attention to "False Analogy," which you also rely on to make...

It played out OK for us but not for everyone. When we got to the TA at MM 142 in Oklahoma City, flooding was encountered. We were able to get in and out of the truck stop itself (fuel stop) after driving through standing water but not back onto I-40 at that on ramp. It was totally under water...

That's the way it played out. The storm in our path weakened and the warnings were allowed to time out. We are resuming our trip.

Stopped at a service plaza on I-44 in Oklahoma, East of Tulsa, watching a tornado-producing storm coming our way. Waiting here for storm to pass before resuming our westbound trip. Should be over in an hour or so. Softball-size hail is reported in the NOAA weather radio warning. Quiet here for...

This shows how much driver (team) experiences can vary within the Landstar system. It has never happened to Diane and me that we lost out on two loads in the manner described above. To receive a total of 23 load offers (different than load announcements), we'd have to wait more like two weeks to...

Re: QRe: Landstar info please You have it mostly right but not on this point. We saw ourselves losing loads not to the freight division of FedEx but to the newly purchased reefer trailers owned and preferentially dispatched by our own division of FedEx, FedEx Custom Critical.

The logic of the article is fundamentally flawed. Reducing the productivity of the entire industry with a rule change that mandates a 30 minute break is not the same thing as reducing supply. Also, the marketplace is affected by many more factors than supply and demand alone. I do not know...

Diane and I have not seen this remodeled Gary, IN, truck stop yet but the feature list is in line with what is appearing in all remodeled TA and Petro sites. Truck stops are an important, indeed vital, part of an expediter's life and work on the road. Imagine what life would be like if there...

I do not know the answers to the questions you ask above, Moose.

That kind of perceptual error leads some to fail at Landstar where they may do well in a centralized dispatch system. Errant drivers assume that things are a certain way when, in fact, they are not. A driver who thought he or she had an idea of what human nature is, and proceeded to do business...

You don't understand Landstar agents by understanding human nature. You understand Landstar agents by understanding each one individually. I am not a Landstar agent, but if I was, and if I had two equally trusted drivers to choose from, and one of them bought me and Diane dinner (sent a gift...

As I said in Post #35 above, to fully exploit the Landstar advantage, you need to think deeper. You need to stop thinking that you know what Landstar is, and instead open your mind and look at Landstar as if you have never seen anything like it before. Set aside what you think you know about...

It does not have to be complicated. When I started eating less and exercising more, the pounds came off and I felt better. There are lots of things you can do but why make it more difficult than it needs to be?

You are never sure what will happen on a long weekend but we stayed out as is our custom. Sitting in Denver, just got booked on two loads. First picks up today and delivers straight through. Next picks up at that location and takes us cross country. We'll be working all weekend for $1.80 per...

State Patrol said, "For reasons unknown at this point in time, the semi struck the overhead of the bridge causing the collapse," The truck made it off the bridge and the driver remained at the scene and cooperated with investigators. Other reports indicate that it was an oversize load that...

One of the easiest, best and most-effective exercises I have found that can be done inside any truck or van that you can stand up in is knee lifts. Begin by standing with both feet on the ground. Lift one knee to raise one foot off the ground. Return to the standing position. Do the same with...