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OK. Let's talk about your word then, cheri1122 and Rocketman. How is that word given? Expediters do not raise their right hands and make pledges to shippers at loading docks. Somewhere, somehow, it is communicated between driver, carrier, shipper and consignee the services that are being...

In what way are you contracted to make that load happen? How do you know this? What exactly are you required by contract to do in the original hypothetical example? Where exactly is that contract language found? What exactly does it say?

Hypothetical question: You are on a 1,200 mile run (over a weekend for solo drivers). Truck breaks down in a remote area 400 miles into the run. No rescue trucks are available. Do you pay to be towed to the delivery?

It's Sunday. NFL Football is on TV. When you are on the road, and if you are an NFL Football fan, how do you watch it; smart phone, TV in the truck, laptop, truck stop TV room, hotel, etc.? What devices and services do you use and how do you connect to the games you want to see?

The dispatch system is different at Landstar Express America. While Qualcomm is occasionally used to announce loads (not offer, announce), agents most often call with load offers. They are located in offices around the country and each has his or her own phone number(s). Dispatch is...

An honor indeed. Congratulations, Linda.

Transport Topics Editorial: Editorial: Knock, Knock

I did not think of this until Moose mentioned it but Diane and I also avoid biodiesel whenever we can. Truck stops (and states) that are bio-free or low-bio are preferred.

Correct. That typo has been edited out. TA/Petro is NOW our first choice.

When we started in the business in 2003, we quickly learned to avoid TA's and go to other truck stops. Old, dirty places they seemed to us. Over the years they were purchased by the present owner and merged with Petro. In that time, these truck stops have gotten better and better. TA/Petro is...

From TruckingInfo.com: New Research Points to CSA Shortcomings, Reforms

Let's not forget, gentlemen, the people who are driving these trucks report that their reefers are working. The issues reported early in this thread had nothing to do with air flow.

Welcome to the club, so to speak. It is fun to see Open Forum members joining the same fitness club. I hope you find it to be as satisfying and beneficial as Diane and I have. We have come to love these gyms. They have changed our on-road routine and our health for the better. About joining in...

Are you an Anytime Fitness member?

Diane and I use flip phones, not smart phones. To find gyms we use the ATF Find a Gym web page or Google Maps. The web page for each gym will tell you if a gym has showers. Most do.

The Anytime Fitness web site has an accompanying web site called Anytime Health. It includes a forum not unlike the EO Open Forum in which members ask questions and discuss various health and fitness topics. Knowing little about physical fitness, I find this fourm to be both informative and...

MAN unveils super-streamlined semi truck. Story here

Here is the full text of the letter and the accompanying press release from Sen. Schumer's office. Interesting in the good Senator's press release are the numbers he cites. They indicate that the number of bridge strikes has DECLINED in recent years. Not included in his information is the...

There are many beautiful sights in New York City, but none more beautiful than that of a big rig clearing a bridge ahead of you.

What does this letter say?