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Since we are talking to readers now, and encouraging them to look things up, let me add this. When looking the things up that Turtle recommends, be sure to read the "for purposes of" language. For the purpose of X, a word will be defined one way, but for the purpose of Y, the very same word...

You have made your case. I've made mine. Neither of us believes himself to be mistaken. I'm content to stop here and let readers consider our comments and do whatever additional research they may wish to do. It would take more time than I care to commit to dig through the multiple definitions...

That is incorrect. Please read on. That is also incorrect. Please read on. That is partly correct. Please read on. That is incorrect. Please read on. I'm looking at this from the point of view of a driver who hauls HAZMAT. Let's set up a hypothetical load to illustrate my points and let's...

Looking at the Hazardous Materials Table, I find no listing for "copper sulfate." Nor do I find a listing for it in the Hazardous Substances Table. Where are you finding copper sulfate to be Class 9 HAZMAT?

You might want to take another look at this, Turtle. I do not believe it to be correct. Diane and I have hauled many HAZMAT loads that were correctly flagged as such on the shipping papers but did not require placards. Shipping papers are required with most HAZMAT. Placards may or may not be...

Here is a list of the TA's and Petro's that have fitness rooms. It is nice to see the list grow.

First of all, a good month is one in which you begin it healthy and safe and end it the same way. You do a good job of detailing many of the variables that apply and explaining why it is difficult to make apples-to-apples comparisons among expediters, even if they run with the same carrier. At...

When we built our truck, we did our homework and were well aware that reefer body insulation degrades over time. But does it degrade to zero effectiveness? I don't think so. Planning to keep the truck for ten years or more, we spec'ed extra insulation in all surfaces (floor, ceiling, walls...

Amen, Brother! When we bought our reefer, it met the CARB requirements then in effect and we bought it in good faith with every intention of meeting the standards then in effect. Years later, those arrogant ____________ decide that it is perfectly OK to change the rules retroactively and make...

I know FedEx Custom Critical rejects reefer bodies on straight trucks that are over 10 years old but that was not always the case. I do not know if that is an industry-wide requirement imposed by customers or just an artificial one that FedEx invented. Does Panther have the same requirement, and...

I mention the home-run loads in conjunction with the reefer upgrade-or-not discussion to share that for us, such loads figure into the equation. If we happened to sit for a month on each side of each load, the point would be the same. Working from memory, the $10,000 load went from CT to...

Combined, those two loads paid $23,000 gross to the truck, not net. I did not say profit. I said the two loads "paid more to the truck than it would cost to replace our reefer (not upgrade, replace)." That was a statement about gross revenue, not net. No reefer makes money by itself. It takes a...

If our reefer became CARB-noncompliant at the end of this year, we would continue to run it and review our options then. That's the plan for next year when the reefer will time out, so to speak. CARB could change. It has before. Landstar is changing and we would know more then. There is no...

And the reefer? What was the thinking that led you to go with a reefer?

1. I am not familiar with your new truck. Briefly, how is it spec'ed and why did you decide to buy a reefer-equipped truck? 2. If only a tiny handful of new reefer-equipped expediter trucks are being built, and even fewer older reefers are being upgraded, as seems to be the case based on...

No. I have not.

I thought it might be something like that. Expediters who haul TVAL and other high-value or high-security reefer freight don't have the luxury of operating that relaxed. The parameters are tight and there is no way a shipper would knowingly put its California inbound or outbound freight on a...

I'm not clear about what you are trying to create. Regulatory questions aside, can the concept be simply explained? What exactly do you wish to develop? Who would benefit and in what way?

Years ago, I joined one of the big-box, all-ammenities health clubs and that worked well then. Now I am learning about the smaller clubs that are less expensive, have more locations and tend to be located in strip malls. Those seem better because Chinese take-out food is never far away and if...

It has been a long, hot summer for many expediters and August has only begun. What costs and benefits has the heat brought to you? Equipment challenges? Shipments you got because of the heat? Shipments lost? Purchases made or not made? Activity changes from your normal summer routine? For Diane...