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Everyone talks about the cost per mile and cost per day (week, month, year) of operating a truck. Why is talk about profit per mile and profit per day (week, month, year) so infrequent? For whom exactly are expediters in business to make a profit for?

While Diane and I were stopped at a rest area today (E I-40/N-I-85, M139) a truck rolled in with a bad Michelin super single tire. A few minutes later a road service truck pulled in and changed the bad one with a new, re-capped super single. The original tire was bought new, it was not a re-cap...

Link: An Analysis of the Operational Costs of Trucking

It is very helpful. Thank you again for the good work you are doing with this and for the interesting and informative information.

Reconsidering Super Singles

Thank you, Doug. I appreciate the good work you are doing. I'm sure others do too. :)

That is an interesting point about personal conveyance ("accountance") and you are right. There is more than one liability issue in play here. A carrier that restricts how an independent contractor legally uses his or her truck when that truck is not under dispatch is a carrier that may create...

My concern is broader than 0.7 or 30 minutes or whatever the number may be. My concern is that the number is arbitrary. It is becoming clear from the FMCSA rules and publications posted here in EO, and from the contractors who have had serious visits with FMCSA officials about this, that...

Well, at least there is a sign someone is listening and he admits to not knowing the whole story. That 0.7 rule is looking more and more arbitrary all the time, and unecessary. As our carrier office people get more educated about the rules the paper trail issue should go away. As I read the...