Search results

More good news! My Volvo dealer just got back to me regarding a retrofit diesel particulate filter. Volvo has developed one that can be installed on our truck. If awarded, the grant will cover 100% of that cost. The dealer will provide a part number with his bid. I can then go to two additional...

I don't know how the program plays out state by state. The money is coming from the federal government so I presume it is going to all states, but I have no knowledge of it. I also presume that states are able to put their own rules on the money within federal guidelines, but again, I have no...

Just got off the phone with my reefer dealer. The answer is yes, a CARB-compliant engine is available for our reefer and it is a direct swap. No modifications are needed other than the swap itself. Work on our grant application begins now. :)

If you need to change fuel filters frequently until the loosened crud clears, it is not a high-tech, mechanic-only job. If you are so inclined, you can save yourself some money by doing it yourself. If you do not know how, see if a mechanic will let you watch the next time you have it done. Once...

Out of curiosity, and since our acceptance percentage is no longer available on the Extranet, we called a little before the end of the fiscal year to see if we were in the running. Our safety, service and in-service numbers are at Four-Star levels. Run count was lower than prior years but...

While FedEx Custom Critical is not specifically mentioned in the promotional pieces, I'd bet even money that we will see some of these Cryoport shipments on FDCC trucks (vans and dry boxes too as reefer trucks are not needed for these). I don't think they will affect present reefer business one...

I won't have specifics until I talk to my Carrier dealer tomorrow but I wanted to share the news now (good news, I think). Via Twitter (that some dismiss as a waste of time), I learned from OOIDA (that some say does nothing for truckers), that Minnesota grant money is available that may make...

We have been buying most of our fuel at TA. No fuel filter problems here.

Preferring to focus on business more than politics, I almost never post here in the Soapbox. I do so today to create a space to talk California politics, in hopes of keeping my other California thread focused on business.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said yesterday that "California's day of reckoning is here." and "Our wallet is empty. Our bank is closed. Our credit is dried up." Like everyone else potentially affected by his proposed massive cuts, I immediately looked to see how Diane and I might be hit. Will...

Speaking of truck stop service, have you seen this from TA? Expedite King Rewards

Well, Monday has come and gone and Flying J did not go "on the market Monday." So to answer your question, no, ""Pilot to buy Flying J" is not true. The twice-asked question in this thread remains unanswered. How would Pilot buying Flying J be a victory for truckers?

Exactly! People who are waiting for things to come back are barking up the wrong tree. There is no back.

We all knew it was coming but like the anticipated death of an elderly loved-one, it is still sad and painful when it happens. I grew sad listening yesterday to the GM bankruptcy news. The question most on my mind today is not so much about where does America go after GM goes, but where do I...

June 1 stats from the CDC: 10,053 total cases of novel H1N1 flu, 17 deaths, all states affected Worldwide: 17,410 cases, 115 deaths (WHO)

Diane and I shy away from the dark side so we are not attuned to such things, but this thread leads me to wonder; how much of an unlicensed, underground freight-transport market exists or can be expected to exist as this neverending stream of regulations lands on on licensed and...

The speed limiter push in the U.S. is coming mostly from the ATA is it not? I might be wrong, but I presume (unresearched) the executives who run and represent the ATA have a big-business, Republican bias.

And while you are sitting near the border in your gleaming, tricked-out, super Sprinter van with your speed-limiter equipment ready, waiting for your next call, you can work the load boards finding backhaul freight for expediters that pay you a small fee for doing so. Rent a parking space and...

See this from the Minnesota Trucking Association. We cannot know from the document that MTA supports the checklist. Reading it, I cannot imagine that they would. If they do, I can only conclude that the whole trucking world has gone crazy. I cannot believe that this thing is being taken...

With the new laws potentially creating new demand for such devices, it may well be that enterprising geeks or mechanics set up mobile services such that for a fee, a car can come to your truck to set and reset speed limiters for U.S. trucks crossing into the two provinces.