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Being relatively new in the industry (approaching 3 years), and having majored in history in college, I found David Mayfield's post to be fascinating. While expediting is about 25 years old, there is no proper history of the industry written that I know of. FedEx has a page or two in its...

Your response is professional and appropriate. If you are uncomfortable sharing personal info, it is entirely right and proper to answer as you do. You are right about people in this industry talking about earnings and such much more openly than in most others. Some of those folks are just...

Yes MikeC, you are doing it right. Feel free to post away and ask as many questions as you wish.

Diane and I are the same way. We each sleep better if one is driving and the other is using sleeper seat belts or other restraint system. It gives the driver confidence too. If an abrubt maneuver or escape into a ditch must be made, you can do so without fear of tossing your co-driver about in...

An easy place to start is your Rand Mcnally Motor Carriers' Road Atlas. If you don't own one, I recommend buying one. It is well worth the money. In the autum months, last year's version can often be purchased cheap as the next year's version comes out. State-by-state weight info is listed there...

Many Open Forum members know Glen and Janice Rice or know of them. If you don't, their story is worth reading and taking to heart. See: http://www.expeditersonline.com/cgi-bin/dcforum/dcboard.cgi?az=show_thread&om=3318&forum=DCForumID1 Glen was recently deemed by the Social Secuity...

It will be VERY interesting to learn of your results. I hope you share!

A web site that may be of interest regarding trucks at state and national parks and other traditionally RV places is http://www.rv.net/community/. This is a huge forum of RV enthusiasts. Signing on there and asking questions about truck parking may yield some good info. Let us know if you learn...

One week, in Portland Oregon.

Good thinking! A mistake newbies sometimes make is to immediately deadhead to the express center or area your carrier suggests. Our rule of thumb is to stay put 24 hours to see what might bubble up where you are. Then move if you have to. Otherwise, you may end up driving hundreds of miles one...

DC has a good light-rail transit system called the Metro. Go to one of the furthest stations out in the Arlington direction. Safer to park the truck out there. You'll have to find a parking place for the truck. Then walk or take a cab to the station and take the Metro to the Mall where Congress...

Since you can get online, use the internet to check sites like Yahoo city guide. Many cities and counties have visitors guides online. Try entering in search engines things like "bike rental" + "Hennepin County" or Hiking + "Portland Oregon" or "Horseback riding" + "Quad Cities". Note the...

Yes, we have parked at a state park campground. That was in a D-unit. It was in New Mexico overlooking a river and mountain scene. Very nice. The officials there had no problem at all with the truck, but the other campers gave us wierd looks as they walked or drove by. That made us feel out of...

Frieghtlinemike, You said you love to drive. I hope you love to write too. Your post was poetic and emotive. Keep 'em coming.

>My wife doesn't have a sister, but I still like to sleep in >my van in the rain. I also like to rattle people's chains. > :+ :+ I understand now. That trucker you met in the bathroom just pretended to be your wife's sister. ;)

Garman, I checked both my Yahoo e-mail and EO mail. Nothing there from you. If you still wish to chat privately, please click on my profile and use the e-mail address you find there. Oops! I misunderstood your post. Editing mine now to say so. Sorry. Contacting you privately. Have not...

We've driven trucks with both types of roofs. Both have their advantages. Translucent roofs are great for light, except at night. A tree limb can poke a hole in a translucent roof that a solid roof might survive. Either way, put lots of lighting inside your box. The truck we're in now has four...

I'm the one that said load acceptance is as much an art as it is a science, but for some reason the post was deleted. There was nothing controversial in what I said. No explaination was given for the deletion (presumably by a moderator). Load acceptance is as much an art as a science. While...

Failure in business is nothing new and not exclusive to trucking. Depending on the study providing the statistics, statistics show that half or more of all small business fail. The rate for businesses without employees is even higher. Not too encouraging, is it? Yet no matter how much business...

We applied for FAST certification some time ago and sent in the required $50. Months went by and we heard nothing. Our good friends up north finally responded, but long after the inteview window closed so if we wanted FAST, we'd have to apply again and spend another $50. We have not done so and...