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Regarding carrier size and industry perspective, it is estimated that there are about 15,000 expediter trucks of all kinds on the road. Load-1 is one of the top five carriers with 300 trucks (as reported in this thread). Since Diane and I have been in the business, Panther and FedEx Custom...

There is more to it than that. Yes, the same people make the unit after Carrier got the distribution rights but Carrier now has input into the company that did not exist before. Many thousands of these units have been installed on tractors since Carrier got involved. I do not know the story well...

Article: Express-1 Set to Grow Big

As I said above, Dhalltoyo, there is valuable feedback for you in this thread. I hope you can find your way to listen to and benefit from it.

Including Highway Star's comment about Dhalltoyo's meds. That is not a joke. There is a history there that long-time readers recall. That's not to bash or minimize anyone's medical history made public by the person in question. It's just to say that history comes to mind when Dhalltoyo reverts...

Self delusion is the biggest lie of all, and also one of the best. You don't even know you are doing it but believe every word.

A review of your posts made over the years makes this a believable statement. If you made $1 a year for three years and then made $4 in the first year after going independent, the claim would be true that you made more money in year four than in the three previous years combined. However, it...

When I asked about the purpose, benefit and reason for blessing a truck, it was not to ridicule anyone, it was because I wanted to know the purpose, benefit and reason for blessing a truck. When Diane and I took delivery of our new truck in 2006, our church pastor offered to perform a ceremony...

What is the purpose, benefit, or reason for blessing a truck?

If I had to (got to) choose between sharing the road only with professional truck drivers or only people with above average IQ scores, I'd choose the truck drivers every time.

Interesting indeed. FDCC limits personal conveyance time to 45 minutes per day per driver. BigRed's carrier does not limit personal conveyance time at all. My carrier (Landstar) prohibits personal conveyance time in any amount. Three carriers, three different ways of dealing with personal...

I worked in a prison too. Nowhere near as long as you and your wife, but long enough to understand exactly what you are talking about. There is a difference. Yes, indeed, each driver should be accorded the same level of professionalism without regard to who walked in the door last. But that is...

The man has a point. I got cited a few years ago for an inoperative marker light at a scale in Maryland (I-70 east of Baltimore). That is a busy scale and the guy took his time writing me up. That gave me the chance to watch several other truckers come through and come in to be written up for...

This YouTube TV clip will jog memories

Wall Street Journal article: Your E-Book Is Reading You

Wow! Impressive!

"I'd love to help you, Missy, and go put a beating on the banker who is bullying you, but if I go out of route, the Qualcomm will pick it up and I'll be in trouble with dispatch."

If one or more of your truck batteries is the source of the odor, be very, very careful when working on or around it. I have it seen it happen twice that batteries explode in the face of the people working on them. A spark ignites the gas that has built up around the battery and BOOM, the next...

Many drivers are acting now by leaving the industry, at least if you believe what the big carriers are saying. Have you noticed that the big carriers that outfit their trucks with these wonderful new EOBR's are the same ones complaining about a driver shortage? They talk about how older...

I want to thank you, Monty, for the help and support you provided to Diane and me when we signed on with Landstar Express America one year ago. You helped make the transition easier.