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Bob has had the IPAD now for a few months. He prefers Podcasts and he listens to them while driving. Bob is still enamored by his IPAD and I am still amazed that he took to it like a duck to water. He was constantly at war with my computer and drove me nuts every time he used it as he fought...

It's a wonderful Life I like all of the old ones

What I need is what I get when I accept a load. There are many facets that go into accepting a load and it is not black and white. One day what is cheap freight can become OK freight the next day. I do not tell my carrier when they offer me a load way above what I need per mile they are...

My FSC fluctuates quicker than the our companies FSC. We pay the fuel and we are not on a flat rate. When fuel goes up so does my rate per mile that I must have to run a load. We have a floating rate that we need per mile as we take into consideration where the load is going, will there be...

Greg 393.26 refers back to 393.11 which is for trailers. Jim, Speedco would have to show me where in the FMCSA book the regulation is located. We have the conspicuity tape on the back of our box because it is not worth the hassle of arguing the point with a DOT officer.

I am not talking mud flaps I am talking the whole back of the truck. I not see anything on the back of the truck.

I am reading through the regulations on 393.11 and 393.13 and there is nothing about straight trucks and Retroreflective Sheeting and Reflex Reflectors. All of the regs that I am reading is on trailers and semi trailers. The pictures of the straight trucks when I read the footnotes it says...

NO NO NO Jenny I am looking forward to the Mac and Cheese

Hope you have a great Birthday! Happy Birthday and many more to you.

Current OOIDA Membership 153,304 I found these facts on the OOIDA Media page and decided to post them here: There is no shortage of truck drivers in the United States. The Department of Transportation registers more than 40,000 commercial drivers licenses per month. Owner-operators...

It is that time once again to vote! This year OOIDA is allowing online voting for the alternates to the Board of Directors. OOIDA has also sent paper ballots to your home. Many of you have met Henry Albert at the Expo, the various truck shows or out on the road. He is running for one of...

The BBQ at Papa Johns has been happening for several years and keeps growing each year. Jeannie of Bolt and Susie of Polly have organized us for several years. Last year we had a nice combination of expediters and big trucks. We had a nice tent and several grills. We also had a lawn chair...

The Expo has just as many if not more Expediters and they are contained. MATS is so huge that the Expediters are spread out in many parking lots and often we do not even see each other. Many of us park at Papa Johns in a group and have a yearly cookout and get together with all Expediters and...

I have a friend who does not mind being drafted as their fuel mileage goes up on their dash read out. By any chance do you have a dash read out and could see any change? I am not so sure a smart car would help a semi but it might help a straight truck. Personally I get nervous when anyone...

I thought this was a great fund raiser and they were able to raise $211,115 for the Saint Christopher's fund. Here is the link to the article in Land Line on the OOIDA site: http://www.landlinemag.com/todays_news/Daily/2010/Nov10/110810/111210-03.shtml

I am sure you had the class at PJ's and Melissa probably taught it. She is very good on the QC and if you ever have a HazMat questions she is a fantastic source. The new QC is easy to learn and if there is any questions you call in and talk to Tom or ask them on here as there are so many of...

I did not consider it to be a big deal as we had all ready worked around the problem. I would like to see the log sheets compiled into a spread sheet instead of a daily log. Not sure yet if we will even use these.

I am sure others will jump in with their thoughts on this. We haul emergency freight and the problem is it is hard to plan an emergency. We often haul as little as an ounce to in our size truck 13,000lbs. We do not return to where we started we continue on our journey waiting for the next...

You might want to read a little bit more... Expediting is not a part time job it is a 24 hour a day job often seven days a week. An owner would want someone full time and to be able to stay out for extended periods. I believe there is at least on courier company in the Saint Louis area, but I...

Some of you met Rick Ash at MATS this past year and I thought you might be interested in this article. Rick just attended and spoke at this conference on behalf of drivers. Rick is an Owner Operator leased to HVH out of Denver. Rick is also chairman of the Trucking Solutions Group which we...