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Ya gotta love this sue crazy society we live in here in the states!!! To many flunkies out there looking for a free ride at someone elses expense if you ask me. I'm going to do everything I can to keep them from getting that opportunity from me, like it or not! How many TSA gate keepers have...

Doug, you bad boy you!!! I'm sure that when you passed thru your front door you forgot all about those Tatas you had seen on the drive home. LOL

Display it on both sides of the cab or sleeper. Although its not always clear if its a requirement, its quite standard to see it displayed on commercial vehicles. Displaying it will make life crossing your favorite scale more enjoyable! As you pass through the scale master generally will be...

Sitting out on my trailer deck in my favorite lawn chair in New Caney,TX at the J enjoying an especially cold one. Lemonade that is!!! God the weather is nice out here.

In our experience having driven and owned several Freightliner trucks, we found that the interior of our Century Class was of better quality than the Columbias we drove. The Freightliner Coronado is even nicer inside as its built more with the O/O in mind than being a disposible fleet truck. I...

Our T-600 Kenworth has a 4" stepdown from the cab floor to the Aerocab sleeper floor. Then the pass through opening from the Aero to our ARI sleeper has a 4-5" stepover that is common in many after market sleepers. Our carpet is black with the exception of the main sleeper floor which makes...

Thats when I would have demanded to see the Base CO and demanded payment for the cost of a cleanup at a detail shop! LOL You really want to p i s s them off, tell them before they enter your vehicle that if they damage or break anything inside your truck you will sue them for compensation...

We see a more standard seach proceedure at the bases (which we rarely do) than the customers we frequent regularly and have TSA rather than military personel manning the gates.

For the sake of national security I will not disclose the locations on this forum, but will refer to them only as secured areas. What exactly are TSA employees looking for when you are being inspected at the gate prior to entering a secured area to load or unload? What have they been...

You know those owner's manuals that we all hate to read word for word, page by page. Well the below link is exactly why it is soooo important that you do just that before turning the key and starting the engine! Tragic as this could have been there is some humor here to. Enjoy the photos! Also...

Gee, I thought the object in the big sleeper was not to have to get a motel room all of the time. The exception being during a breakdown. We are happy with the money we have saved on motel rooms since purchasing our large sleeper back in June of 2007. Prior to that we were spending an average...

Gee thanks Rlent! just when I thought I had hope. Guess I'll go have a drink now and smoke my last cig ( and I don't even smoke) and find a train to jump in front of. Wait, no need cause I feel some chest pain coming on. Got to go now, I see a bright light! LOL:p

Health is of particular concern to those of us out on the road. So after just reading the results of a resent study posted in the Health Day News a new concern has made its presence known. Fat Neck. Yes the study indicates that a fat neck may be an indicator of future heart trouble according to...

That particular engine and stand weight was included in with the rest of the load which totaled 20,000lbs. So I don't know exactly what they weighed. Believe it or not, the ying and yang are an artful way to see if the fan is rotating from a distance I'm told. Others have spirals, etc.

Aileron: The General Electric CF-6 was originally the result of a military developement for the C-5 Galaxy. Afterwards with some modifications it became a popular application in powering the Airbus A-300, Boeing's 747s, and Mcdonnell Douglas's DC-10s. It also is used in power generation as a GE...

In our field of expedited freight there is whats know as the dreaded NAKED ENGINE! Yep, thats right, siting there in all its glory with not a stitch on in.LOL Normally they are wrapped in a shipping bag that we tarp over. The shipping bag not only protects the engine, it also helps protect...

Now I'm not going to get on here and preach about the bad economy and how its going to affect your bottom line, or how my financial statis will make the difference in how I survive these hard economic times and you may not. I'm here to talk about everyones safety through this tanking economy...

For my wife and I it means 2009 may not be as profitable as last year. Fortunately 2008 was our most profitable year ever in our six years as owner operators. This in part is due to us cutting our operating cost by approximately 20%. We see no further need for changes in how we operate at this...

As one example the State of California weigh station on NB I-5 heading towards Grapevine. Was pulled in right after we bought our tractor for a vehicle inspection. The officer was quite interested in our sleeper and what all was inside for ammenities since he owned a large motorhome himself. In...

The Js are free. Interstate rest areas with dump stations are free. Iowa is one state with dumps in their rest areas. RV parks vary from free to $5.00 or more. Most we've ever paid is $12.00. Also, its not as hard to find a place to dump as it can be to find one that is not closed, frozen up...