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Change the oil and filters after the first 5,000 miles.

Sure enough. Here are the details. I don't recall exactly, but I think I remember reading in their financial statements that some of the IdleAire execs are in line to receive a healthy chunk of cash; golden parachutes negotiated when the company was young. And the company has never once been...

Observant readers will recognize this as BS. I am a frequent forum reader and no one I know or saw ever suggested ROI does not exist. I have never said ROI does not exist. But in an earlier post, you falsely attributed those words to me. If there is editing to be done, it should be you...

It can work from the other end too. We began not as owner-operators but drivers of a fleet owner's truck. The arrangement was 60/40, with 60% going to us, us receiving 100% of the fuel surcharge, and us paying for fuel. After a few months, we had a pretty good idea of what gross revenue was...

Dave, you said the above words in response to Greg who said, "Well Thanks Dave, I thought it was settled that ROI is like Luck, it does not exist. :p" You said essentially the same thing (I read somewhere that ROI does not exist.) at least one other time in other posts. Can you tell us please...

There are contractors out there now that arrange their own time together on cruise ships. So says a contractor we once met on the road. He told us about a group of four teams, including him and his wife, that did so. While the participants vary, it is an annual event. Already blessed with a...

Checking our most recent run, we find the quoted miles and odometer miles to be close enough to not be an issue. Take out the turn we missed and the numbers are nearly the same.

Yes, this helps, and while it is a step in the right direction, what would be truly helpful, as in useful to expediters on the ground, would be a realistic example of how to apply your suggested formula to a typical one-truck expedite business. Yes, there will be variables as no two businesses...

Excellent post, CharlesD. Instead of hinting around that you have inside information or implying that you have some secret freight source that is not available to others, you answer peoples' questions, present the facts, and tell people how they can use the same resource you are using. Nicely done!

I came across a nice piece today that explains how to calculate the payback time for any idle reduction device you might buy or use (APU, generator, IdleAire, shore power, battery powered systems, etc.). Click here to check it out.

The American Transportation Research Institute recently released a study that says new commercial drivers with 272 hours of training perform no better than those with 88 hours. Alternative link: Go to ATRI Research Results page and click the Driver Training Impacts on Safety link. Does that...

That is generally true of the gambling money people bring to town.

It is a pretty vague question you are asking. We do not even know what item you are talking about, where it is installed, where the price was quoted or why you are asking. Installation might be cost, plus taxes, plus shop supplies, plus envrionmental fee, plus FET, plus sales tax, plus extended...

You might want to go back and reread the discussion. You are putting incorrect words in my mouth. I did not claim ROI does not exist. Once again, it is a simple question that for reasons unknown you refuse to answer. How do you calculate ROI? Also, it is not true that other members had no...

Well, since you (not me) resurrected this debate, I'll rise to say that I pointed out that ROI entry on that spreadsheet weeks ago in a previous post. I said the spreadsheet lists ROI as a fixed cost, and then said that the Wikipedia web site you referred readers to says ROI is a ratio. I then...

Layoutshooter for President!

Wow! Better than a trip to the library. I found "A Detailed Look at Data Replication Options for DR Planning" to be especially inspirational. Seriously, though, it is interesting to scroll through the publications list. It reminds us that the customers we serve have a lot more on their minds...

Very true. Without exception, every owner-operator that has talked to me about getting out of the business is unable to tell me what the cost per mile is to run his or her truck. It was also interesting to see in the Overdrive magazine article about debt-free owner-operators that a common...

Here's the latest on IdleAire: "At the end of April, however, another SEC filing announced IdleAire had secured a line of credit up to $25 million and had borrowed approximately $3.7 million. 'The proceeds are being used for general corporate purposes of the company to pay disbursements...

I forgot to mention the CABS Course TeamCaffee has also talked about here in the Open Forum.