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I found it interesting the article on page 1 of the sports section of Monday's "USA Today" focused more on Tony Stewart's criticism of Goodyear than Toyota's win . Goodyear, bad day: Tires a testy topic at Atlanta - USATODAY.com . I was on the road Sunday and listened to the race on the radio ...

International says their tractor beat the Freightliner for mpg on a test track . I think somebody should do a survey of leasing companies keeping real world accounts of fuel usage by each vehicle .

Well , I'm in Owensboro and watched the KY religious snow clearing on my street . "God put it there . Let him clean it up ." Surprisingly , that worked . The street is almost bare . Never saw a city truck . But that's better than they did during the big storm in '04 . They only made 1 pass with...

Hmm , maybe he wants the empty weight to stay under 6,000 to be able to use the mileage deduction for taxes . If the empty weight is close a full tank could add a couple of hundred pounds . As for the dealer add they are just giving the weight range of a Class 2 truck . Isn't a Class 1 up to...

It's not just the war . Look at the waste spent on hurricane "relief" . Truckloads of ice shipped to the gulf area . Trucks get paid $600 a day to idle until they finally put the ice in cold storage - in Maine !! There was a shortage of diesel fuel and tens of thousands of travel trailers that...

I appreciate the reply , Greg and like I said , the legitimate hotshotters resent the fly by night ones you refer to even more than you do because they make it difficult to get decent rates and give people a bad impression of hotshotters . You've seen them out there - pickups and trailers with...

Greg , you've made that allegation about not following the rules before but can you substantiate it ? Hotshotters have authority and are subject to the same mandatory audit as other new carriers . You know violation of the rules would be discovered during an audit . Just FYI , Todd Dills ...

Tell me about it . I drove through freezing rain in Ohio Tuesday , woke up to 1/2 foot of snow in London , On Wednesday morning and it was snowing in Ontario again Thursday morning . Now I'm sitting home in KY watching the snow accumulate outside .

Keep up to date with vehicle specs . The last I heard Ford was allowed to use remaining inventory of 6.0 diesels in their vans but when that supply is used up there will no longer be a diesel available in any E-series Ford . Chevy diesels had a bad reputation for a while but the Duramax is now...

There have been several posts on hotshot forums recently about outrageous percentages brokers keep . A revolt is taking place . Shippers call a carrier they used through a broker because they liked the quality of service . In the past carriers quoted the non-competion clause in the broker's...

This question ,presented by an FMCSA official (who is a member of a forum that doesn't allow their threads to be posted on other forums) led to some interesting views . The question was directed to drivers working for an O/O leased to a carrier . My thoughts went to drivers for fleet owners ...

I pulled into a Flying J and caught the last 30 laps on TV . Gordon's wreck was partly caused by Dale Jr. backing up traffic by spinning his tires when they got the green flag for a restart . You could hear the engine over revving when they played his in car camera .

YouTube - I love NASCAR . Seeing him hit the wall put a big smile on MY face .

Ever consider the receiver was really the one with the dock height requirement ?

IdleAire units are supposedly purged and sterilized after each use . I have yet to use one that supplied adequate heat in really cold weather .

Some OTR companies have switched to using Blackberries rather than Qualcomm . One advantage is drivers can stay in contact while out of the truck . The companies could charge rentals on the Blackberries just as they do the Qualcomm . Blackberries used would have to have company software on them...

A Schneider ad trying to recruit drivers from AARP asks "When was the last time you had lobster in Maine ? " When was the last time you saw a seafood restaurant in Maine with parking for a semi with a 53' trailer ? The only lobsters Schneider drivers see are in the tank at WalMart .

No thank you . U.S. Xpress is one of those cut throat companies that put the union drivers that used to haul for Kroger out of work . Of course with WalMart cutting the throats of grocery chains Kroger has to do what they have to do . WalMart is also using Schneider as their needs grow rather...

They get backing instruction from trainers YouTube - Tutoral - backing a truck

The rule allows 2 additional driving hours but you still have to maintain the 14 hour rule . FMCSA - Regulation: 395.1