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It might help but I know of a couple of motor carriers, and believe there are many more, in which the people who work in the safety department are not particularly enlightened or particularly concerned about safety. Example 1: A driver I know was hired to head the safety department at a motor...

Yes, but how do you know they are taking a 30 minute break at the pumps? Yes, the trucks may be there, but in many cases they were there before. I went back and looked. The fuel island at this truck stop is designed in a way that makes it difficult for trucks to get out even in the best of...

I can't believe I left free travel off the list. That one tops all the others combined.

Diane and I are at the Petro at Raphine, VA. It is about 8:45 p.m. local time. On the PA system, staff is begging drivers to move their trucks from the pumps. "If you have fueled and are at the pumps, please move your truck." "If you are not purchasing fuel but are parked at the pumps, please...

A comment was made in another thread that "nothing is free in trucking." That's not quite true, is it? Some things are free, like the following: - Free shower with 50 gallon fuel purchase. - Free meals at truck stops on certain holidays or appreciation events. - Free hotel at certain company...

You are correct. My mistake. Ability to correct it in the original post has timed out.

Jjorger mentioned a two-mile limit. You did not. Is there a two-mile limit to off-duty driving?

July was a good month for us; slightly above average, which was a surprise given the long holiday weekend (Fourth fell mid-week). We also had a run cancel on us that left us in the middle of nowhere, as in hundreds of miles away from any city. The fork lift driver literally had the freight on...

In what way were the rules loosened? In what way does that make the 34-hour restart less of a prison?

Never, never, never assume such a thing. You are right to verify everything. Our truck has a MANUFACTURER'S GVWR of 54,400. That's 14,400 on the front axle and 20,000 on each of the two rear axles. While the manufacturer says we can haul that much weight, and I have no doubt that we can, the...

Diane and I discovered the Farmer's Brothers restaurant last time we were at the TA East in Ontario, CA. It was delightful and just a short walk from the parking lot they let expediters use at the TA. We went back the next day and will be back the next time we are in town.

Let's hope this is not an idea that is catching on and a practice that will spread.

We are in a straight truck and have been long enough to know what the recap system is. Now that 34-hour restarts are harder to come by, we are relearning the recap system. There is not much to learn, just dusting off old practices. About rest room needs, we have a full bathroom and shower in...

Yes, we have gotten delayed at the pumps before, and shame on the drivers who use the fuel islands as their personal parking place while they take a break, do their personal business inside, and force other drivers to wait on them. And, yes, under the new rules, this problem has increased. The...

No. It's not all attitude. There is more to it than making up a story after the fact. After a delivery and when deciding what to do next, you don't get to make up the end of the story ahead of time. You only get to play the probabilities and position yourself as best as you know how...

In the past when rates were higher and expenses were lower, you could make a lot of mistakes and still make money. Not so today. The numbers have become more important.

Let's wrap up the revenue-per-mile part of the thread. As others said above, the formula is: Total revenue earned divided by total miles driven. This is true of one load or of a set of loads, and it is true the same for all expediters. Notice that it does not matter what kind of miles were...

Good point. Revenue per mile and total revenue are but two pieces of the larger puzzle. But it is important to know how to calculate them just the same.

Actually, there is a pop quiz every day you are in the business. The answer may seem obvious and simple to those who know how to calculate it, but pause to note that not everyone does. One of the down sides of experience is forgetting what it is like to not know the things you now know.

Where you wind up does not matter regarding the question being asked. The question is about the money made on three runs combined that were completed in the past. But to take the "where you end up" issue off the table, in this hypothetical scenario, let's say you end up in a busy freight area...