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You are correct about the recap but the restart is something different. Paper logs now issued by Landstar have a new feature on them. It is a box you check to declare that the sleeper or off-duty time you are now taking is qualifying for the restart. You have to declare in the present that your...

I believe all the needed numbers are there. Do you care to take a crack at providing the answer?

I'm not asking for a formula that determines whether you should take a load or not. I am asking for the formula (that should work the same for everybody) that shows, after the fact, what your true revenue-per-mile results are for a number of loads you completed over a given time frame. Let me...

That would not work for two reasons. First, with electronic logging, it is not possible to do what you suggest. Second, with paper logging, it is illegal to do as you suggest. You are on the right track though with the idea of saving your restart until it is really needed. If your last restart...

Perhaps, but I think not. Yes, expedite has flaky schedules, but there is also a rhythm and flow to what we do and to the freight that expediters, some of them at least, orient themselves to. You make certain assumptions and choices based on this rhythm and flow. It is not all random.

Yes they are, but they are not obligated to retain you if you ask to see the documents.

That's the type of scenario that worries me under the new HOS rules. At some point in a year, maybe two or three times, the new rules might cost a team a coast-to-coast run. These runs pay $5,000 to $8,000 and sometimes more. How many of those do you wish to give up because of new rules that do...

Food for thought indeed, and your item seven is pleasantly digestible. Since newbies are in attendance, it would be helpful to share the math formula you use to determine your average pay per mile. Say you do three runs in a week; one for $3.50 per mile, one for $1.70 per mile and one for...

An anomaly? FedEx Custom Critical is deeply committed to the reefer market. They have hundreds of trucks in its reefer fleet and a number of company-owned reefer trailers; all to serve its reefer customers. One low offer does not a trend make.

How did it bite you exactly? What was the effect of missing the 1 a.m. terminal time?

Impressive. Professional. Very well done. I presume that Progressive brought its resources to bear to produce this piece, which explains the high quality. The piece raises the bar, sets a tone and presents possibilities for carriers fleet owners who wish to differentiate themselves from others...

We thought so too, but the project is going slower than expected. The delay is due to the surprisingly slow negotiating process to lease suitable space for our first gym. The second gym will follow after the first is up and running. We are represented by a firm that specializes in commercial...

Onan. Yes, we'd buy it again. Very pleased with this product. It has performed well for seven years. There have been repairs along the way but all were done right the first time by Onan dealers or ARI, the sleeper manufacturer who installed the generator.

Joe, It's what successful business people do. The HOS rules have changed but the basics of profit and loss have not. Everyone WILL pass their increased costs on to their customers or they will fail. If you are unable to raise your prices at your present carrier, you need to find another one...

New HOS rules went into effect on July 1, among them new rules that affect the 34-hour restart. It is now mid-August. How goes it for you under the changes? Before the new rules, it was easy for Diane and me to do a restart (take 34 hours off-duty or in the sleeper to start a new seven-day...

It is funny, but be careful Moose. You may run into someone who takes your conversation seriously and calls it in. Some truckers (including expediters) are trained to do exactly that. They even carry hotline numbers in their trucks to which to call and report a suspicious conversation like the...

True for some drivers, maybe, but not for all. Diane and I were happy and felt fairly treated by our former carrier for six of the 6.5 years we were with them. But when policies changed not to our advantage, we left for a carrier does not have such policies. We were not trapped at the former...

Indeed we are getting older, and short of suicide, there is nothing we can do about that. Physically, it means we have to work harder to be fit than when we were younger. We can't get away with eating whatever we want whenever we want. We can't leap out the back of a dock-high truck without...

I sometimes wonder if these tellers of tall tales regard it as an art form and source of entertainment, both for the teller and listener. I read once where mountain men of an earlier time in American history would occasionally gather and when they did, many tall tales were told. The truth of...

That's the supply and demand theory and I wish you were right but you are presenting the theory on an assumed all-other-things-being-equal basis. All things are not equal, so while the theory works well in isolation, it is not working in practice. The exact same theory was voiced with every...