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That happens more often than you would expect. Just a couple weeks ago, we brought a shipment in that the shipper was in a big hurry to get out and the consignee was frustrated because he already had a warehouse full of the stuff. This was for a big company and the people who receive the stuff...

Glen just called me with an update. He is still in the hospital and expects to be there for a day or two yet. The doctors are developing a plan to deal with several issues, all of which are going on at the same time. He was articulate but a bit weak. He is not talking about the afterlife any...

A list would be helpful but not the end-all, be-all. At the same shop you might get a good mechanic once and a bad one later. Or the good mechanic may be having a bad day. Management changes, staff changes. It would be difficult to keep the list current and accurate. You are already developing...

Our non-delivery event happened with our former carrier (FedEx Custom Critical). On that run, they paid full rate for the return after talking by phone to the shipper. We did not have to ask. They just did it.

One possibility is that he was hiding from someone else; ducked under your truck quick so as to not be seen.

This is from Jan's (Glen's wife) Facebook page: Glen is not in ICU. Yay. But he is hospitalized at Parrish Medical Center in Titusville. He was hosp in May for blood clots, at which time they dissolved them & implanted a mesh filter in the vein to prevent more from entering the lungs...

In ten years of expediting, we have never had a consignee refuse a delivery. It did happen once that no one was present to receive a delivery. Dispatch made calls and within an hour we were paid full rate to return the item to the shipper.

About the ability to drive the speed limit up to 70 mph, yes, a tandem-axle straight truck can do that. The dump trucks and garbage trucks you speak of are geared for heavy loads and/or city driving. Our tandem-axle straight truck easily cruises at highway speed, as do all other tandem-axle...

While it does not look good at first glance, there are a lot of reasons why the customer might load that trailer. Unless all details are known, we should not be too quick to judge. Speculation: - The incident may have happened on the way to the pickup and all parties are aware. - The load is...

You can watch the bleeding (growing red roads) on this traffic map. We're southbound on I-295 and missed all the fun. Whew!

"As of 1:19pm, there's an Overturned tractor trailer on the New Jersey Turnpike northbound South of Interchange 7A - I-195 in Hamilton Twp. All lanes blocked" If you have freinds in NJ, let them know. Big mess in store.

These devices are not new. They have been seen on some semi-trailers for a few years now. I have not heard driver comments about how these things are to work with one way or another, but drivers using them would not be hard to find and ask. One driver posted this account of them here.

We would take the lump sum distribution. I have it approximately figured out that 34 percent of the winning amount would end up in our pocket after lump-sum-amount adjustment, tax and tithe. The tithe is based on the gross amount, not net. In other words, if the prize was $100 million, we'd...

This is one of the best product-information posts I have seen from you, Linda. It is thorough, objective and includes hard data that would be important to anyone considering such a purchase. Thank you.

The point of my post #35 above was not to equate money with happiness. It was to illustrate the hazards of including happiness in making a business decision. Money and happiness is a philosophical discussion that I am not interested in having. I am interested in the economics of putting a...

Just curious; of the $20,000 to $30,000 the average cargo van spends on gas, what percentage of the gas is purchased at truck stops?

Kindly note that in post #5 in this thread I mentioned the non-financial benefits of a TrailerTail purchase. So, yes, if someone wants to include the value of happiness when evaluating a given purchase, that ROI logic can be deemed legitimate (the logic itself, that is, the logic as it is...

It's more than an assumption. The words "exclude an aerodynamic device from the measured length of a commercial vehicle" are there and clear in their meaning.

The fuel cards and their discounts and points keeps us going to the TA/Petro brands. There may be independents here and there that are as good or better, but those fuel cards in the wallet create a force of habit that keeps us from looking at the independents, unless an intentional effort is...

I answered my own question by looking at this page on the ATDDynamics web site. The DOT exception applies to "commercial vehicles" which includes straight trucks in the U.S.